Real Sociedad vs Reims - who is the better team?

Currently Real Sociedad has a better 1vs1 performance index with 87. Real Sociedad has 35 goals and Stade Reims has a total of 36 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Sociedad would win the match.

• At the moment Stade Reims has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1130 interceptions and 71 blocks.
• In Stade Reims the two top defensive players are Yunis Abdelhamid and Azor Matusiwa.
• In Real Sociedad the two top defenders are Igor Zubeldia and Mikel Merino.
• 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. Real Sociedad has a PPV value of 0.25 and Stade Reims has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Real Sociedad David Silva has a total value of 0.54 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.)
• Real Sociedad has scored in this season so far 35 goals and 127 shots on goal. Stade Reims scored 36 and 135 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Sociedad are Alexander Sorloth with 9 goals and Brais Mendez with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.39 and 3.99.
• The two best players of Stade Reims are Folarin Jerry Balogun with 17 goals and Marshall Nyasha Munetsi with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 17.03 and 7.54.
• Our opinion is that Stade Reims has the better offensive players than Real Sociedad.

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