Sampdoria vs Sassuolo - who is the better team?

Currently U.S. Sassuolo has a better 1vs1 performance index with 85. UC Sampdoria has 24 goals and U.S. Sassuolo has a total of 46 goals. Our opinion is that currently U.S. Sassuolo would win the match.

• At the moment U.S. Sassuolo has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1436 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In U.S. Sassuolo the two top defensive players are Martin Erlic and Rogerio Oliveira da Silva.
• In UC Sampdoria the two top defenders are Koray Gunter and Bram Nuytinck.
• Based on this statistics we believe that U.S. Sassuolo 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. U.S. Sassuolo has a PPV value of 0.26 and UC Sampdoria has a value of 0.26. Within the team of U.S. Sassuolo Emil Konradsen Konradsen Ceide has a total value of 0.63 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 24 goals and 32.29 shots on goal. U.S. Sassuolo scored 46 and 36.85 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 U.S. Sassuolo are Domenico Berardi with 11 goals and Armand Lauriente with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.03 and 5.18.
• Our opinion is that U.S. Sassuolo has the better offensive players than UC Sampdoria.

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