Real Madrid
Real Sociedad
Match summary
Real Madrid won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Real Sociedad. It was 1-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Kylian Mbappe-Lottin put Real Madrid ahead in the 40th minute, set up by Federico Valverde and Luka Sucic equalised in the 44th minute. In the second half, Mbappe-Lottin put Real Madrid back in front in the 60th minute, set up by Jude Bellingham, Vinícius Júnior made it 3-1 in the 68th minute, set up by Jude Bellingham, and Mbappe-Lottin made it 4-1 in the 80th minute, set up by Vinícius Júnior.
The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 3.31 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Real Sociedad's 0.47 from 10.
Real Madrid secured a dominant 4-1 victory against Real Sociedad in La Liga on matchday one, controlling the tempo and territory throughout the encounter. The hosts registered fifty-one percent possession and applied sustained pressure with one hundred attacks and sixty-eight dangerous attacks, compared to eighty-two attacks and forty dangerous attacks for the visitors. Real Madrid accumulated twenty total shots, eleven of which hit the target, alongside six blocked shots and nineteen key passes. Their dominant attacking display yielded an expected goals total of 3.31, comfortably outperforming Real Sociedad's 0.47 xG generated from ten total shots and three shots on target. Both sides finished the match with three yellow cards each.
The scoring opened in the fortieth minute when Kylian Mbappé converted with a left foot shot for Real Madrid, before Real Sociedad responded immediately through Luka Sucic, who struck a left foot shot in the forty-fourth minute to level the score at one-half-time. After the interval, Real Madrid asserted their superiority as Kylian Mbappé restored the lead in the sixtieth minute with a right foot shot. Vinicius Junior extended the advantage in the sixty-eighth minute with a right foot shot from a notable chance, and Kylian Mbappé completed his hat-trick and sealed the scoreline in the eightieth minute with another left foot shot.
