Real Madrid vs Barcelona - who is the better team?

Currently Real Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Real Madrid has 80 goals and Barcelona has a total of 57 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Barcelona has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1360 interceptions and 134 blocks.
• In Barcelona the two top defensive players are Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.
• In Real Madrid the two top defenders are Eder Militao and Casemiro.
• 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. Real Madrid has a PPV value of 0.49 and Barcelona has a value of 0.4. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 0.88 and in the team of Barcelona the best player is Jordi Alba.

• 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.)
• Real Madrid has scored in this season so far 80 goals and 227 shots on goal. Barcelona scored 57 and 126 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 27 goals and Vinicius Junior with 17 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 26.04 and 13.03.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Memphis Depay with 12 goals and Luuk De Jong with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.4 and 4.61.
• Our opinion is that Real Madrid has the better offensive players than Barcelona.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Real Madrid is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.