VfL Wolfsburg vs Olympique de Marseille - who is the better team?

Currently VfL Wolfsburg has a better 1vs1 performance index with 292. VfL Wolfsburg has 61 goals and Olympique de Marseille has a total of 54 goals. Our opinion is that currently VfL Wolfsburg would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1931 interceptions and 72 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are Maxence Lacroix and John Anthony Brooks.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defenders are Alvaro Gonzalez and Duje Caleta Car.
• Based on this statistics we believe that VfL Wolfsburg 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. VfL Wolfsburg has a PPV value of 0.21 and Olympique de Marseille has a value of 0.2. Within the team of VfL Wolfsburg Melingo Kevin Mbabu has a total value of 0.59 and in the team of Olympique de Marseille the best player is Dimitri Payet.

• 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.)
• VfL Wolfsburg has scored in this season so far 61 goals and 170 shots on goal. Olympique de Marseille scored 54 and 138 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Wout Weghorst with 20 goals and Josip Brekalo with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 18 and 3.09.
• The two best players of Olympique de Marseille are Arkadiusz Milik with 9 goals and Florian Thauvin with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.75 and 9.81.
• Our opinion is that VfL Wolfsburg has the better offensive players than Olympique de Marseille.

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