VfB Stuttgart vs Atletico Madrid - who is the better team?

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 290. VfB Stuttgart has 39 goals and Atletico Madrid has a total of 45 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atletico Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment VfB Stuttgart has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1085 interceptions and 65 blocks.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defensive players are Wataru Endo and Marc Oliver Kempf.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defenders are Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro and Stefan Savic.
• Based on this statistics we believe that VfB Stuttgart 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. Atletico Madrid has a PPV value of 0.22 and VfB Stuttgart has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Atletico Madrid Ricard Sanchez Sendra has a total value of 1.11 and in the team of VfB Stuttgart the best player is Borna Sosa.

• 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.)
• VfB Stuttgart has scored in this season so far 39 goals and 116 shots on goal. Atletico Madrid scored 45 and 105 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfB Stuttgart are Silas Wamangituka with 11 goals and Sasa Kalajdzic with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.54.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Luis Suarez with 16 goals and Marcos Llorente with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.63 and 0.19.
• Our opinion is that Atletico Madrid has the better offensive players than VfB Stuttgart.

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