Inter Milan vs Atalanta - who is the better team?

Currently Internazionale has a better 1vs1 performance index with 89. Internazionale has 84 goals and Atalanta has a total of 65 goals. Our opinion is that currently Internazionale would win the match.

• At the moment Internazionale has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 2036 interceptions and 246 blocks.
• In Internazionale the two top defensive players are Marcelo Brozovic and Milan Skriniar.
• In Atalanta the two top defenders are Jose Luis Palomino and Marten Roon.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Internazionale 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. Internazionale has a PPV value of 0.39 and Atalanta has a value of 0.31. Within the team of Internazionale Mattia Zanotti has a total value of 1.77 and in the team of Atalanta the best player is Teun Koopmeiners.

• 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.)
• Internazionale has scored in this season so far 84 goals and 308 shots on goal. Atalanta scored 65 and 154 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Internazionale are Lautaro Martinez with 21 goals and Andrea Pinamonti with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 25.48 and 15.33.
• The two best players of Atalanta are Mario Pasalic with 13 goals and Duvan Zapata with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.43 and 14.14.
• Our opinion is that Internazionale has the better offensive players than Atalanta.

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