Barcelona vs Sassuolo - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 97. Barcelona has 70 goals and U.S. Sassuolo has a total of 47 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 1456 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In U.S. Sassuolo the two top defensive players are Martin Erlic and Rogerio Oliveira da Silva.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• 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 0.44 and U.S. Sassuolo has a value of 0.26. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.15 and in the team of U.S. Sassuolo the best player is Emil Konradsen Konradsen Ceide.

• 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 70 goals and 35.41 shots on goal. U.S. Sassuolo scored 47 and 36.89 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Robert Lewandowski with 23 goals and Ansu Fati with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 23.31 and 9.35.
• The two best players of U.S. Sassuolo are Domenico Berardi with 12 goals and Armand Lauriente with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.87 and 5.18.
• 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.