Real Madrid vs Atalanta - who is the better team?

Currently Real Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Real Madrid has 51 goals and Atalanta has a total of 44 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Madrid 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 Real Madrid the two top defenders are Eder Militao and Daniel Carvajal.
• 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. Real Madrid has a PPV value of 0.4 and Atalanta has a value of 0.27. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 0.85 and in the team of Atalanta the best player is Jeremie Boga.

• 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.)
• Real Madrid has scored in this season so far 51 goals and 158 shots on goal. Atalanta scored 44 and 130 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 11 goals and Vinicius Junior with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.75 and 6.88.
• 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 Real Madrid has the better offensive players than Atalanta.

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