Empoli vs Salernitana - who is the better team?

Currently Salernitana has a better 1vs1 performance index with 82. Empoli has 24 goals and Salernitana has a total of 31 goals. Our opinion is that currently Salernitana would win the match.

• At the moment Empoli has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1254 interceptions and 91 blocks.
• In Empoli the two top defensive players are Sebastiano Luperto and Ardian Ismajli.
• In Salernitana the two top defenders are Flavius David Daniliuc and Federico Julian Fazio.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Empoli 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. Salernitana has a PPV value of 0.25 and Empoli has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Salernitana Domagoj Bradaric has a total value of 0.97 and in the team of Empoli the best player is Fabiano Parisi.

• 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.)
• Empoli has scored in this season so far 24 goals and 103 shots on goal. Salernitana scored 31 and 92 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Empoli are Tommaso Baldanzi with 4 goals and Nicolo Cambiaghi with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1.49 and 2.23.
• The two best players of Salernitana are Boulaye Dia with 10 goals and Krzysztof Piatek with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.99 and 6.73.
• Our opinion is that Salernitana has the better offensive players than Empoli.

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