Olympique Lyonnais vs Paris Saint-Germain - who is the better team?

Currently Paris Saint-Germain has a better 1vs1 performance index with 322. Olympique Lyonnais has 74 goals and Paris Saint-Germain has a total of 80 goals. Our opinion is that currently Paris Saint-Germain would win the match.

• At the moment Olympique Lyonnais has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1568 interceptions and 109 blocks.
• In Olympique Lyonnais the two top defensive players are Marcelo Antonio Guedes Filho and Jason Gregori Mariann Denayer.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Presnel Kimpembe and Marcos Aoas Correa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Olympique Lyonnais 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 0.33 and Olympique Lyonnais has a value of 0.27. Within the team of Paris Saint-Germain Marco Verratti has a total value of 1.01 and in the team of Olympique Lyonnais the best player is Leo Dubois.

• 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 74 goals and 218 shots on goal. Paris Saint-Germain scored 80 and 205 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique Lyonnais are Memphis Depay with 20 goals and Ekambi with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 18 and 16.86.
• The two best players of Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 26 goals and moise Kean with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 22.11 and 5.85.
• Our opinion is that Paris Saint-Germain has the better offensive players than Olympique Lyonnais.

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.