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

Currently AC Milan has a better 1vs1 performance index with 319. Atletico Madrid has 36 goals and AC Milan has a total of 39 goals. Our opinion is that currently AC Milan would win the match.

• At the moment AC Milan has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 687 interceptions and 45 blocks.
• In AC Milan the two top defensive players are Davide Calabria and Franck Kessie.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defenders are Kieran Trippier and Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro.
• Based on this statistics we believe that AC Milan 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. Atletico Madrid has a PPV value of 0.23 and AC Milan has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Atletico Madrid Kieran Trippier has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of AC Milan the best player is Daniel Maldini.

• 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 36 goals and 65 shots on goal. AC Milan scored 39 and 84 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Luis Suarez with 9 goals and Marcos Llorente with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.23.
• The two best players of AC Milan are Zlatan Ibrahimovic with 10 goals and Franck Kessie with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1.55 and 0.58.
• 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.