Espanyol vs Reims - who is the better team?

Currently Stade Reims has a better 1vs1 performance index with 85. Espanyol has 32 goals and Stade Reims has a total of 36 goals. Our opinion is that currently Stade Reims would win the match.

• At the moment Espanyol has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1161 interceptions and 70 blocks.
• In Espanyol the two top defensive players are Leandro Cabrera and Vinicius de Souza Costa.
• In Stade Reims the two top defenders are Yunis Abdelhamid and Azor Matusiwa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Espanyol 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. Stade Reims has a PPV value of 0.23 and Espanyol has a value of 0.18. Within the team of Stade Reims Arb?r Zeneli has a total value of 0.51 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. Stade Reims scored 36 and 135 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 Stade Reims are Folarin Jerry Balogun with 17 goals and Marshall Nyasha Munetsi with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 17.03 and 7.54.
• Our opinion is that Stade Reims has the better offensive players than Espanyol.

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.