Barcelona vs Manchester City - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Barcelona has 49 goals and Manchester City has a total of 67 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Barcelona has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1010 interceptions and 32 blocks.
• In Barcelona the two top defensive players are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Manuel Akanji.
• 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. Manchester City has a PPV value of 0.44 and Barcelona has a value of 0.44. Within the team of Manchester City Kalvin Phillips has a total value of 1.07 and in the team of Barcelona the best player is Jordi Alba.

• 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. Manchester City scored 67 and 161 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 Manchester City are Erling Haaland with 28 goals and Phil Foden with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 21.57 and 5.25.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Barcelona.

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