Stade Brestois 29 vs Toulouse - who is the better team?

Currently Toulouse has a better 1vs1 performance index with 84. Brest has 30 goals and Toulouse has a total of 43 goals. Our opinion is that currently Toulouse would win the match.

• At the moment Brest has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1318 interceptions and 56 blocks.
• In Brest the two top defensive players are Lilian Brassier and Pierre Lees Melou.
• In Toulouse the two top defenders are Anthony Rouault and Rasmus Schmidt Nicolaisen.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Brest 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. Toulouse has a PPV value of 0.3 and Brest has a value of 0.27. Within the team of Toulouse Branco Van Den Boomen has a total value of 0.61 and in the team of Brest the best player is Romain Del Castillo.

• 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.)
• Brest has scored in this season so far 30 goals and 95 shots on goal. Toulouse scored 43 and 137 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Brest are Jeremy Le Douaron with 6 goals and Romain Del Castillo with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.61 and 4.11.
• The two best players of Toulouse are Thijs Dallinga with 10 goals and Zakaria Aboukhlal with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.58 and 7.38.
• Our opinion is that Toulouse has the better offensive players than Brest.

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