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

Currently Valencia CF has a better 1vs1 performance index with 292. Atletico Madrid has 16 goals and Valencia CF has a total of 26 goals. Our opinion is that currently Valencia CF would win the match.

• At the moment Atletico Madrid has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 657 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defensive players are Saul Niguez Esclapez and Mario Hermoso.
• In Valencia CF the two top defenders are Gabriel Armando de Abreu and Daniel Wass.
• 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 0.22 and Valencia CF has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Atletico Madrid Kieran Trippier has a total value of 0.78 and in the team of Valencia CF the best player is Dani Parejo.

• 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 16 goals and 52 shots on goal. Valencia CF scored 26 and 68 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 5 goals and Diego da Silva Costa with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.37.
• The two best players of Valencia CF are Maximiliano Gomez with 6 goals and Dani Parejo with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.37 and 0.5.
• Our opinion is that Valencia CF has the better offensive players than Atletico Madrid.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Valencia CF is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.