Atletico Madrid vs Koln - who is the better team?

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 291. Atletico Madrid has 29 goals and Koln has a total of 13 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atletico Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Koln has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 812 interceptions and 49 blocks.
• In Koln the two top defensive players are Sebastiaan Bornauw and Ellyes Skhiri.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defenders are Kieran Trippier and Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Koln 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 Koln has a value of 0.14. Within the team of Atletico Madrid Kieran Trippier has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Koln the best player is Marco Hoger.

• 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 29 goals and 65 shots on goal. Koln scored 13 and 43 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 Koln are Ellyes Skhiri with 3 goals and Dominick Drexler with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.32 and 0.5.
• Our opinion is that Atletico Madrid has the better offensive players than Koln.

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.