Marseille vs Roma - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique de Marseille has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Olympique de Marseille has 53 goals and AS Roma has a total of 35 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique de Marseille would win the match.

• At the moment Olympique de Marseille has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1244 interceptions and 49 blocks.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defensive players are Chancel Mbemba and Leonardo Balerdi.
• In AS Roma the two top defenders are Roger Ibanez and Chris Smalling.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Olympique de Marseille 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 0.34 and AS Roma has a value of 0.28. Within the team of Olympique de Marseille Amine Harit has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of AS Roma the best player is Georginio Wijnaldum.

• 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.)
• Olympique de Marseille has scored in this season so far 53 goals and 152 shots on goal. AS Roma scored 35 and 120 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique de Marseille are Alexis Alehandru Sanchez with 12 goals and Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.33 and 3.68.
• The two best players of AS Roma are Paulo Bruno Dybala with 9 goals and Tammy Abraham with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.07 and 8.33.
• Our opinion is that Olympique de Marseille has the better offensive players than AS Roma.

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.