Borussia Dortmund vs Barcelona - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 320. Borussia Dortmund has 45 goals and Barcelona has a total of 53 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Borussia Dortmund has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 967 interceptions and 59 blocks.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defensive players are Mats Hummels and Manuel Obafemi Akanji.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Jordi Alba and Frenkie De Jong.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Borussia Dortmund 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 0.34 and Borussia Dortmund has a value of 0.31. Within the team of Barcelona Ricard Puig Marti has a total value of 1.03 and in the team of Borussia Dortmund the best player is Raphael Guerreiro.

• 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.)
• Borussia Dortmund has scored in this season so far 45 goals and 124 shots on goal. Barcelona scored 53 and 156 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Erling Haaland with 17 goals and Jadon Sancho with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.26.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Lionel Messi with 18 goals and Antoine Griezmann with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.75 and 0.45.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Borussia Dortmund.

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.