Real Sociedad 2-4 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 14 January 2018

Result

Real Sociedad 2-4 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Sunday 14 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Real Sociedad 2-4 FC Barcelona: match report

Real Sociedad lost to FC Barcelona 2-4 in La Liga on Sunday 14 January 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.

Willian José opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Willian José (11') and Juanmi (34'). FC Barcelona scored through Paulinho (39'), Luis Suárez (50'), Luis Suárez (71') and Lionel Messi (85').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 15th on 23 points from 18 and FC Barcelona 1st on 48 points from 18. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 93.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.1), ahead of Luis Suárez (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Sociedad wins, 1 draw and 5 for FC Barcelona.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Willian JoséReal Sociedad · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · JuanmiReal Sociedad · 2-0
  • 39'Goal · PaulinhoFC Barcelona · 2-1
  • 50'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 2-2
  • 60'Yellow card · Sergi RobertoFC Barcelona
  • 63'Yellow card · Jiri MalikReal Sociedad
  • 71'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 2-3
  • 84'Yellow card · Mikel OyarzabalReal Sociedad
  • 85'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-4
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Eric GuéritFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 4, draws 1, FC Barcelona 5.

Team news

Real Sociedad line-up (4-4-1-1)

Gerónimo Rulli, Diego Llorente, Álvaro Odriozola, Kévin Rodrigues, Raúl Navas, Asier Illarramendi, Juanmi, Sergio Canales, Zurutuza, Xabi Prieto, Willian José

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

Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Thomas Vermaelen, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Paulinho, André Gomes, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi