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

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 291. Atletico Madrid has 22 goals and AC Milan has a total of 18 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atletico Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Atletico Madrid has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 817 interceptions and 57 blocks.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defensive players are Saul Niguez Esclapez and Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro.
• In AC Milan the two top defenders are Alessio Romagnoli and Gianluigi Donnarumma.
• 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 0.22 and Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.21. Within the team of AC Milan Suso has a total value of 0.76 and in the team of Atletico Madrid the best player is Kieran Trippier.

• 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 22 goals and 75 shots on goal. AC Milan scored 18 and 92 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 7 goals and Angel Correa with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.31.
• The two best players of AC Milan are Theo Hernandez with 5 goals and Krzysztof Piatek with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.18 and 0.53.
• Our opinion is that Atletico Madrid has the better offensive players than AC Milan.

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