Sampdoria vs Real Sociedad - who is the better team?

Currently Real Sociedad has a better 1vs1 performance index with 87. UC Sampdoria has 24 goals and Real Sociedad has a total of 51 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Sociedad would win the match.

• At the moment Real Sociedad has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1420 interceptions and 43 blocks.
• In Real Sociedad the two top defensive players are Martin Zubimendi Ibanez and Mikel Merino.
• In UC Sampdoria the two top defenders are Koray Gunter and Bram Nuytinck.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Real Sociedad 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 Real Sociedad has a value of 0.25. Within the team of UC Sampdoria Tommaso Augello has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Real Sociedad the best player is David Silva.

• 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. Real Sociedad scored 51 and 40.18 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 Real Sociedad are Alexander Sorloth with 12 goals and Takefusa Kubo with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.55 and 7.4.
• Our opinion is that Real Sociedad has the better offensive players than UC Sampdoria.

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