Lazio vs AC Milan - who is the better team?

Currently AC Milan has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. S.S. Lazio has 58 goals and AC Milan has a total of 61 goals. Our opinion is that currently AC Milan would win the match.

• At the moment S.S. Lazio has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1496 interceptions and 58 blocks.
• In S.S. Lazio the two top defensive players are Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Adam Marusic.
• In AC Milan the two top defenders are Fikayo Tomori and Pierre Kazeye Rommel Kalulu Kyatengwa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that S.S. Lazio 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. AC Milan has a PPV value of 0.45 and S.S. Lazio has a value of 0.22. Within the team of AC Milan Sergino Dest has a total value of 3.73 and in the team of S.S. Lazio the best player is Marcos Antonio Silva Santos.

• 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.)
• S.S. Lazio has scored in this season so far 58 goals and 39.36 shots on goal. AC Milan scored 61 and 35.06 shots on goal.
• The two best players of S.S. Lazio are Ciro Immobile with 12 goals and Mattia Zaccagni with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.01 and 6.69.
• The two best players of AC Milan are Rafael Leao with 13 goals and Olivier Giroud with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.92 and 13.64.
• Our opinion is that AC Milan has the better offensive players than S.S. Lazio.

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