Lyon vs Reims - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique Lyonnais has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Olympique Lyonnais has 64 goals and Stade Reims has a total of 44 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique Lyonnais would win the match.

• At the moment Stade Reims has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1428 interceptions and 71 blocks.
• In Stade Reims the two top defensive players are Yunis Abdelhamid and Azor Matusiwa.
• In Olympique Lyonnais the two top defenders are Castello Junior Lukeba and Maxence Caqueret.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Stade Reims 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 Stade Reims has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Olympique Lyonnais Corentin Tolisso has a total value of 0.92 and in the team of Stade Reims the best player is Arb?r Zeneli.

• 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 64 goals and 43.1 shots on goal. Stade Reims scored 44 and 34.43 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 23.8 and 3.47.
• The two best players of Stade Reims are Folarin Jerry Balogun with 20 goals and Marshall Nyasha Munetsi with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 27.43 and 10.7.
• Our opinion is that Olympique Lyonnais has the better offensive players than Stade Reims.

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.