Espanyol vs AC Milan - who is the better team?

Currently AC Milan has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Espanyol has 32 goals and AC Milan has a total of 44 goals. Our opinion is that currently AC Milan would win the match.

• At the moment Espanyol has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1161 interceptions and 70 blocks.
• In Espanyol the two top defensive players are Leandro Cabrera and Vinicius de Souza Costa.
• In AC Milan the two top defenders are Fikayo Tomori and Pierre Kazeye Rommel Kalulu Kyatengwa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Espanyol 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. AC Milan has a PPV value of 0.45 and Espanyol has a value of 0.18. Within the team of AC Milan Sergino Dest has a total value of 3.73 and in the team of Espanyol the best player is Brian Olivan Herrero.

• 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.)
• Espanyol has scored in this season so far 32 goals and 92 shots on goal. AC Milan scored 44 and 138 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Espanyol are Jose Luis Sanmartin Mato with 12 goals and Martin Braithwaite with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.17 and 7.03.
• The two best players of AC Milan are Olivier Giroud with 8 goals and Rafael Leao with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.32 and 5.61.
• Our opinion is that AC Milan has the better offensive players than Espanyol.

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