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

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 90. Atletico Madrid has 42 goals and U.S. Sassuolo has a total of 35 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atletico Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment U.S. Sassuolo has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1133 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In U.S. Sassuolo the two top defensive players are Rogerio Oliveira da Silva and Martin Erlic.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defenders are Reinildo Isnard Mandava and Jose Gimenez.
• Based on this statistics we believe that U.S. Sassuolo 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. U.S. Sassuolo has a PPV value of 0.26 and Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.22. Within the team of U.S. Sassuolo Emil Konradsen Konradsen Ceide has a total value of 0.63 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 42 goals and 135 shots on goal. U.S. Sassuolo scored 35 and 131 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 10 goals and Antoine Griezmann with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.1 and 5.72.
• The two best players of U.S. Sassuolo are Davide Frattesi with 6 goals and Domenico Berardi with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.86 and 7.05.
• Our opinion is that Atletico Madrid has the better offensive players than U.S. Sassuolo.

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.