Paris Saint-Germain vs Atalanta - who is the better team?

Currently Paris Saint-Germain has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Paris Saint-Germain has 90 goals and Atalanta has a total of 65 goals. Our opinion is that currently Paris Saint-Germain would win the match.

• At the moment Atalanta has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1990 interceptions and 174 blocks.
• In Atalanta the two top defensive players are Jose Luis Palomino and Marten Roon.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Marcos Aoas Correa and Presnel Kimpembe.
• 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. Paris Saint-Germain has a PPV value of 0.41 and Atalanta has a value of 0.31. Within the team of Paris Saint-Germain Isma?l Gharbi has a total value of 1.37 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.)
• Paris Saint-Germain has scored in this season so far 90 goals and 236 shots on goal. Atalanta scored 65 and 154 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 28 goals and Junior Neymar with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 19.22 and 10.83.
• 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 Paris Saint-Germain has the better offensive players than Atalanta.

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