Olympique Lyonnais vs Nantes - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique Lyonnais has a better 1vs1 performance index with 86. Olympique Lyonnais has 70 goals and Nantes has a total of 52 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique Lyonnais would win the match.

• At the moment Nantes has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1708 interceptions and 199 blocks.
• In Nantes the two top defensive players are Andrei Girotto and Nicolas Pallois.
• In Olympique Lyonnais the two top defenders are Thiago Mendes and Maxence Caqueret.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Nantes 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 0.37 and Nantes has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Olympique Lyonnais Malo Gusto has a total value of 0.66 and in the team of Nantes the best player is Pedro Chirivella Burgos.

• 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 70 goals and 200 shots on goal. Nantes scored 52 and 131 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique Lyonnais are Moussa Dembele with 21 goals and Ekambi with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 20.66 and 11.76.
• The two best players of Nantes are Ludovic Blas with 10 goals and Andrei Girotto with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.94 and 4.41.
• Our opinion is that Olympique Lyonnais has the better offensive players than Nantes.

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.