Barcelona vs Real Sociedad

7 March 2020 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee Juan Martínez Munuera

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Lionel Messi 81’ (pen)

Match summary

Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Lionel Messi put Barcelona ahead from the penalty spot in the 81st minute.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 2.21 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Real Sociedad's 0.55 from 9.

Match stats

Barcelona Real Sociedad
13 Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 4
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.21 xG 0.55
1.47 Non-penalty xG 0.55
11 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Barcelona Real Sociedad
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Lionel Messi
Penalty1-0 (Barcelona)
81’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Barcelona
  • Clement Lenglet
  • Gerard Piqué
  • Sergio Busquets
  • Lionel Messi
Real Sociedad
  • Mikel Merino
  • Ander Guevara
  • Mikel Oyarzabal

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.21 0.55 81’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 1-0 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.21 0.55 81’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 1-0 Messi 81’
Barcelona 2.21 xGReal Sociedad 0.55 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Real Sociedad attacking Barcelona attacking 
81’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 66’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 29’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 15’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 33’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 40’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 55’ Martin Odegaard (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 60’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 27’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 54’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 19’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 65’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 58’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 10’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 57’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 37’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 31’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 29’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 66’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 29’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 15’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 33’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 40’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 55’ Martin Odegaard (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 60’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 54’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 27’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 65’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 19’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 58’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 10’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 57’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 37’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 31’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 29’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marc-André ter Stegen GK900 0.000.000
Nélson Semedo DEF900 0.000.000
Clement Lenglet DEF900 0.000.000
Gerard Piqué DEF901 0.410.000
Jordi Alba DEF900 0.000.091
Frenkie de Jong MID900 0.000.212
Sergio Busquets MID900 0.000.291
Ivan Rakitic MID742 0.110.021
Antoine Griezmann FWD851 0.110.182
Lionel Messi FWD9016 1.380.603
Martin Braithwaite FWD883 0.210.021
Arturo Vidal Sub160 0.000.000
Anssumane Fati Sub50 0.000.000
Júnior Firpo Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 71% Avg odds 1.35
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.60
Real Sociedad win 12% Avg odds 7.92

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Real Sociedad 2-2 Barcelona, 14 Dec 19 Next meeting: Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad, 16 Dec 20  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.