Barcelona vs FC Bayern Munchen - who is the better team?

Currently Bayern Munich has a better 1vs1 performance index with 97. Barcelona has 49 goals and Bayern Munich has a total of 72 goals. Our opinion is that currently Bayern Munich would win the match.

• At the moment Bayern Munich has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1176 interceptions and 44 blocks.
• In Bayern Munich the two top defensive players are Dayotchanculle Upamecano and Joshua Kimmich.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Bayern Munich 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 0.44 and Bayern Munich has a value of 0.41. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.15 and in the team of Bayern Munich the best player is Kingsley Coman.

• 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 49 goals and 141 shots on goal. Bayern Munich scored 72 and 207 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Robert Lewandowski with 15 goals and Pedro Gonzalez Lopez with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 14.32 and 3.4.
• The two best players of Bayern Munich are Jamal Musiala with 11 goals and Maxim Choupo Moting with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.73 and 6.29.
• Our opinion is that Bayern Munich has the better offensive players than Barcelona.

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