Marseille vs Stade Brestois 29 - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique de Marseille has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Olympique de Marseille has 67 goals and Brest has a total of 43 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique de Marseille would win the match.

• At the moment Brest has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1599 interceptions and 56 blocks.
• In Brest the two top defensive players are Lilian Brassier and Pierre Lees Melou.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defenders are Leonardo Balerdi and Valentin Rongier.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Brest 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 Brest has a value of 0.27. Within the team of Olympique de Marseille Amine Harit has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Brest the best player is Romain Del Castillo.

• 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 67 goals and 34.51 shots on goal. Brest scored 43 and 35.01 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique de Marseille are Alexis Alehandru Sanchez with 14 goals and Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 12.94 and 4.84.
• The two best players of Brest are Jeremy Le Douaron with 10 goals and Romain Del Castillo with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.48 and 5.7.
• Our opinion is that Olympique de Marseille has the better offensive players than Brest.

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.