Lazio vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently S.S. Lazio has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. S.S. Lazio has 42 goals and Southampton has a total of 23 goals. Our opinion is that currently S.S. Lazio would win the match.

• At the moment S.S. Lazio has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1342 interceptions and 58 blocks.
• In S.S. Lazio the two top defensive players are Adam Marusic and Alessio Romagnoli.
• In Southampton the two top defenders are Mohamed Salisu Abdul Karim and Armel Bella-Kotchap.
• 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. Southampton has a PPV value of 0.24 and S.S. Lazio has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Southampton Stuart Armstrong has a total value of 0.64 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 42 goals and 117 shots on goal. Southampton scored 23 and 112 shots on goal.
• The two best players of S.S. Lazio are Mattia Zaccagni with 9 goals and Ciro Immobile with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.24 and 9.88.
• The two best players of Southampton are James Ward Prowse with 7 goals and Che Adams with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 3.51 and 6.
• Our opinion is that S.S. Lazio has the better offensive players than Southampton.

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