Absolutely. Stats open up a world of the game that evades the eye.
Stats are not everything, but stats are A LOT and definitely a lot more than the eye test.

However, stats in isolation lack context.

But I still believe you can understand more of a game with stats alone than eye test alone.

eg. Most united fans thought united are not able to create in the starting of the last season. Because they were not used to building up from the back. But data lays out a much accurate picture of how things were don’t he pitch