FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 May 2023
Result
FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Saturday 20 May 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Sociedad: match report
FC Barcelona were beaten by Real Sociedad 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 20 May 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Mikel Merino opened the scoring in the 5th minute. FC Barcelona's goal came from Robert Lewandowski (90'). Real Sociedad scored through Mikel Merino (5') and Alexander Sörloth (72').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 85 points from 34 and Real Sociedad 4th on 62 points from 34. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Real Sociedad 4th with 71.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Sociedad in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexander Sørloth of Real Sociedad (8.1), ahead of Mohamed-Ali Cho (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 0 for Real Sociedad.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Mikel Merino
- 8'Yellow card · Igor Zubeldia
- 37'Yellow card · Jiri Malik
- 53'Yellow card · Robert Lewandowski
- 72'Goal · Alexander Sörloth
- 72'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 79'Yellow card · Marcos Alonso
- 79'Yellow card · Takefusa Kubo
- 85'Yellow card · Carlos Fernández
- 85'Yellow card · Frenkie de Jong
- 90'Goal · Robert Lewandowski
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Alejandro Balde, Jules Koundé, Andreas Christensen, Jordi Alba, Franck Kessié, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Ousmane Dembélé
Real Sociedad line-up (4-2-3-1)
Álex Remiro, Aritz Elustondo, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Diego Rico, Asier Illarramendi, Martín Zubimendi, Mohamed-Ali Cho, Mikel Merino, Ander Barrenetxea, Alexander Sørloth