Rennes vs Lens - who is the better team?

Currently Lens has a better 1vs1 performance index with 90. Stade Rennais has 47 goals and Lens has a total of 47 goals. Our opinion is that currently Lens would win the match.

• At the moment Stade Rennais has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1268 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Stade Rennais the two top defensive players are Arthur Nicolas Theate and Adrien Truffert.
• In Lens the two top defenders are Kevin Danso and Florian Sotoca.
• 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. Lens has a PPV value of 0.32 and Stade Rennais has a value of 0.32. Within the team of Lens Jean Onana has a total value of 0.89 and in the team of Stade Rennais the best player is Birger Solberg Solberg Meling.

• 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. Lens scored 47 and 145 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 Lens are Ikoma Lois Openda Ikoma with 14 goals and Florian Sotoca with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.13 and 10.11.
• Our opinion is that Lens has the better offensive players than Lens.

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