Barcelona vs Real Sociedad

15 August 2021 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

  • Gerard Piqué 19’
  • Martin Braithwaite 45+2’, 59’
  • Sergi Roberto 90+1’
  • Julen Lobete 82’
  • Mikel Oyarzabal 85’

Match summary

Barcelona won 4-2 at home to Real Sociedad. Barcelona led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gerard Piqué put Barcelona ahead with a header in the 19th minute, set up by Memphis Depay and Martin Braithwaite made it 2-0 with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Frenkie de Jong. In the second half, Braithwaite made it 3-0 in the 59th minute, Julen Lobete pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 82nd minute, set up by Ander Barrenetxea, Mikel Oyarzabal made it 3-2 with a direct free kick in the 85th minute, and Sergi Roberto made it 4-2 in stoppage time, set up by Martin Braithwaite.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.46 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Real Sociedad's 0.90 from 11.

Match stats

Barcelona Real Sociedad
13 Shots 11
8 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
3.46 xG 0.90
3.46 Non-penalty xG 0.90
7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Barcelona Real Sociedad
Kick-off
Gerard Piqué
Assist: Memphis Depay1-0 (Barcelona)
19’
Martin Braithwaite
Assist: Frenkie de Jong2-0 (Barcelona)
45+2’
Half-time2-0
Martin Braithwaite3-0 (Barcelona)
59’
82’
Julen Lobete
Assist: Ander Barrenetxea3-1 (Real Sociedad)
85’
Mikel Oyarzabal3-2 (Real Sociedad)
Sergi Roberto
Assist: Martin Braithwaite4-2 (Barcelona)
90+1’
Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Barcelona
  • Sergio Busquets
  • Nico González
Real Sociedad
  • Robin Le Normand
  • Aritz Elustondo
  • Aihen Muñoz
  • Martín Zubimendi

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.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.46 0.90 19’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), 1-0 19’ 45+2’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), 2-0 45+2’ 59’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), 3-0 59’ 82’ Julen Lobete (Real Sociedad), 3-1 82’ 85’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), 3-2 85’ 90+1’ Sergi Roberto (Barcelona), 4-2 90+1’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.46 0.90 19’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), 1-0 Piqué 19’ 45+2’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), 2-0 Braithwaite 45+2’ 59’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), 3-0 Braithwaite 59’ 82’ Julen Lobete (Real Sociedad), 3-1 Lobete 82’ 85’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), 3-2 Oyarzabal 85’ 90+1’ Sergi Roberto (Barcelona), 4-2 Roberto 90+1’
Barcelona 3.46 xGReal Sociedad 0.90 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Real Sociedad attacking Barcelona attacking 
90+1’ Sergi Roberto (Barcelona), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 25’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.67 xG, saved 59’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 82’ Julen Lobete (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 47’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 50’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.32 xG, hit the woodwork 19’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), set piece, 0.28 xG, goal 51’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 73’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 12’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 10’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 12’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 85’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, goal 53’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 30’ Portu (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Aihen Muñoz (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 54’ Jon Bautista (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 1’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 66’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 2’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 46’ Aihen Muñoz (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 66’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+1’ Sergi Roberto (Barcelona), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 25’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.67 xG, saved 59’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 82’ Julen Lobete (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 50’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.32 xG, hit the woodwork 47’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 19’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), set piece, 0.28 xG, goal 51’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 73’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 12’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 10’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 12’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 85’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, goal 53’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 30’ Portu (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Aihen Muñoz (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 54’ Jon Bautista (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 1’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 66’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 2’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 66’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 46’ Aihen Muñoz (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Neto GK900 0.000.000
Sergiño Dest DEF740 0.000.000
Gerard Piqué DEF9011 0.280.000
Eric Garcia DEF860 0.000.021
Jordi Alba DEF901 0.320.071
Pedri MID901 0.120.000
Sergio Busquets MID860 0.000.000
Frenkie de Jong MID7410 0.000.663
Antoine Griezmann FWD903 0.200.000
Memphis Depay FWD9012 0.690.494
Martin Braithwaite FWD90214 0.981.542
Emerson Sub160 0.000.000
Sergi Roberto Sub1611 0.870.121
Ronald Araújo Sub40 0.000.000
Nico González Sub40 0.000.000
Clement Lenglet Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 58% Avg odds 1.66
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.05
Real Sociedad win 19% Avg odds 5.13

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona WDDLW
Real Sociedad LWLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Real Sociedad 1-6 Barcelona, 21 Mar 21 Next meeting: Real Sociedad 0-1 Barcelona, 21 Apr 22  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.