VfB Stuttgart vs Olympique Lyonnais - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique Lyonnais has a better 1vs1 performance index with 301. VfB Stuttgart has 44 goals and Olympique Lyonnais has a total of 55 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique Lyonnais would win the match.

• At the moment Olympique Lyonnais has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1168 interceptions and 84 blocks.
• In Olympique Lyonnais the two top defensive players are Marcelo Antonio Guedes Filho and Jason Gregori Mariann Denayer.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defenders are Wataru Endo and Marc Oliver Kempf.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Olympique Lyonnais 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 0.27 and VfB Stuttgart has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Olympique Lyonnais Melvin Bard has a total value of 0.81 and in the team of VfB Stuttgart the best player is Borna Sosa.

• 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.)
• VfB Stuttgart has scored in this season so far 44 goals and 126 shots on goal. Olympique Lyonnais scored 55 and 168 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfB Stuttgart are Sasa Kalajdzic with 11 goals and Silas Wamangituka with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.45.
• The two best players of Olympique Lyonnais are Memphis Depay with 14 goals and Ekambi with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.54 and 0.7.
• Our opinion is that Olympique Lyonnais has the better offensive players than VfB Stuttgart.

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