U.S. Sassuolo vs Hellas Verona - who is the better team?

Currently U.S. Sassuolo has a better 1vs1 performance index with 292. U.S. Sassuolo has 52 goals and Hellas Verona has a total of 36 goals. Our opinion is that currently U.S. Sassuolo would win the match.

• At the moment Hellas Verona has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1556 interceptions and 132 blocks.
• In Hellas Verona the two top defensive players are Davide Davide Faraoni and Koray Gunter.
• In U.S. Sassuolo the two top defenders are Gian Marco Ferrari and Manuel Locatelli.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Hellas Verona 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. U.S. Sassuolo has a PPV value of 0.25 and Hellas Verona has a value of 0.17. Within the team of U.S. Sassuolo Manuel Locatelli has a total value of 0.71 and in the team of Hellas Verona the best player is Darko Lazovic.

• 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.)
• U.S. Sassuolo has scored in this season so far 52 goals and 137 shots on goal. Hellas Verona scored 36 and 100 shots on goal.
• The two best players of U.S. Sassuolo are Domenico Berardi with 13 goals and Francesco Caputo with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9 and 9.67.
• The two best players of Hellas Verona are Antonin Barak with 7 goals and Mattia Zaccagni with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.85 and 3.93.
• Our opinion is that U.S. Sassuolo has the better offensive players than Hellas Verona.

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