Real Madrid vs Nantes - who is the better team?

Currently Real Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Real Madrid has 74 goals and Nantes has a total of 36 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Nantes has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1504 interceptions and 76 blocks.
• In Nantes the two top defensive players are Andrei Girotto and Jean-Charles Victor Castelletto.
• In Real Madrid the two top defenders are Eder Militao and Aurelien Tchouameni.
• 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. Real Madrid has a PPV value of 0.4 and Nantes has a value of 0.26. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 0.85 and in the team of Nantes the best player is Quentin Merlin.

• 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.)
• Real Madrid has scored in this season so far 74 goals and 34.76 shots on goal. Nantes scored 36 and 35.85 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 18 goals and Vinicius Junior with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 21.55 and 8.16.
• The two best players of Nantes are Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah with 8 goals and Ludovic Blas with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.3 and 10.62.
• Our opinion is that Real Madrid has the better offensive players than Nantes.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Real Madrid is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.