FSV Mainz 05 vs Nice - who is the better team?

Currently Nice has a better 1vs1 performance index with 282. FSV Mainz 05 has 39 goals and Nice has a total of 50 goals. Our opinion is that currently Nice would win the match.

• At the moment FSV Mainz 05 has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1797 interceptions and 105 blocks.
• In FSV Mainz 05 the two top defensive players are Jeremiah St. Juste and Leandro Martins Barreiro.
• In Nice the two top defenders are Hassane Kamara and William Saliba.
• Based on this statistics we believe that FSV Mainz 05 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. Nice has a PPV value of 0.22 and FSV Mainz 05 has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Nice Youcef Atal has a total value of 0.59 and in the team of FSV Mainz 05 the best player is Kevin Stoger.

• 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.)
• FSV Mainz 05 has scored in this season so far 39 goals and 137 shots on goal. Nice scored 50 and 144 shots on goal.
• The two best players of FSV Mainz 05 are Robin Quaison with 6 goals and Karim Onisiwo with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6 and 6.83.
• The two best players of Nice are Amine Gouiri with 12 goals and Kasper Dolberg Rasmussen with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 12.75 and 9.45.
• Our opinion is that Nice has the better offensive players than FSV Mainz 05.

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