Rennes vs Mainz - who is the better team?

Currently Stade Rennais has a better 1vs1 performance index with 89. Stade Rennais has 47 goals and FSV Mainz 05 has a total of 40 goals. Our opinion is that currently Stade Rennais would win the match.

• At the moment FSV Mainz 05 has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1331 interceptions and 58 blocks.
• In FSV Mainz 05 the two top defensive players are Stefan Bell and Edimilson Fernandes.
• In Stade Rennais the two top defenders are Arthur Nicolas Theate and Adrien Truffert.
• Based on this statistics we believe that FSV Mainz 05 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. Stade Rennais has a PPV value of 0.32 and FSV Mainz 05 has a value of 0.26. Within the team of Stade Rennais Birger Solberg Solberg Meling has a total value of 1.19 and in the team of FSV Mainz 05 the best player is Silvan Widmer.

• 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.)
• Stade Rennais has scored in this season so far 47 goals and 149 shots on goal. FSV Mainz 05 scored 40 and 124 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Stade Rennais are Martin Terrier with 9 goals and Amine Gouiri with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.73 and 9.32.
• The two best players of FSV Mainz 05 are Karim Onisiwo with 9 goals and Marcus Ingvartsen with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.25 and 6.5.
• Our opinion is that Stade Rennais has the better offensive players than FSV Mainz 05.

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