Sampdoria vs Fiorentina - who is the better team?

Currently ACF Fiorentina has a better 1vs1 performance index with 84. UC Sampdoria has 46 goals and ACF Fiorentina has a total of 59 goals. Our opinion is that currently ACF Fiorentina would win the match.

• At the moment ACF Fiorentina has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1538 interceptions and 157 blocks.
• In ACF Fiorentina the two top defensive players are Nikola Milenkovic and Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo.
• In UC Sampdoria the two top defenders are Omar Colley and Bartosz Bereszynski.
• Based on this statistics we believe that ACF Fiorentina 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. UC Sampdoria has a PPV value of 0.3 and ACF Fiorentina has a value of 0.28. Within the team of UC Sampdoria Simone Trimboli has a total value of 0.93 and in the team of ACF Fiorentina the best player is Cristiano Biraghi.

• 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.)
• UC Sampdoria has scored in this season so far 46 goals and 101 shots on goal. ACF Fiorentina scored 59 and 134 shots on goal.
• The two best players of UC Sampdoria are Francesco Caputo with 11 goals and Antonio Candreva with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.02 and 6.51.
• The two best players of ACF Fiorentina are Nicolas Ivan Gonzalez with 7 goals and Cristiano Biraghi with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 10.98 and 3.27.
• Our opinion is that ACF Fiorentina has the better offensive players than UC Sampdoria.

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