Barcelona vs Paris Saint-Germain - who is the better team?

Currently Paris Saint-Germain has a better 1vs1 performance index with 336. Barcelona has 63 goals and Paris Saint-Germain has a total of 75 goals. Our opinion is that currently Paris Saint-Germain would win the match.

• At the moment Barcelona has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1052 interceptions and 57 blocks.
• In Barcelona the two top defensive players are Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Thiago Silva and Marcos Aoas Correa.
• 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. Paris Saint-Germain has a PPV value of 0.38 and Barcelona has a value of 0.37. Within the team of Paris Saint-Germain Marco Verratti has a total value of 1.04 and in the team of Barcelona the best player is Ricard Puig Marti.

• 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 63 goals and 166 shots on goal. Paris Saint-Germain scored 75 and 202 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Lionel Messi with 19 goals and Luis Suarez with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.58.
• The two best players of Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 18 goals and Junior Neymar with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.91 and 1.09.
• Our opinion is that Paris Saint-Germain has the better offensive players than Barcelona.

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