Barcelona vs Inter Milan - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 97. Barcelona has 69 goals and Internazionale has a total of 0 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Internazionale has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1342 interceptions and 51 blocks.
• In Internazionale the two top defensive players are Francesco Acerbi and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Internazionale 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 Internazionale has a value of 0.35. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.15 and in the team of Internazionale the best player is Raoul Bellanova.

• 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 69 goals and 35.5 shots on goal. Internazionale scored 0 and 0 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Robert Lewandowski with 23 goals and Raphael Dias Belloli with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 23.29 and 8.2.
• The two best players of Internazionale are Lautaro Martinez with 21 goals and Romelu Lukaku with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 20.35 and 8.9.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Internazionale.

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.