Atletico de Madrid vs Elche - who is the better team?

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Atletico Madrid has 27 goals and Elche has a total of 12 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atletico Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Elche has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 824 interceptions and 51 blocks.
• In Elche the two top defensive players are Pedro Bigas and Omar Mascarell.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defenders are Reinildo Isnard Mandava and Axel Witsel.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Elche 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 0.22 and Elche has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Atletico Madrid Angel Correa has a total value of 0.5 and in the team of Elche the best player is .

• 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 27 goals and 100 shots on goal. Elche scored 12 and 58 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 7 goals and Antoine Griezmann with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.52 and 4.15.
• The two best players of Elche are Ezequiel Ponce Martinez with 3 goals and Jose Angel Carmona Navarro with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1.12 and 1.25.
• Our opinion is that Atletico Madrid has the better offensive players than Elche.

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.