Barcelona vs Wolverhampton Wanderers - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 313. Barcelona has 50 goals and Wolverhampton Wanderers has a total of 35 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Wolverhampton Wanderers has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1111 interceptions and 75 blocks.
• In Wolverhampton Wanderers the two top defensive players are Conor Coady and Joao Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Gerard Pique and Clement Lenglet.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 Wolverhampton Wanderers has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Barcelona Ricard Puig Marti has a total value of 2.36 and in the team of Wolverhampton Wanderers the best player is Adama Traore Diarra.

• 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 50 goals and 121 shots on goal. Wolverhampton Wanderers scored 35 and 99 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Lionel Messi with 14 goals and Luis Suarez with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.58.
• The two best players of Wolverhampton Wanderers are Raul Alonso Jimenez Rodriguez with 10 goals and Adama Traore Diarra with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.54 and 0.13.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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.