Marseille vs PSG - who is the better team?

Currently Paris Saint-Germain has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Olympique de Marseille has 67 goals and Paris Saint-Germain has a total of 89 goals. Our opinion is that currently Paris Saint-Germain would win the match.

• At the moment Olympique de Marseille has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1400 interceptions and 49 blocks.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defensive players are Leonardo Balerdi and Valentin Rongier.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Danilo Pereira and Sergio Ramos.
• 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. Paris Saint-Germain has a PPV value of 0.43 and Olympique de Marseille has a value of 0.34. Within the team of Paris Saint-Germain Marco Verratti has a total value of 0.91 and in the team of Olympique de Marseille the best player is Amine Harit.

• 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 34.16 shots on goal. Paris Saint-Germain scored 89 and 44.06 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 13.06 and 4.86.
• The two best players of Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 29 goals and Lionel Messi with 16 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 24.64 and 17.45.
• Our opinion is that Paris Saint-Germain has the better offensive players than Olympique de Marseille.

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