Battle lines

NO RIVALARY COMPARES to the century-long feud between Real Madrid and Barcelona, which have combined to win 53 of 81 La Liga titles. This year the teams meet on Aug. 23 and Aug. 29 for the Spanish Super Cup before the rivals dominate their league more than any other duo on the continent. Each possesses attacking talent fronted by a world-class scorer, but these heat maps and goal diagrams -- based on the past two seasons of La Liga play -- reveal that the teams generate offense in starkly different ways.

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Albert Larcada

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Albert Larcada is an Analytics Specialist in ESPN's Stats & Information group. Among other analytics projects, he maintains, advances and writes about ESPN's Soccer Power Index (SPI) algorithm.