The differences between Real Madrid and Barcelona: Who is more accurate? Who runs the most? How much do they attack?
Real Madrid y Barcelona They meet tonight at the Santiago Bernabéu in one of the most exciting and evenly matched Clásicos in recent years. The eternal reign of the white team, especially in Europe, the resurrection of Barça at the hands of Flick and the spectacular roster of footballers who will jump to the Santiago Bernabéu once again make this match the greatest spectacle in the world.
Who arrives better?
As has happened in recent years, the bets continue to favor Real Madrid, although with a smaller margin compared to last season. And Barça’s spectacular start to the season Flick has equalized a Clásico that in recent years has been a little weak due to the iron fist of Real Madrid. The sensations now, however, are different, with many expert voices stating that the Barça team arrives better at the Clásico than Madrid.
Player by player, equality is maximum, as reflected in the MARCA.com macro-survey. In the ideal eleven of the Classic, the more than 100,000 Internet users who have voted choose six Real Madrid players (Lunin, Rüdiger, Militao, Valverde, Vinicius and Mbappé) for five from Barcelona (Koundé, Balde, Casadó, Olmo and Lamine Yamal)something that could have seemed unthinkable when the season began, but the good moment of the team Flick has equalized
Regarding results, the equality between the two teams is also maximum, adding two six points out of nine in the Champions League and occupying the first two positions in LaLiga with a narrow margin of three points in favor of Barça.
The Brazilian leads Real Madrid’s comeback.
What do the numbers say?
Although sensations say that Barcelona arrives better at the Classic, the data from both teams once again establish maximum equality. Looking for differences in the main statistics of the Champions League, the precision of the pass, the number of attacks and the kilometers traveled is where the most important comparisons can be established.
Who runs the most? The numbers, and here they agree with the feelings, say that Barça. While the Barcelona team averages 113 kilometers per gameMadrid remains in 108. It is not a definitive difference, but it does show that the effort of Flick’s team, who presses very high up, is superior to Ancelotti’s.
Madrid, on the contrary, has more possession, more precision in passing and attacks more. The whites have an average possession of 51.67 percent, compared to 50.6 for Barça. The number of passes is also higher than that of Real Madrid, 1,393 good out of 1,564 (88.6% correct)), while Barça has 1,216 successes out of 1,397 (85.3% success).
The whites, with Vinicius and Mbappand as props, they also attack more: 162 attacks compared to 121 for Barça. In terms of chances, more for Madrid: 57 to 36. Barça is more effective, yes, with 10 goals in the Champions League compared to 8 for Real Madrid.
The Brazilian scored three goals and was the MVP of the game.
Madrid presses less, but steals more!
Although the Barça team is standing out at the start of the season for its dizzying football and its pressure, the team that recovers the most balls is Real Madrid. So far in the Champions League, a reference to being the most demanding competition, Madrid has 110 recoveries (36.6 per game) compared to Barça’s 99 (33 per game).
As to tacklesMadrid is also the leader: 25 to 11 for the whites. A surprising fact, like the one that talks about dribbling. With Vinicius and Mbappé, everyone would bet that Madrid is the team with the most dribbling, but Raphinha and Lamine make Barça the leader in one-on-one: 61 dribbles to 58. However, maximum equality in the face of a duel that This year it seems more even than ever.
