Barcelona vs Sevilla - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 312. Barcelona has 63 goals and Sevilla has a total of 39 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Sevilla has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1153 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In Sevilla the two top defensive players are Fernando Francisco Francisco Reges and Diego Carlos Santos Silva.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Sevilla 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 Sevilla has a value of 0.27. Within the team of Barcelona Ricard Puig Marti has a total value of 2.06 and in the team of Sevilla the best player is Suso.

• 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. Sevilla scored 39 and 123 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 Sevilla are Lucas Ocampos with 10 goals and Youssef En Nesyri with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.43 and 0.39.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Sevilla.

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.