Nantes vs Angers SCO - who is the better team?

Currently Nantes has a better 1vs1 performance index with 84. Nantes has 37 goals and Angers SCO has a total of 33 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 1537 interceptions and 76 blocks.
• In Nantes the two top defensive players are Andrei Girotto and Jean-Charles Victor Castelletto.
• In Angers SCO the two top defenders are Cedric Hountondji and Nabil Bentaleb.
• 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. Angers SCO has a PPV value of 0.33 and Nantes has a value of 0.26. Within the team of Angers SCO Himad Abdelli has a total value of 1.09 and in the team of Nantes the best player is Quentin Merlin.

• 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.)
• Nantes has scored in this season so far 37 goals and 36.34 shots on goal. Angers SCO scored 33 and 34.18 shots on goal.
• 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.
• The two best players of Angers SCO are Abdallah Dipo Sima with 5 goals and Nabil Bentaleb with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.48 and 3.05.
• Our opinion is that Nantes has the better offensive players than Angers SCO.

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.