Marseille vs Rennes - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique de Marseille has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Olympique de Marseille has 40 goals and Stade Rennais has a total of 37 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique de Marseille would win the match.

• At the moment Stade Rennais has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 935 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Stade Rennais the two top defensive players are Hamari Traore and Arthur Nicolas Theate.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defenders are Chancel Mbemba and Leonardo Balerdi.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Stade Rennais 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 Stade Rennais has a value of 0.32. Within the team of Olympique de Marseille Amine Harit has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Stade Rennais the best player is Birger Solberg Solberg Meling.

• 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 40 goals and 109 shots on goal. Stade Rennais scored 37 and 117 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique de Marseille are Alexis Alehandru Sanchez with 7 goals and Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.15 and 2.77.
• The two best players of Stade Rennais are Martin Terrier with 9 goals and Amine Gouiri with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.73 and 7.4.
• Our opinion is that Olympique de Marseille has the better offensive players than Stade Rennais.

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.