Marseille vs Napoli - who is the better team?

Currently Napoli has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Olympique de Marseille has 53 goals and Napoli has a total of 64 goals. Our opinion is that currently Napoli 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 Napoli the two top defenders are Min-Jae Kim and Amir Rrahmani.
• 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 Napoli 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 Napoli the best player is Mario Rui Silva Duarte.

• 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. Napoli scored 64 and 168 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 Napoli are Victor James Osimhen with 21 goals and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 20.1 and 6.14.
• Our opinion is that Napoli has the better offensive players than Olympique de Marseille.

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