Espanyol vs Nantes - who is the better team?

Currently Nantes has a better 1vs1 performance index with 84. Espanyol has 32 goals and Nantes has a total of 30 goals. Our opinion is that currently Nantes would win the match.

• At the moment Nantes has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1257 interceptions and 76 blocks.
• In Nantes the two top defensive players are Andrei Girotto and Jean-Charles Victor Castelletto.
• In Espanyol the two top defenders are Leandro Cabrera and Vinicius de Souza Costa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Nantes 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. Nantes has a PPV value of 0.26 and Espanyol has a value of 0.18. Within the team of Nantes Quentin Merlin has a total value of 0.69 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. Nantes scored 30 and 111 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 Nantes are Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah with 6 goals and Andy Delort with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.45 and 8.29.
• Our opinion is that Espanyol has the better offensive players than Nantes.

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