Chelsea vs Athletic Bilbao - who is the better team?

Currently Chelsea has a better 1vs1 performance index with 93. Chelsea has 29 goals and Athletic Bilbao has a total of 36 goals. Our opinion is that currently Chelsea would win the match.

• At the moment Athletic Bilbao has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1241 interceptions and 46 blocks.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defensive players are Yeray Alvarez and Daniel Vivian Moreno.
• In Chelsea the two top defenders are Thiago Silva and Kalidou Koulibaly.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Athletic Bilbao 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. Chelsea has a PPV value of 0.35 and Athletic Bilbao has a value of 0.32. Within the team of Chelsea N'Golo Kante has a total value of 0.8 and in the team of Athletic Bilbao the best player is Oscar de Marcos Arana.

• 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.)
• Chelsea has scored in this season so far 29 goals and 107 shots on goal. Athletic Bilbao scored 36 and 122 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Chelsea are Kai Havertz with 7 goals and Joao Felix with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.22 and 3.19.
• The two best players of Athletic Bilbao are Oihan Sancet Tirapu with 8 goals and Gorka Guruzeta Rodriguez with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.02 and 3.84.
• Our opinion is that Athletic Bilbao has the better offensive players than Chelsea.

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