Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 340. Barcelona has 4 goals and Atletico Madrid has a total of 6 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Barcelona has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 50 interceptions and 1 blocks.
• In Barcelona the two top defensive players are Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defenders are Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro and Stefan Savic.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Barcelona 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. Barcelona has a PPV value of 0.3 and Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Barcelona Miralem Pjanic has a total value of 1.04 and in the team of Atletico Madrid the best player is Kieran Trippier.

• 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 4 goals and 9 shots on goal. Atletico Madrid scored 6 and 10 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Anssumane Fati with 2 goals and Lionel Messi with 1 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 2.1.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Luis Suarez with 2 goals and Marcos Llorente with 1 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1.07 and 0.19.
• Our opinion is that Atletico Madrid has the better offensive players than Barcelona.

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.