Sampdoria vs Fiorentina - who is the better team?

Currently ACF Fiorentina has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. UC Sampdoria has 16 goals and ACF Fiorentina has a total of 32 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 1059 interceptions and 46 blocks.
• In ACF Fiorentina the two top defensive players are Lucas Martinez Quarta and Nikola Milenkovic.
• In UC Sampdoria the two top defenders are Koray Gunter and Bram Nuytinck.
• 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. ACF Fiorentina has a PPV value of 0.38 and UC Sampdoria has a value of 0.26. Within the team of ACF Fiorentina Alfred Duncan has a total value of 1.24 and in the team of UC Sampdoria the best player is Tommaso Augello.

• 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 16 goals and 88 shots on goal. ACF Fiorentina scored 32 and 139 shots on goal.
• The two best players of UC Sampdoria are Manolo Gabbiadini with 6 goals and Filip Djuricic with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.61 and 1.92.
• The two best players of ACF Fiorentina are Arthur Mendonca Cabral with 6 goals and Nicolas Ivan Gonzalez with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.86 and 4.5.
• 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.