AS Saint-Etienne vs Stade Reims - who is the better team?

Currently Stade Reims has a better 1vs1 performance index with 77. AS Saint-Etienne has 40 goals and Stade Reims has a total of 40 goals. Our opinion is that currently Stade Reims would win the match.

• At the moment Stade Reims has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1841 interceptions and 243 blocks.
• In Stade Reims the two top defensive players are Wout Felix Lina Faes and Yunis Abdelhamid.
• In AS Saint-Etienne the two top defenders are Timothee Kolodziejczak and Mahdi Camara.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Stade Reims 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. AS Saint-Etienne has a PPV value of 0.27 and Stade Reims has a value of 0.22. Within the team of AS Saint-Etienne Lamine Ghezali has a total value of 1.76 and in the team of Stade Reims the best player is Ilan Kais Kebbal.

• 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.)
• AS Saint-Etienne has scored in this season so far 40 goals and 136 shots on goal. Stade Reims scored 40 and 95 shots on goal.
• The two best players of AS Saint-Etienne are Wahbi Khazri with 10 goals and Denis Bouanga with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.06 and 8.54.
• The two best players of Stade Reims are Marshall Nyasha Munetsi with 5 goals and Wout Felix Lina Faes with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 3.4 and 2.86.
• Our opinion is that Stade Reims has the better offensive players than Stade Reims.

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