Rennes vs Leicester City - who is the better team?

Currently Stade Rennais has a better 1vs1 performance index with 89. Stade Rennais has 47 goals and Leicester City has a total of 38 goals. Our opinion is that currently Stade Rennais would win the match.

• At the moment Stade Rennais has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1188 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Stade Rennais the two top defensive players are Arthur Nicolas Theate and Adrien Truffert.
• In Leicester City the two top defenders are Timothy Castagne and Daniel Amartey.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Stade Rennais 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 Leicester City has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Stade Rennais Birger Solberg Solberg Meling has a total value of 1.19 and in the team of Leicester City the best player is Youri Tielemans.

• 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. Leicester City scored 38 and 102 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 Leicester City are Harvey Barnes with 9 goals and James Maddison with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.59 and 4.23.
• Our opinion is that Stade Rennais has the better offensive players than Leicester City.

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.