Barcelona vs PSG - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 96. Barcelona has 47 goals and Paris Saint-Germain has a total of 68 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Barcelona has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 972 interceptions and 32 blocks.
• In Barcelona the two top defensive players are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Marcos Aoas Correa and Sergio Ramos.
• 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. Barcelona has a PPV value of 0.44 and Paris Saint-Germain has a value of 0.43. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.15 and in the team of Paris Saint-Germain the best player is Marco Verratti.

• 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 47 goals and 134 shots on goal. Paris Saint-Germain scored 68 and 197 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 Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 19 goals and Junior Neymar with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.98 and 8.52.
• Our opinion is that Paris Saint-Germain has the better offensive players than Barcelona.

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.