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

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 90. Atletico Madrid has 70 goals and Monaco has a total of 70 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 1521 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defensive players are Jose Gimenez and Nahuel Molina Lucero.
• In Monaco the two top defenders are Axel Disasi and Youssouf Fofana.
• 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. Monaco has a PPV value of 0.24 and Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Monaco Caio Henrik Henrique has a total value of 0.59 and in the team of Atletico Madrid the best player is Angel Correa.

• 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 70 goals and 38.24 shots on goal. Monaco scored 70 and 44.92 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Antoine Griezmann with 15 goals and Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 12.53 and 11.72.
• The two best players of Monaco are Wissam Ben Yedder with 19 goals and Breel Donald Embolo with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 17.46 and 9.39.
• Our opinion is that Monaco has the better offensive players than Monaco.

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.