Marseille vs Barcelona - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 97. Olympique de Marseille has 53 goals and Barcelona has a total of 49 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Olympique de Marseille has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1244 interceptions and 49 blocks.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defensive players are Chancel Mbemba and Leonardo Balerdi.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Olympique de Marseille 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 Olympique de Marseille has a value of 0.34. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.15 and in the team of Olympique de Marseille the best player is Amine Harit.

• 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.)
• Olympique de Marseille has scored in this season so far 53 goals and 152 shots on goal. Barcelona scored 49 and 141 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique de Marseille are Alexis Alehandru Sanchez with 12 goals and Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.33 and 3.68.
• 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 Olympique de Marseille 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.