Real Madrid vs Lyon - who is the better team?

Currently Real Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Real Madrid has 75 goals and Olympique Lyonnais has a total of 65 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Real Madrid has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1394 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Real Madrid the two top defensive players are Eder Militao and Aurelien Tchouameni.
• In Olympique Lyonnais the two top defenders are Castello Junior Lukeba and Maxence Caqueret.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Real Madrid 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 Real Madrid has a value of 0.4. Within the team of Olympique Lyonnais Corentin Tolisso has a total value of 0.92 and in the team of Real Madrid the best player is Toni Kroos.

• 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 75 goals and 34.58 shots on goal. Olympique Lyonnais scored 65 and 43.1 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 19 goals and Vinicius Junior with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 22.47 and 8.29.
• 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 25.17 and 3.54.
• Our opinion is that Real Madrid has the better offensive players than Olympique Lyonnais.

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.