Lyon vs Rayo Vallecano - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique Lyonnais has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Olympique Lyonnais has 43 goals and Rayo Vallecano has a total of 31 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique Lyonnais would win the match.

• At the moment Rayo Vallecano has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1173 interceptions and 57 blocks.
• In Rayo Vallecano the two top defensive players are Alejandro Catena Marugan and Francisco Jose Garcia Torres.
• In Olympique Lyonnais the two top defenders are Castello Junior Lukeba and Thiago Mendes.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Rayo Vallecano 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 Rayo Vallecano has a value of 0.39. Within the team of Olympique Lyonnais Corentin Tolisso has a total value of 0.92 and in the team of Rayo Vallecano the best player is Josep Maria Chavarria Perez.

• 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. Rayo Vallecano scored 31 and 113 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 Rayo Vallecano are Isaac Palazon Camacho with 6 goals and Sergio Camello Perez with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.92 and 6.21.
• Our opinion is that Olympique Lyonnais has the better offensive players than Rayo Vallecano.

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.