Manchester United 4-1 Real Sociedad: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 13 March 2025

Result

Manchester United 4-1 Real Sociedad

Europa League · Thursday 13 March 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester United 4-1 Real Sociedad: match report

Manchester United won against Real Sociedad 4-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 13 March 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Mikel Oyarzabal opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Bruno Fernandes (16', penalty), Bruno Fernandes (50', penalty), Bruno Fernandes (87') and Diogo Dalot (90+1'). Real Sociedad scored through Mikel Oyarzabal (10', penalty).

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 12th on 19 points from 9 and Real Sociedad 10th on 20 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Real Sociedad in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (10.0), ahead of Patrick Dorgu (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Real Sociedad.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Matthijs de LigtManchester United
  • 10'Penalty goal · Mikel OyarzabalReal Sociedad · 0-1
  • 14'Yellow card · Igor ZubeldiaReal Sociedad
  • 16'Penalty goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Pablo MarínReal Sociedad
  • 50'Penalty goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 2-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Martín ZubimendiReal Sociedad
  • 63'Red card · Jon AramburuReal Sociedad
  • 64'Yellow card · Mikel OyarzabalReal Sociedad
  • 69'Yellow card · Aritz ElustondoReal Sociedad
  • 74'Yellow card · Ander BarrenetxeaReal Sociedad
  • 87'Goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Nayef AguerdReal Sociedad
  • 90+1'Goal · Diogo DalotManchester United · 4-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Toby CollyerManchester United

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester United 3, draws 3, Real Sociedad 1.

Team news

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Manchester United line-up (3-4-2-1)

André Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Ayden Heaven, Diogo Dalot, Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes, Patrick Dorgu, Alejandro Garnacho, Joshua Zirkzee, Rasmus Højlund

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

Álex Remiro, Aritz Elustondo, Igor Zubeldia, Nayef Aguerd, Aihen Muñoz, Brais Méndez, Martín Zubimendi, Pablo Marín, Takefusa Kubo, Mikel Oyarzabal, Sheraldo Becker