Barcelona vs U.S. Sassuolo - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 314. Barcelona has 49 goals and U.S. Sassuolo has a total of 30 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment U.S. Sassuolo has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 774 interceptions and 68 blocks.
• In U.S. Sassuolo the two top defensive players are Pedro Obiang and Marlon Santos.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Gerard Pique and Clement Lenglet.
• Based on this statistics we believe that U.S. Sassuolo 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 0.36 and U.S. Sassuolo has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Barcelona Ousmane Dembele has a total value of 0.91 and in the team of U.S. Sassuolo the best player is Rogerio Oliveira da 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 49 goals and 115 shots on goal. U.S. Sassuolo scored 30 and 89 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Lionel Messi with 13 goals and Luis Suarez with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.58.
• The two best players of U.S. Sassuolo are Domenico Berardi with 9 goals and Francesco Caputo with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.35 and 0.38.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than U.S. Sassuolo.

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.