Koln vs AS Saint-Etienne - who is the better team?

Currently AS Saint-Etienne has a better 1vs1 performance index with 270. Koln has 34 goals and AS Saint-Etienne has a total of 42 goals. Our opinion is that currently AS Saint-Etienne would win the match.

• At the moment AS Saint-Etienne has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1873 interceptions and 83 blocks.
• In AS Saint-Etienne the two top defensive players are Mathieu Debuchy and Mahdi Camara.
• In Koln the two top defenders are Ellyes Skhiri and Rafael Czichos.
• Based on this statistics we believe that AS Saint-Etienne 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. Koln has a PPV value of 0.18 and AS Saint-Etienne has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Koln Marco Hoger has a total value of 0.68 and in the team of AS Saint-Etienne the best player is Miguel Angel Trauco Saavedra.

• 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.)
• Koln has scored in this season so far 34 goals and 105 shots on goal. AS Saint-Etienne scored 42 and 147 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Koln are Ondrej Duda with 7 goals and Elvis Rexhbecaj with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7 and 2.44.
• The two best players of AS Saint-Etienne are Denis Bouanga with 7 goals and Wahbi Khazri with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 12.19 and 3.94.
• Our opinion is that AS Saint-Etienne has the better offensive players than Koln.

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