Atletico Madrid vs Real Sociedad

12 May 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Yannick Carrasco 16’
Ángel Correa 28’

Igor Zubeldia 83’

Match summary

Atletico Madrid saw off Real Sociedad 2-1. Atletico Madrid led 2-0 at half-time.

Yannick Carrasco put Atletico Madrid ahead from a corner in the 16th minute, set up by Marcos Llorente, Ángel Correa made it 2-0 in the 28th minute, set up by Luis Suárez, and Igor Zubeldia pulled one back to make it 2-1 from a corner in the 83rd minute, set up by Martín Merquelanz.

There was little between the sides on chances: Atletico Madrid created 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Real Sociedad 1.54 from 14.

Match stats

12 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 7

1 Corners 7

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.79 xG 1.53

1.79 Non-penalty xG 1.53

6 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Atletico Madrid Real Sociedad

Kick-off

Yannick Carrasco
Assist: Marcos Llorente

1-0

16’

Ángel Correa
Assist: Luis Suárez

2-0

28’

Half-time2-0

83’

Igor Zubeldia
Assist: Martín Merquelanz

2-1

Full-time2-1

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Atletico Madrid 1.79 xGReal Sociedad 1.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Real Sociedad attacking Atletico Madrid attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jan Oblak	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Trippier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Felipe	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Savic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario Hermoso	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Koke	MID	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Marcos Llorente	MID	90		1	2	0.38	0.63	3
Saúl Ñíguez	MID	73			2	0.11	0.00	0
Ángel Correa	FWD	73	1		1	0.36	0.45	2
Luis Suárez	FWD	81		1	5	0.67	0.36	1
Yannick Carrasco	FWD	90	1		2	0.28	0.00	0
Geoffrey Kondogbia	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Félix	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Renan Lodi	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Remiro	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Zaldúa	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.10	1
Aritz Elustondo	DEF	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Modibo Sagnan	DEF	59			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nacho Monreal	DEF	59			0	0.00	0.02	1
Martín Zubimendi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jon Guridi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Portu	MID	90			3	0.38	0.00	0
Mikel Oyarzabal	MID	69			1	0.02	0.29	3
Ander Barrenetxea	MID	90			1	0.10	0.13	2
Alexander Isak	FWD	46			2	0.24	0.00	0
Jon Bautista	Sub	44			3	0.21	0.00	0
Roberto López	Sub	31			0	0.00	0.33	2
Jon Pacheco Dozagarat	Sub	31			1	0.07	0.00	0
Igor Zubeldia	Sub	21	1		1	0.46	0.00	0
Martín Merquelanz	Sub	21		1	1	0.06	0.46	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atletico Madrid win 58% Avg odds 1.65

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.76

Real Sociedad win 16% Avg odds 5.82

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Atletico Madrid W W L W D

Real Sociedad L W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Sociedad 0-2 Atletico Madrid, 22 Dec 20 Next meeting: Atletico Madrid 2-2 Real Sociedad, 24 Oct 21 All Atletico Madrid vs Real Sociedad meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.