Football tips: Real Sociedad vs FC Barcelona - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

League round two of the La Liga season and the sides have taken their learnings from the first match. Here's the ultimate Real Sociedad - FC Barcelona pre-match guide:

This should be an interesting game with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Real Sociedad form and stats

Last season, Real Sociedad's league results were 17 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses, resulting in 6th spot in the La Liga. From these 38 matches they scored 40 goals and gave away 37. Appearing as the host team in the last season Real Sociedad produced 10-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 9 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Real Sociedad, who won 1-0 against Cádiz (placed 18th). Midfield player Merino got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Merino served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that game, the home loss against Atletico Madrid with the scoreline 1-2.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Barcelona performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 85 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 13 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 41/18 goals scored/conceded.

Barcelona have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 312 minutes ago. Aubameyang was the goal scorer.

FC Barcelona's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Rayo Vallecano that finished 0-0. ter Stegen was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.64. The agile goalkeeper Stegen topped it up with a clean sheet.

Head 2 Head

FC Barcelona have avoided a loss in the last 15 fixtures (12-3-0) versus Real Sociedad.

Top Goalscorers

Real SociedadT. Kubo
T. Kubo
1 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

FC Barcelona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Sociedad FC Barcelona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 23
7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
14% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 5
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Real Sociedad Last season FC Barcelona
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   1 1
17 10   Won W   1 1
11 5   Drew D   0 0
10 4   Lost L   0 0
40 16   Scored S   3 3
37 9   Conceded C   2 2
84% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
58% 32%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
32% 16%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   100% 100%
18% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   100% 100%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   100% 100%
34% 16%   BTTS BTTS   100% 100%
53% 74%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
29% 32%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
4.9 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
4.6 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
4 4   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.7 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
4.2 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
25% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
11.3 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
3.6 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Villarreal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Osasuna 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Real Sociedad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Celta de Vigo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 FC Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Elche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mallorca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Almeria 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Cádiz 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Girona 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Real Valladolid 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 38 26 8 4 80 31 19 13 5 1 44 13 19 13 3 3 36 18 49 86
2 FC Barcelona 38 21 10 7 68 38 19 12 2 5 37 19 19 9 8 2 31 19 30 73
3 Atletico Madrid 38 21 8 9 65 43 19 12 5 2 33 16 19 9 3 7 32 27 22 71
4 Sevilla 38 18 16 4 53 30 19 12 6 1 36 17 19 6 10 3 17 13 23 70
5 Real Betis 38 19 8 11 62 40 19 10 2 7 34 22 19 9 6 4 28 18 22 65
6 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 40 37 19 10 5 4 16 9 19 7 6 6 24 28 3 62
7 Villarreal 38 16 11 11 63 37 19 10 6 3 40 18 19 6 5 8 23 19 26 59
8 Athletic Club 38 14 13 11 43 36 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 9 6 14 18 7 55
9 Valencia 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 6 8 5 26 24 19 5 7 7 22 29 -5 48
10 Osasuna 38 12 11 15 37 51 19 5 7 7 17 26 19 7 4 8 20 25 -14 47
11 Celta de Vigo 38 12 10 16 43 43 19 7 4 8 26 23 19 5 6 8 17 20 0 46
12 Rayo Vallecano 38 11 9 18 39 50 19 8 5 6 26 22 19 3 4 12 13 28 -11 42
13 Elche 38 11 9 18 40 52 19 7 6 6 24 21 19 4 3 12 16 31 -12 42
14 Espanyol 38 10 12 16 40 53 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 6 12 15 34 -13 42
15 Getafe 38 8 15 15 33 41 19 7 7 5 21 15 19 1 8 10 12 26 -8 39
16 Cádiz 38 8 15 15 35 51 19 3 9 7 19 24 19 5 6 8 16 27 -16 39
17 Mallorca 38 10 9 19 36 63 19 7 6 6 20 25 19 3 3 13 16 38 -27 39
18 Granada 38 8 14 16 44 61 19 5 7 7 22 29 19 3 7 9 22 32 -17 38
19 Levante 38 8 11 19 51 76 19 5 7 7 28 30 19 3 4 12 23 46 -25 35
20 Deportivo Alaves 38 8 7 23 31 65 19 7 4 8 17 21 19 1 3 15 14 44 -34 31

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 Villarreal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Osasuna 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Real Sociedad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Celta de Vigo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 FC Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Elche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mallorca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Almeria 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Cádiz 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Girona 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Real Valladolid 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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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.