Atletico Madrid vs Udinese - who is the better team?

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 291. Atletico Madrid has 29 goals and Udinese has a total of 17 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atletico Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Udinese has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 663 interceptions and 43 blocks.
• In Udinese the two top defensive players are Samir Caetano de Souza Santos and Rodrigo Becao Rodrigo Becao.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defenders are Kieran Trippier and Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Udinese 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 Udinese has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Atletico Madrid Kieran Trippier has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Udinese the best player is Rodrigo de Paul.

• 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. Udinese scored 17 and 54 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 Udinese are Ignacio Pussetto with 3 goals and Rodrigo de Paul with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.34 and 0.16.
• Our opinion is that Atletico Madrid has the better offensive players than Udinese.

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.