Chelsea vs Atletico de Madrid - who is the better team?

Currently Chelsea has a better 1vs1 performance index with 93. Chelsea has 29 goals and Atletico Madrid has a total of 42 goals. Our opinion is that currently Chelsea would win the match.

• At the moment Chelsea has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1126 interceptions and 62 blocks.
• In Chelsea the two top defensive players are Thiago Silva and Kalidou Koulibaly.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defenders are Reinildo Isnard Mandava and Jose Gimenez.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Chelsea 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 Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Chelsea N'Golo Kante has a total value of 0.8 and in the team of Atletico Madrid the best player is Angel Correa.

• 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. Atletico Madrid scored 42 and 135 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 Atletico Madrid are Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 10 goals and Antoine Griezmann with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.1 and 5.72.
• Our opinion is that Atletico Madrid 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.