Barcelona vs AC Milan - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 97. Barcelona has 70 goals and AC Milan has a total of 64 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment AC Milan has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1444 interceptions and 63 blocks.
• In AC Milan the two top defensive players are Fikayo Tomori and Pierre Kazeye Rommel Kalulu Kyatengwa.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• Based on this statistics we believe that AC Milan 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. AC Milan has a PPV value of 0.45 and Barcelona has a value of 0.44. Within the team of AC Milan Sergino Dest has a total value of 3.73 and in the team of Barcelona the best player is Jordi Alba.

• 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.)
• Barcelona has scored in this season so far 70 goals and 35.41 shots on goal. AC Milan scored 64 and 35.08 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Robert Lewandowski with 23 goals and Ansu Fati with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 23.31 and 9.35.
• The two best players of AC Milan are Rafael Leao with 15 goals and Olivier Giroud with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.98 and 14.66.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than AC Milan.

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