Lyon vs Celta de Vigo - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique Lyonnais has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Olympique Lyonnais has 65 goals and Celta de Vigo has a total of 43 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique Lyonnais would win the match.

• At the moment Celta de Vigo has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1437 interceptions and 68 blocks.
• In Celta de Vigo the two top defensive players are Unai Nunez and Joseph Aidoo.
• In Olympique Lyonnais the two top defenders are Castello Junior Lukeba and Maxence Caqueret.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Celta de Vigo 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 Celta de Vigo has a value of 0.26. Within the team of Olympique Lyonnais Corentin Tolisso has a total value of 0.92 and in the team of Celta de Vigo the best player is Hugo Mallo.

• 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 65 goals and 43.1 shots on goal. Celta de Vigo scored 43 and 36.82 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique Lyonnais are Alexandre Lacazette with 27 goals and Maxence Caqueret with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 25.17 and 3.54.
• The two best players of Celta de Vigo are Iago Aspas with 12 goals and Gabriel Veiga Novas with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 10.56 and 6.15.
• Our opinion is that Olympique Lyonnais has the better offensive players than Celta de Vigo.

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.