Nantes vs Olympique de Marseille - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique de Marseille has a better 1vs1 performance index with 276. Nantes has 39 goals and Olympique de Marseille has a total of 50 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique de Marseille would win the match.

• At the moment Nantes has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1734 interceptions and 99 blocks.
• In Nantes the two top defensive players are Nicolas Pallois and Andrei Girotto.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defenders are Alvaro Gonzalez and Duje Caleta Car.
• 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. Olympique de Marseille has a PPV value of 0.2 and Nantes has a value of 0.18. Within the team of Olympique de Marseille Florian Thauvin has a total value of 0.52 and in the team of Nantes the best player is Roli Pereira De Sa.

• 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 39 goals and 120 shots on goal. Olympique de Marseille scored 50 and 125 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Nantes are Ludovic Blas with 9 goals and Randal Kolo with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7 and 11.41.
• The two best players of Olympique de Marseille are Florian Thauvin with 8 goals and Dimitri Payet with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.56 and 5.49.
• Our opinion is that Olympique de Marseille has the better offensive players than Nantes.

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