Real Sociedad 3-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 19 January 2013
Result
Real Sociedad 3-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 19 January 2013, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Real Sociedad 3-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Sociedad beat FC Barcelona 3-2 in La Liga on Saturday 19 January 2013. The half-time score was 1-2.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Gonzalo Castro (41'), Gonzalo Castro (63') and Agirretxe (90+1'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (7') and Pedro (25').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 9th on 26 points from 19 and FC Barcelona 1st on 55 points from 19. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 102.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-1-2-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Sociedad win, 1 draw and 7 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Real Sociedad's last five read D-L-W-D-D and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 25'Goal · Pedro
- 33'Yellow card · Gerard Piqué
- 36'Yellow card · Iñigo Martínez
- 41'Goal · Gonzalo Castro
- 56'Second yellow · Gerard Piqué
- 59'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 63'Goal · Gonzalo Castro
- 74'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 79'Yellow card · Asier Illarramendi
- 90+1'Goal · Agirretxe
- 90+2'Yellow card · Antoine Griezmann
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Claudio Bravo, Alberto de la Bella, Carlos Martínez, Iñigo Martínez, Xabi Prieto, Rubén Pardo, Asier Illarramendi, Antoine Griezmann, Carlos Vela, Dejan Stanković
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-1-2-3)
Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Dani Alves, Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Cesc Fàbregas, Lionel Messi, Pedro