Lyon vs Bochum - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique Lyonnais has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Olympique Lyonnais has 43 goals and Bochum has a total of 27 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique Lyonnais would win the match.

• At the moment Bochum has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1346 interceptions and 70 blocks.
• In Bochum the two top defensive players are Ivan Ordets and Anthony Losilla.
• In Olympique Lyonnais the two top defenders are Castello Junior Lukeba and Thiago Mendes.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Bochum 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 Lyonnais has a PPV value of 0.42 and Bochum has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Olympique Lyonnais Corentin Tolisso has a total value of 0.92 and in the team of Bochum the best player is Christopher Antwi-Adjei.

• 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 Lyonnais has scored in this season so far 43 goals and 159 shots on goal. Bochum scored 27 and 94 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique Lyonnais are Alexandre Lacazette with 17 goals and Moussa Dembele with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 15.12 and 4.12.
• The two best players of Bochum are Philipp Hofmann with 7 goals and Erhan Masovic with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.84 and 1.97.
• Our opinion is that Olympique Lyonnais has the better offensive players than Bochum.

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