Barcelona vs Real Sociedad - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 320. Barcelona has 39 goals and Real Sociedad has a total of 31 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 795 interceptions and 38 blocks.
• In Real Sociedad the two top defensive players are Mikel Merino and Robin Le Normand.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Jordi Alba and Clement Lenglet.
• 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 0.35 and Real Sociedad has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.01 and in the team of Real Sociedad the best player is David Silva.

• 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 39 goals and 120 shots on goal. Real Sociedad scored 31 and 81 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Lionel Messi with 11 goals and Antoine Griezmann with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.44.
• The two best players of Real Sociedad are Oyarzabal with 7 goals and Portu with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.63 and 0.17.
• 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.