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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou (98787 seats)

The FC Barcelona & Real Sociedad managers Xavi and Barrenetxea are both dreading and looking forward to this crucial match in the higher regions of the La Liga league table.

Insights:
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (13) in La Liga

FC Barcelona are already the La Liga winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

14-3-0 is the performance here at Spotify Camp Nou so far in the La Liga, giving FC Barcelona a total of 45 from their 17 games here. Outstanding results! It’s been three wins in a row for Barcelona here at Spotify Camp Nou, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Happy days for FC Barcelona in their previous game, a fixture away at Espanyol (placed 19th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. A goal frenzy last time out for FC Barcelona, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Espanyol. Fun stuff to watch! Midfield player de Jong got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Jong served one assist, hit four key passes and had 100 successful passes (of 104 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Osasuna in a game that was won 1-0.

It should be noted that a look at the 15 latest league games reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

FC Barcelona are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Real Valladolid awaits in three days.

Barcelona have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Spotify Camp Nou with 33 goals in 17 league matches. FC Barcelona have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 9 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Sociedad's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Girona that finished 2-2. It looked so good for Real Sociedad vs Girona, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Sociedad coach Barrenetxea could be heard cursing the gods after the 2-2 draw against Girona, as the team hit the posts three times. Midfielder Kubo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.01. Kubo hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that, Real Sociedad secured a home win against Real Madrid with the score 2-0.

Low on goals? 11 of this side's most recent 13 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Real Sociedad are hosting Almeria in the La Liga only three days away.

Sociedad have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (16 so far).

Head 2 Head

The 5 most recent meetings involving these teams have all finished as FC Barcelona victories. Are we destined for another one?

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Real Sociedad - FC Barcelona 1-4.

Top Goalscorers

FC BarcelonaR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
21 goals
Real SociedadA. Sørloth
A. Sørloth
10 goals
Real SociedadT. Kubo
T. Kubo
8 goals

FC Barcelona missing players

Real Sociedad missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Barcelona Real Sociedad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 3 17 34
27 14 4 Won W 0 9 18
4 3 0 Drew D 2 3 8
3 0 0 Lost L 1 5 8
64 33 10 Scored S 0 22 45
13 2 1 Conceded C 2 16 31
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 88% 91%
56% 59% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 65% 71%
47% 41% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 29%
24% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 15%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
24% 12% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 35% 41%
74% 88% 75% Clean Sheets C S 67% 41% 41%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 35% 26%
 
6.2 7.5 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 4.2
3 1.8 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 3.8 4
2.3 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.2 2.5
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15.1 17.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 12.6 12.6
5.2 6.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 5 4.9
36% 32% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 27%
 
9.3 7.5 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 11.1 10.7
2.7 1.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.6
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • FC Barcelona have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (13) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (15) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (25) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most points (45) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+31) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+51) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 34 27 4 3 64 13 17 14 3 0 33 2 17 13 1 3 31 11 51 85
2 Real Madrid 34 22 5 7 70 32 17 12 4 1 41 14 17 10 1 6 29 18 38 71
3 Atletico Madrid 34 21 6 7 60 27 17 11 3 3 36 14 17 10 3 4 24 13 33 69
4 Real Sociedad 34 18 8 8 45 31 17 9 5 3 23 15 17 9 3 5 22 16 14 62
5 Villarreal 34 17 6 11 52 35 17 11 2 4 32 16 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 57
6 Real Betis 33 15 7 11 40 37 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 7 3 7 18 22 3 52
7 Girona 34 13 9 12 54 48 17 10 3 4 33 22 17 3 6 8 21 26 6 48
8 Sevilla 34 13 8 13 44 49 17 7 4 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 21 26 -5 47
9 Osasuna 34 13 8 13 32 36 17 9 1 7 20 20 17 4 7 6 12 16 -4 47
10 Athletic Club 34 13 8 13 44 38 17 7 3 7 20 13 17 6 5 6 24 25 6 47
11 Rayo Vallecano 33 12 10 11 40 42 17 8 5 4 25 19 16 4 5 7 15 23 -2 46
12 Mallorca 34 12 8 14 33 37 17 8 5 4 18 12 17 4 3 10 15 25 -4 44
13 Celta de Vigo 34 10 9 15 39 48 17 6 5 6 23 19 17 4 4 9 16 29 -9 39
14 Valencia 34 10 7 17 38 41 17 7 4 6 24 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -3 37
15 Almeria 34 10 6 18 43 61 17 9 2 6 26 22 17 1 4 12 17 39 -18 36
16 Cádiz 34 8 11 15 26 50 17 5 6 6 16 23 17 3 5 9 10 27 -24 35
17 Real Valladolid 34 10 5 19 30 60 17 7 3 7 18 24 17 3 2 12 12 36 -30 35
18 Getafe 34 8 10 16 30 43 17 6 5 6 18 18 17 2 5 10 12 25 -13 34
19 Espanyol 34 7 10 17 42 60 17 4 5 8 21 29 17 3 5 9 21 31 -18 31
20 Elche 34 4 7 23 26 64 17 3 4 10 16 27 17 1 3 13 10 37 -38 19

Real Sociedad:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 34 27 4 3 64 13 17 14 3 0 33 2 17 13 1 3 31 11 51 85
2 Real Madrid 34 22 5 7 70 32 17 12 4 1 41 14 17 10 1 6 29 18 38 71
3 Atletico Madrid 34 21 6 7 60 27 17 11 3 3 36 14 17 10 3 4 24 13 33 69
4 Real Sociedad 34 18 8 8 45 31 17 9 5 3 23 15 17 9 3 5 22 16 14 62
5 Villarreal 34 17 6 11 52 35 17 11 2 4 32 16 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 57
6 Real Betis 33 15 7 11 40 37 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 7 3 7 18 22 3 52
7 Girona 34 13 9 12 54 48 17 10 3 4 33 22 17 3 6 8 21 26 6 48
8 Sevilla 34 13 8 13 44 49 17 7 4 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 21 26 -5 47
9 Osasuna 34 13 8 13 32 36 17 9 1 7 20 20 17 4 7 6 12 16 -4 47
10 Athletic Club 34 13 8 13 44 38 17 7 3 7 20 13 17 6 5 6 24 25 6 47
11 Rayo Vallecano 33 12 10 11 40 42 17 8 5 4 25 19 16 4 5 7 15 23 -2 46
12 Mallorca 34 12 8 14 33 37 17 8 5 4 18 12 17 4 3 10 15 25 -4 44
13 Celta de Vigo 34 10 9 15 39 48 17 6 5 6 23 19 17 4 4 9 16 29 -9 39
14 Valencia 34 10 7 17 38 41 17 7 4 6 24 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -3 37
15 Almeria 34 10 6 18 43 61 17 9 2 6 26 22 17 1 4 12 17 39 -18 36
16 Cádiz 34 8 11 15 26 50 17 5 6 6 16 23 17 3 5 9 10 27 -24 35
17 Real Valladolid 34 10 5 19 30 60 17 7 3 7 18 24 17 3 2 12 12 36 -30 35
18 Getafe 34 8 10 16 30 43 17 6 5 6 18 18 17 2 5 10 12 25 -13 34
19 Espanyol 34 7 10 17 42 60 17 4 5 8 21 29 17 3 5 9 21 31 -18 31
20 Elche 34 4 7 23 26 64 17 3 4 10 16 27 17 1 3 13 10 37 -38 19

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.