Barcelona vs Burnley - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 319. Barcelona has 37 goals and Burnley has a total of 9 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Burnley has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 806 interceptions and 62 blocks.
• In Burnley the two top defensive players are Josh Brownhill and James Tarkowski.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Jordi Alba and Clement Lenglet.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Burnley 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 0.35 and Burnley has a value of 0.16. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.01 and in the team of Burnley the best player is Ashley Westwood.

• 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 37 goals and 120 shots on goal. Burnley scored 9 and 45 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Lionel Messi with 11 goals and Anssumane Fati with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.33.
• The two best players of Burnley are Chris Wood with 3 goals and Robbie Brady with 1 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.49 and 0.08.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Burnley.

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.