Barcelona vs Real Sociedad - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 312. Barcelona has 63 goals and Real Sociedad has a total of 45 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Real Sociedad has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1181 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In Real Sociedad the two top defensive players are Joseba Zaldua and Mikel Merino.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Real Sociedad 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 0.37 and Real Sociedad has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Barcelona Ricard Puig Marti has a total value of 2.06 and in the team of Real Sociedad the best player is Martin Odegaard.

• 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. Real Sociedad scored 45 and 112 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 Real Sociedad are Willian Jose with 9 goals and Oyarzabal with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.46 and 0.4.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Real Sociedad.

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.