Barcelona vs Real Sociedad

20 May 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Javier Alberola Rojas

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Robert Lewandowski 90’

Mikel Merino 5’
Alexander Sørloth 72’

Match summary

Real Sociedad took a 2-1 win at Barcelona. Real Sociedad led 1-0 at half-time.

Mikel Merino put Real Sociedad ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Alexander Sørloth, Alexander Sørloth made it 0-2 in the 72nd minute, set up by Martín Zubimendi, and Robert Lewandowski pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 90th minute, set up by Ferrán Torres.

The chances backed that up: Real Sociedad created 2.81 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Barcelona's 1.84 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 13

4 Shots on Target 6

8 Corners 2

4 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

1.84 xG 2.80

1.84 Non-penalty xG 2.80

9 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Barcelona Real Sociedad

Kick-off

5’

Mikel Merino
Assist: Alexander Sørloth

0-1

Half-time0-1

72’

Alexander Sørloth
Assist: Martín Zubimendi

0-2

Robert Lewandowski
Assist: Ferrán Torres

1-2

90’

Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Barcelona

Frenkie de Jong
Sergio Busquets
Robert Lewandowski
Marcos Alonso

Real Sociedad

Igor Zubeldia
Asier Illarramendi
Takefusa Kubo
Carlos Fernández

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.

Barcelona 1.84 xGReal Sociedad 2.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Real Sociedad attacking Barcelona 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
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Balde	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	2
Andreas Christensen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jules Koundé	DEF	46			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.09	2
Frenkie de Jong	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Sergio Busquets	MID	84			0	0.00	0.04	1
Franck Kessié	MID	63			1	0.09	0.00	0
Raphinha	FWD	63			1	0.02	0.53	1
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	90	1		4	1.23	0.24	1
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	86			4	0.40	0.00	0
Marcos Alonso	Sub	44			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ferrán Torres	Sub	27		1	0	0.00	0.58	1
Anssumane Fati	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.05	1
Eric Garcia	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pablo Torre	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Remiro	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aritz Elustondo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Robin Le Normand	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Igor Zubeldia	DEF	81			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diego Rico	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
Martín Zubimendi	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.39	2
Asier Illarramendi	MID	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Ali-Cho	MID	58			2	0.18	0.39	1
Mikel Merino	MID	90	1		1	0.41	0.36	3
Ander Barrenetxea	MID	73			2	0.83	0.00	0
Alexander Sørloth	FWD	81	1	1	3	1.06	0.59	3
Takefusa Kubo	Sub	32			1	0.14	0.61	2
Andoni Gorosabel	Sub	32			1	0.06	0.00	0
Pablo Marín	Sub	17			1	0.07	0.00	0
Jon Pacheco Dozagarat	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Fernández	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 55% Avg odds 1.73

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.85

Real Sociedad win 20% Avg odds 4.88

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona W L W W W

Real Sociedad W D W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Sociedad 1-4 Barcelona, 21 Aug 22 Next meeting: Real Sociedad 0-1 Barcelona, 04 Nov 23 All Barcelona 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.