FC Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 16 December 2020

Result

FC Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Wednesday 16 December 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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FC Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 2-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 16 December 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.

Willian José opened the scoring in the 27th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Jordi Alba (31') and Frenkie de Jong (43'). Real Sociedad scored through Willian José (27').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 8th on 17 points from 11 and Real Sociedad 1st on 26 points from 13. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 79 points, and Real Sociedad 5th with 62.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Sociedad in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian José of Real Sociedad (8.0), ahead of Lionel Messi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 1 for Real Sociedad.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Adnan JanuzajReal Sociedad
  • 27'Goal · Willian JoséReal Sociedad · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Jordi AlbaFC Barcelona · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Sergio BusquetsFC Barcelona
  • 43'Goal · Frenkie de JongFC Barcelona · 2-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Ander BarrenetxeaReal Sociedad
  • 80'Yellow card · Robin Le NormandReal Sociedad
  • 88'Yellow card · Francisco TrincãoFC Barcelona
  • 89'Yellow card · Ronald KoemanFC Barcelona
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Carles AleñáFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 7, draws 2, Real Sociedad 1.

Team news

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FC Barcelona line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marc ter Stegen, Sergiño Dest, Ronald Araujo, Óscar Mingueza, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Antoine Griezmann, Pedri, Martin Braithwaite, Lionel Messi

Real Sociedad line-up (4-3-3)

Álex Remiro, Andoni Gorosabel, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Nacho Monreal, Ander Guevara, Martín Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Adnan Januzaj, Willian José, Portu