Nantes vs Reims - who is the better team?

Currently Stade Reims has a better 1vs1 performance index with 85. Nantes has 30 goals and Stade Reims has a total of 36 goals. Our opinion is that currently Stade Reims would win the match.

• At the moment Nantes has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1257 interceptions and 76 blocks.
• In Nantes the two top defensive players are Andrei Girotto and Jean-Charles Victor Castelletto.
• In Stade Reims the two top defenders are Yunis Abdelhamid and Azor Matusiwa.
• 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. Nantes has a PPV value of 0.26 and Stade Reims has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Nantes Quentin Merlin has a total value of 0.69 and in the team of Stade Reims the best player is Arb?r Zeneli.

• 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 30 goals and 111 shots on goal. Stade Reims scored 36 and 135 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Nantes are Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah with 6 goals and Andy Delort with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.45 and 8.29.
• The two best players of Stade Reims are Folarin Jerry Balogun with 17 goals and Marshall Nyasha Munetsi with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 17.03 and 7.54.
• Our opinion is that Stade Reims has the better offensive players than Nantes.

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