Sampdoria vs Atalanta - who is the better team?

Currently Atalanta has a better 1vs1 performance index with 89. UC Sampdoria has 8 goals and Atalanta has a total of 37 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atalanta would win the match.

• At the moment Atalanta has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 823 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Atalanta the two top defensive players are Merih Demiral and Marten Roon.
• In UC Sampdoria the two top defenders are Omar Colley and Ronaldo Vieira Nan.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Atalanta 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. Atalanta has a PPV value of 0.27 and UC Sampdoria has a value of 0.26. Within the team of Atalanta Jeremie Boga has a total value of 0.82 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 8 goals and 57 shots on goal. Atalanta scored 37 and 94 shots on goal.
• The two best players of UC Sampdoria are Manolo Gabbiadini with 2 goals and Filip Djuricic with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 3.71 and 1.43.
• The two best players of Atalanta are Ademola Lookman with 11 goals and Teun Koopmeiners with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.9 and 5.69.
• Our opinion is that Atalanta has the better offensive players than UC Sampdoria.

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