Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal - who is the better team?
Is Atletico Madrid better than Villarreal?
Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 287. Atletico Madrid has 51 goals and Villarreal has a total of 63 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atletico Madrid would win the match.
Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal - who has the better defense?
- 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 Villarreal the two top defenders are Raul Tortajada Albiol and Pau Torres.
- Based on this statistics we believe that Atletico Madrid has currently the best defense.
Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal - who has the better midfield?
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 0.22 and Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Villarreal Manuel Arino Morlanes has a total value of 0.53 and in the team of Atletico Madrid the best player is Kieran Trippier.
Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal - who has the better attackers?
- 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. Villarreal scored 63 and 169 shots on goal.
- The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 12 goals and Saul Niguez Esclapez with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.24.
- The two best players of Villarreal are Gerard Moreno with 18 goals and Paco Alacacer with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.47 and 0.4.
- Our opinion is that Villarreal has the better offensive players than Atletico Madrid.
Summary
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.
