Sampdoria vs Augsburg - who is the better team?

Currently Augsburg has a better 1vs1 performance index with 82. UC Sampdoria has 24 goals and Augsburg has a total of 42 goals. Our opinion is that currently Augsburg would win the match.

• At the moment Augsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1471 interceptions and 88 blocks.
• In Augsburg the two top defensive players are Jeffrey Gouweleeuw and Elvis Rexhbecaj.
• In UC Sampdoria the two top defenders are Koray Gunter and Bram Nuytinck.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Augsburg 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 0.26 and Augsburg has a value of 0.17. Within the team of UC Sampdoria Tommaso Augello has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Augsburg the best player is Iago Amaral Iago.

• 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 24 goals and 32.96 shots on goal. Augsburg scored 42 and 31.5 shots on goal.
• The two best players of UC Sampdoria are Manolo Gabbiadini with 7 goals and Filip Djuricic with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.14 and 2.83.
• The two best players of Augsburg are Mergim Berisha with 9 goals and Ermedin Demirovic with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.52 and 9.48.
• Our opinion is that Augsburg has the better offensive players than UC Sampdoria.

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