Manchester United vs Atalanta - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Manchester United has 41 goals and Atalanta has a total of 44 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester United would win the match.

• At the moment Atalanta has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1290 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Atalanta the two top defensive players are Marten Roon and Rafael Toloi.
• In Manchester United the two top defenders are Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Atalanta 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. Atalanta has a PPV value of 0.27 and Manchester United has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Atalanta Jeremie Boga has a total value of 0.82 and in the team of Manchester United the best player is Luke Shaw.

• 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.)
• Manchester United has scored in this season so far 41 goals and 140 shots on goal. Atalanta scored 44 and 130 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Manchester United are Marcus Rashford with 14 goals and Bruno Fernandes with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.81 and 5.73.
• The two best players of Atalanta are Ademola Lookman with 12 goals and Rasmus Winter Winther Hojlund with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.01 and 4.44.
• Our opinion is that Atalanta has the better offensive players than Manchester United.

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