Real Sociedad 1-6 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 21 March 2021

Result

Real Sociedad 1-6 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Sunday 21 March 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Real Sociedad 1-6 FC Barcelona: match report

Real Sociedad lost to FC Barcelona 1-6 in La Liga on Sunday 21 March 2021. The half-time score was 0-2.

Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Real Sociedad's goal came from Ander Barrenetxea (77'). FC Barcelona scored through Antoine Griezmann (37'), Sergiño Dest (43'), Sergiño Dest (53'), Lionel Messi (56'), Ousmane Dembélé (71') and Lionel Messi (89').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 5th on 45 points from 27 and FC Barcelona 3rd on 59 points from 27. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and FC Barcelona 3rd with 79.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 3-4-3 and FC Barcelona in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.2), ahead of Sergiño Dest (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Sociedad win, 2 draws and 7 for FC Barcelona.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Martín ZubimendiReal Sociedad
  • 27'Yellow card · Sergio BusquetsFC Barcelona
  • 37'Goal · Antoine GriezmannFC Barcelona · 0-1
  • 43'Goal · Sergiño DestFC Barcelona · 0-2
  • 53'Goal · Sergiño DestFC Barcelona · 0-3
  • 56'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 0-4
  • 71'Goal · Ousmane DembéléFC Barcelona · 0-5
  • 77'Goal · Ander BarrenetxeaReal Sociedad · 1-5
  • 79'Yellow card · Igor ZubeldiaReal Sociedad
  • 88'Yellow card · Martin BraithwaiteFC Barcelona
  • 89'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-6
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Carlos FernándezReal Sociedad

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 1, draws 2, FC Barcelona 7.

Team news

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

Álex Remiro, Igor Zubeldia, Martín Zubimendi, Robin Le Normand, Andoni Gorosabel, Ander Guevara, Mikel Merino, Martín Merquelanz, Portu, Alexander Isak, Mikel Oyarzabal

FC Barcelona line-up (3-4-2-1)

Marc ter Stegen, Óscar Mingueza, Frenkie de Jong, Clément Lenglet, Sergiño Dest, Sergio Busquets, Pedri, Jordi Alba, Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembélé