Lorient vs Nantes - who is the better team?

Currently Nantes has a better 1vs1 performance index with 84. Lorient has 52 goals and Nantes has a total of 37 goals. Our opinion is that currently Nantes would win the match.

• At the moment Lorient has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1569 interceptions and 91 blocks.
• In Lorient the two top defensive players are Montassar Omar Talbi and Vincent Le Goff.
• In Nantes the two top defenders are Andrei Girotto and Jean-Charles Victor Castelletto.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Lorient 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 Lorient has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Nantes Quentin Merlin has a total value of 0.69 and in the team of Lorient the best player is Darlin Zidane Yongwa Ngameni.

• 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.)
• Lorient has scored in this season so far 52 goals and 39.52 shots on goal. Nantes scored 37 and 36.34 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Lorient are Ibrahima Kone with 7 goals and Romain Faivre with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.31 and 2.85.
• The two best players of Nantes are Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah with 8 goals and Ludovic Blas with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.3 and 10.89.
• Our opinion is that Lorient 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.