Espanyol vs Lazio - who is the better team?

Currently S.S. Lazio has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Espanyol has 32 goals and S.S. Lazio has a total of 42 goals. Our opinion is that currently S.S. Lazio would win the match.

• At the moment S.S. Lazio has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1342 interceptions and 58 blocks.
• In S.S. Lazio the two top defensive players are Adam Marusic and Alessio Romagnoli.
• In Espanyol the two top defenders are Leandro Cabrera and Vinicius de Souza Costa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that S.S. Lazio 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. S.S. Lazio has a PPV value of 0.22 and Espanyol has a value of 0.18. Within the team of S.S. Lazio Marcos Antonio Silva Santos has a total value of 0.53 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. S.S. Lazio scored 42 and 117 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 S.S. Lazio are Mattia Zaccagni with 9 goals and Ciro Immobile with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.24 and 9.88.
• Our opinion is that S.S. Lazio has the better offensive players than Espanyol.

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