Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal - who is the better team?

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 288. Atletico Madrid has 31 goals and Villarreal has a total of 44 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atletico Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Villarreal has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1202 interceptions and 89 blocks.
• In Villarreal the two top defensive players are Raul Tortajada Albiol and Pau Torres.
• In Villarreal the two top defenders are Raul Tortajada Albiol and Pau Torres.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Villarreal 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. Villarreal has a PPV value of 0.25 and Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Villarreal Manuel Arino Morlanes has a total value of 0.83 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. Villarreal scored 44 and 126 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 Villarreal are Gerard Moreno with 11 goals and Santi Gonsales Cazorla with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.47 and 0.42.
• Our opinion is that Villarreal 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.