Atletico de Madrid vs AC Milan - who is the better team?

Currently AC Milan has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Atletico Madrid has 65 goals and AC Milan has a total of 69 goals. Our opinion is that currently AC Milan would win the match.

• At the moment Atletico Madrid has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 2011 interceptions and 187.5 blocks.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defensive players are Stefan Savic and Mario Hermoso.
• In AC Milan the two top defenders are Fikayo Tomori and Sandro Tonali.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Atletico Madrid has currently the best defense.

Evaluating the strength of a teams midfield is not easy. At 1vs1 we look at a value called Pass Progression Value (PPV). We measure the ability of players to play the pass into dangerous zones and to create chances. AC Milan has a PPV value of 0.28 and Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.27. Within the team of AC Milan Fode Ballo Ballo Toure has a total value of 0.64 and in the team of Atletico Madrid the best player is Rodrigo de Paul.

• To analyse the best strikers of teams we look at the amount of goals, shots on goal and an interesting metric called expected goal value (Xg value – measure who the probability of a chance to turn into a goal.)
• Atletico Madrid has scored in this season so far 65 goals and 178 shots on goal. AC Milan scored 69 and 208 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Angel Correa with 12 goals and Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.43 and 9.66.
• The two best players of AC Milan are Olivier Giroud with 11 goals and Rafael Leao with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.39 and 8.54.
• Our opinion is that AC Milan has the better offensive players than Atletico Madrid.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently AC Milan is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.