Spezia Calcio vs Salernitana - who is the better team?

Currently Salernitana has a better 1vs1 performance index with 82. Spezia has 23 goals and Salernitana has a total of 31 goals. Our opinion is that currently Salernitana would win the match.

• At the moment Spezia has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1211 interceptions and 89 blocks.
• In Spezia the two top defensive players are Mehdi Bourabia and Ethan Ampadu.
• In Salernitana the two top defenders are Flavius David Daniliuc and Federico Julian Fazio.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Spezia 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. Salernitana has a PPV value of 0.25 and Spezia has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Salernitana Domagoj Bradaric has a total value of 0.97 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.)
• Spezia has scored in this season so far 23 goals and 91 shots on goal. Salernitana scored 31 and 92 shots on goal.
• 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.
• The two best players of Salernitana are Boulaye Dia with 10 goals and Krzysztof Piatek with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.99 and 6.73.
• Our opinion is that Salernitana has the better offensive players than Spezia.

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