Real Madrid vs Barcelona - who is the better team?

Currently Barcelona has a better 1vs1 performance index with 97. Real Madrid has 51 goals and Barcelona has a total of 49 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 1010 interceptions and 32 blocks.
• In Barcelona the two top defensive players are Sergio Busquets and Jules Kounde.
• In Real Madrid the two top defenders are Eder Militao and Daniel Carvajal.
• 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 0.44 and Real Madrid has a value of 0.4. Within the team of Barcelona Jordi Alba has a total value of 1.15 and in the team of Real Madrid the best player is Toni Kroos.

• 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 51 goals and 158 shots on goal. Barcelona scored 49 and 141 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 11 goals and Vinicius Junior with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.75 and 6.88.
• 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 Real Madrid 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.