ATM vs Bayern Munich is one game every soccer lover will want to watch tomorrow. All eyes will be on Estadio Wanda Metropolitano when Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munchen face each other in the Champions League derby. Los Rojiblancos dropped four points in total in their last two games. They drew back-to-back with Lokomotiv Moscow, but they remained in second place in Group A.
Former Barcelona and Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is rated doubtful for Tuesday’s clash, while Joao Felix returns to the starting XI after coming as a substitute in a 1-0 win over Valencia at the weekend. The likes of Sanchez, Herrera, Costa, Vrstaljko, and Torreira are out of contention as well.
Bayern Munich on the other hand aim to keep their 100% in Group A intact, and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. However, beating ATM will not be an easy task as the Spaniards are looking for a desperate bounce back from back to winless run. Bayern Munich has a coup[le of players down with injury.
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The likes of Davies, Kimmich, and Tillman are all out of the Tuesday Champions League clash while Roca is banned. Anyhow, Hansi Flick is likely to mix the squad against Atletico Madrid.
Since 2016 the team of Bayern Munich and the team of Atletico Madrid had total of 6 competitions among which there were 3 winning matches for Bayern Munich, 1 played in draw.
At the moment Bayern Munich has a better defence. Through the entire team, they have a total of 434 interceptions and 22 blocks. In Bayern Munich, the two top defensive players are David Alaba and Leon Goretzka.In Atletico Madrid, the two top defenders are Kieran Trippier and Stefan Savic.Based on this statistics we believe that Bayern Munich 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. Bayern Munich has a PPV value of 0.34 and Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.28. Within the team of Bayern Munich, Joshua Kimmich has a total value of 0.89 and in the team of Atletico Madrid the best player is Kieran Trippier.
To analyse the best strikers of teams we look at the number of goals, shots on goal and an interesting metric called expected goal value. Atletico Madrid has scored in this season so far 19 goals and 42 shots on goal. Bayern Munich scored 31 and 64 shots on goal.
The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Luis Suarez with 5 goals and Joao Felix Felix with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.42. The two best players of Bayern Munich are Robert Lewandowski with 12 goals and Serge Gnabry with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.97 and 0.29.Our opinion is that Bayern Munich has better offensive players than Atletico Madrid.
Bayern Munich – Atletico Madrid (21.10.2020) 4:0
Bayern Munich – Atletico Madrid (06.12.2016) 1:0
Atletico Madrid – Bayern Munich (28.09.2016) 1:0
Bayern Munich – Atletico Madrid (03.05.2016) 2:1
Atletico Madrid – Bayern Munich (27.04.2016) 1:0
Atletico Madrid – Bayern Munich (26.04.2016) 0:0
In summary, Based on all statistical information we believe that presently, Bayern Munich is the better team. And we do believe the Germans will win the game. Feel free to drop your own comment.