Barcelona vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 97. Barcelona has 49 goals and Southampton has a total of 23 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Southampton has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1323 interceptions and 66 blocks.
• In Southampton the two top defensive players are Mohamed Salisu Abdul Karim and Armel Bella-Kotchap.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Southampton 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 Southampton has a value of 0.24. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.15 and in the team of Southampton the best player is Stuart Armstrong.

• 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 49 goals and 141 shots on goal. Southampton scored 23 and 112 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 Southampton are James Ward Prowse with 7 goals and Che Adams with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 3.51 and 6.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Southampton.

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.