Lazio vs Spezia Calcio - who is the better team?

Currently S.S. Lazio has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. S.S. Lazio has 42 goals and Spezia 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 Spezia the two top defenders are Mehdi Bourabia and Ethan Ampadu.
• 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. S.S. Lazio has a PPV value of 0.22 and Spezia has a value of 0.17. Within the team of S.S. Lazio Marcos Antonio Silva Santos has a total value of 0.53 and in the team of Spezia the best player is Arkadiusz Reca.

• 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. Spezia scored 23 and 91 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 Spezia are M'Bala Nzola with 12 goals and Daniele Verde with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.4 and 1.81.
• Our opinion is that S.S. Lazio has the better offensive players than Spezia.

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.