Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 72. Eintracht Frankfurt has 9 goals and Barcelona has a total of 9 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Barcelona has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1162 interceptions and 50 blocks.
• In Barcelona the two top defensive players are Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Barcelona 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 0.19 and Eintracht Frankfurt has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 0.85 and in the team of Eintracht Frankfurt the best player is Filip Kostic.

• 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.)
• Eintracht Frankfurt has scored in this season so far 9 goals and 43 shots on goal. Barcelona scored 9 and 43 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Eintracht Frankfurt are Raphael Santos Borre Maury with 6 goals and Jesper Grange Lindstrom with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.83 and 3.17.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Memphis Depay with 8 goals and Luuk De Jong with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.27 and 2.29.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Barcelona.

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.