Marseille vs Brentford - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique de Marseille has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Olympique de Marseille has 53 goals and Brentford has a total of 43 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique de Marseille would win the match.

• At the moment Brentford has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1319 interceptions and 88 blocks.
• In Brentford the two top defensive players are Ethan Rupert Pinnock and Ben Mee.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defenders are Chancel Mbemba and Leonardo Balerdi.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Brentford 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 Brentford has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Olympique de Marseille Amine Harit has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Brentford the best player is Mathias Jensen.

• 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. Brentford scored 43 and 121 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 Brentford are Ivan Toney with 16 goals and Mathias Jensen with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 17.11 and 1.53.
• Our opinion is that Olympique de Marseille has the better offensive players than Brentford.

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.