Atletico Madrid vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - who is the better team?

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 288. Atletico Madrid has 31 goals and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has a total of 36 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 1202 interceptions and 75 blocks.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defensive players are Saul Niguez Esclapez and Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro.
• In TSG 1899 Hoffenheim the two top defenders are Florian Grillitsch and Benjamin Hubner.
• 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. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has a PPV value of 0.23 and Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.21. Within the team of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Pavel Kaderabek has a total value of 0.51 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 31 goals and 102 shots on goal. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim scored 36 and 118 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 8 goals and Angel Correa with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.27.
• The two best players of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim are Andrej Kramaric with 7 goals and Sargis Adamyan with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.44 and 0.34.
• Our opinion is that TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has the better offensive players than Atletico Madrid.

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.