Espanyol vs Clermont Foot 63 - who is the better team?

Currently Clermont Foot 63 has a better 1vs1 performance index with 83. Espanyol has 32 goals and Clermont Foot 63 has a total of 27 goals. Our opinion is that currently Clermont Foot 63 would win the match.

• At the moment Clermont Foot 63 has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1296 interceptions and 59 blocks.
• In Clermont Foot 63 the two top defensive players are Mateusz Wieteska and Neto Borges Borges dos Santos Neto.
• In Espanyol the two top defenders are Leandro Cabrera and Vinicius de Souza Costa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Clermont Foot 63 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. Clermont Foot 63 has a PPV value of 0.2 and Espanyol has a value of 0.18. Within the team of Clermont Foot 63 Neto Borges Borges dos Santos Neto has a total value of 0.59 and in the team of Espanyol the best player is Brian Olivan Herrero.

• 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.)
• Espanyol has scored in this season so far 32 goals and 92 shots on goal. Clermont Foot 63 scored 27 and 105 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Espanyol are Jose Luis Sanmartin Mato with 12 goals and Martin Braithwaite with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.17 and 7.03.
• The two best players of Clermont Foot 63 are Komnen Andric with 4 goals and Muhammed Cham Muhammed Cham with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.23 and 3.75.
• Our opinion is that Espanyol has the better offensive players than Clermont Foot 63.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Clermont Foot 63 is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.