Atletico Madrid vs Atalanta - who is the better team?

Currently Atalanta has a better 1vs1 performance index with 306. Atletico Madrid has 51 goals and Atalanta has a total of 98 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atalanta would win the match.

• At the moment Atletico Madrid has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1687 interceptions and 100 blocks.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defensive players are Saul Niguez Esclapez and Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro.
• In Atalanta the two top defenders are Jose Luis Palomino and Rafael Toloi.
• 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. Atalanta has a PPV value of 0.27 and Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Atalanta Papu Gomez has a total value of 0.82 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 51 goals and 146 shots on goal. Atalanta scored 98 and 272 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 12 goals and Saul Niguez Esclapez with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.24.
• The two best players of Atalanta are Duvan Zapata with 18 goals and Luis Muriel with 18 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.64 and 0.51.
• Our opinion is that Atalanta has the better offensive players than Atletico Madrid.

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