Udinese Calcio vs Spezia Calcio - who is the better team?

Currently Udinese has a better 1vs1 performance index with 87. Udinese has 37 goals and Spezia has a total of 23 goals. Our opinion is that currently Udinese would win the match.

• At the moment Spezia has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1211 interceptions and 89 blocks.
• In Spezia the two top defensive players are Mehdi Bourabia and Ethan Ampadu.
• In Udinese the two top defenders are Walace Souza Silva and Jaka Bijol.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Spezia 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. Udinese has a PPV value of 0.22 and Spezia has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Udinese Gerard Deulofeu has a total value of 0.58 and in the team of Spezia the best player is Arkadiusz Reca.

• 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.)
• Udinese has scored in this season so far 37 goals and 116 shots on goal. Spezia scored 23 and 91 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Udinese are Norberto Bercique Bercique Gomes Betuncal with 9 goals and Lazar Vujadin Samardzic with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.51 and 2.17.
• The two best players of Spezia are M'Bala Nzola with 12 goals and Daniele Verde with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.4 and 1.81.
• Our opinion is that Udinese has the better offensive players than Spezia.

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