Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 17 September 2023

Result

Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Sunday 17 September 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad: match report

Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 September 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ander Barrenetxea opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Federico Valverde (46') and Joselu (60'). Real Sociedad scored through Ander Barrenetxea (5').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 12 points from 4 and Real Sociedad 11th on 6 points from 4. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Real Sociedad 6th with 60.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Federico Valverde of Real Madrid (8.4), ahead of Takefusa Kubo (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Madrid wins, 3 draws and 3 for Real Sociedad.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Ander BarrenetxeaReal Sociedad · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Aurélien TchouaméniReal Madrid
  • 46'Goal · Federico ValverdeReal Madrid · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · JoseluReal Madrid · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Mikel MerinoReal Sociedad
  • 71'Yellow card · Fran GarcíaReal Madrid
  • 77'Yellow card · Hamari TraoreReal Sociedad
  • 90+4'Yellow card · David AlabaReal Madrid

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 4, draws 3, Real Sociedad 3.

Team news

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Real Madrid line-up (4-3-1-2)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Daniel Carvajal, Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Fran García, Federico Valverde, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Toni Kroos, Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo, Joselu

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

Álex Remiro, Hamari Traoré, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Kieran Tierney, Brais Méndez, Martín Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Takefusa Kubo, Mikel Oyarzabal, Ander Barrenetxea