Barcelona vs Augsburg - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 312. Barcelona has 63 goals and Augsburg has a total of 40 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Augsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1491 interceptions and 94 blocks.
• In Augsburg the two top defensive players are Tin Jedvaj and Daniel Baier.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Augsburg 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 0.37 and Augsburg has a value of 0.13. Within the team of Barcelona Ricard Puig Marti has a total value of 2.06 and in the team of Augsburg the best player is Stephan Lichtsteiner.

• 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 63 goals and 166 shots on goal. Augsburg scored 40 and 119 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Lionel Messi with 19 goals and Luis Suarez with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.58.
• The two best players of Augsburg are Florian Niederlechner with 11 goals and Philipp Max with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.44 and 0.15.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Augsburg.

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.