Marseille vs Paris Saint-Germain - who is the better team?

Currently Paris Saint-Germain has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Olympique de Marseille has 63 goals and Paris Saint-Germain has a total of 90 goals. Our opinion is that currently Paris Saint-Germain would win the match.

• At the moment Paris Saint-Germain has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1474 interceptions and 172.5 blocks.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defensive players are Marcos Aoas Correa and Presnel Kimpembe.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defenders are Jonathan Clauss and Duje Caleta Car.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Paris Saint-Germain 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 0.41 and Olympique de Marseille has a value of 0.33. Within the team of Paris Saint-Germain Isma?l Gharbi has a total value of 1.37 and in the team of Olympique de Marseille the best player is Dimitri Payet.

• 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 63 goals and 197 shots on goal. Paris Saint-Germain scored 90 and 236 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique de Marseille are Dimitri Payet with 12 goals and Cengiz Under with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 10.78 and 5.39.
• The two best players of Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 28 goals and Junior Neymar with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 19.22 and 10.83.
• 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.