Chelsea vs Barcelona - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 97. Chelsea has 29 goals and Barcelona has a total of 49 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Chelsea has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1126 interceptions and 62 blocks.
• In Chelsea the two top defensive players are Thiago Silva and Kalidou Koulibaly.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Chelsea 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 Chelsea has a value of 0.35. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.15 and in the team of Chelsea the best player is N'Golo Kante.

• 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.)
• Chelsea has scored in this season so far 29 goals and 107 shots on goal. Barcelona scored 49 and 141 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Chelsea are Kai Havertz with 7 goals and Joao Felix with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.22 and 3.19.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Robert Lewandowski with 15 goals and Pedro Gonzalez Lopez with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 14.32 and 3.4.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Chelsea.

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.