Atletico Madrid vs Valencia CF - who is the better team?

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 286. Atletico Madrid has 51 goals and Valencia CF has a total of 46 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 1687 interceptions and 100 blocks.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defensive players are Saul Niguez Esclapez and Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro.
• In Valencia CF the two top defenders are Gabriel Armando de Abreu and Geoffrey Kondogbia.
• 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. Atletico Madrid has a PPV value of 0.21 and Valencia CF has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Atletico Madrid Kieran Trippier has a total value of 0.81 and in the team of Valencia CF the best player is Thierry Rendall Correia.

• 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 51 goals and 146 shots on goal. Valencia CF scored 46 and 124 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Saul Niguez Esclapez with 6 goals and Joao Felix Felix with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.36.
• The two best players of Valencia CF are Maximiliano Gomez with 9 goals and Kevin Gameiro with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.36 and 0.39.
• Our opinion is that Atletico Madrid has the better offensive players than Valencia CF.

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.