Real Madrid vs Barcelona - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 312. Real Madrid has 62 goals and Barcelona has a total of 79 goals. Our opinion is that currently Barcelona would win the match.

• At the moment Real Madrid has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1441 interceptions and 65 blocks.
• In Real Madrid the two top defensive players are Casemiro and Sergio Ramos.
• In Barcelona the two top defenders are Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Real Madrid 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 0.37 and Real Madrid has a value of 0.31. Within the team of Barcelona Alex Collado Gutierrez has a total value of 0.95 and in the team of Real Madrid the best player is Vieira da Silva Junior Marcelo.

• 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 62 goals and 218 shots on goal. Barcelona scored 79 and 207 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 18 goals and Sergio Ramos with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.36.
• The two best players of Barcelona are Lionel Messi with 22 goals and Luis Suarez with 15 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.71 and 0.55.
• Our opinion is that Barcelona has the better offensive players than Real Madrid.

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.