Barcelona vs Union Berlin - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 97. Barcelona has 69 goals and Union Berlin has a total of 51 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Union Berlin has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1332 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In Union Berlin the two top defensive players are Robin Knoche and Diogo Filipe Monteiro Pinto Leite.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Union Berlin 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 Union Berlin has a value of 0.3. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.15 and in the team of Union Berlin the best player is Paul Seguin.

• 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 69 goals and 35.5 shots on goal. Union Berlin scored 51 and 34.09 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Robert Lewandowski with 23 goals and Raphael Dias Belloli with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 23.29 and 8.2.
• The two best players of Union Berlin are Sheraldo Becker with 11 goals and Kevin Behrens with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.09 and 5.23.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Union Berlin.

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.