Real Sociedad vs Atalanta - who is the better team?

Currently Atalanta has a better 1vs1 performance index with 89. Real Sociedad has 35 goals and Atalanta has a total of 44 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atalanta 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 Sociedad the two top defenders are Igor Zubeldia and Mikel Merino.
• 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 Real Sociedad 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 Real Sociedad the best player is David Silva.

• 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 Sociedad has scored in this season so far 35 goals and 127 shots on goal. Atalanta scored 44 and 130 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Sociedad are Alexander Sorloth with 9 goals and Brais Mendez with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.39 and 3.99.
• 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 Real Sociedad.

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