Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad

5 March 2022 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Eduardo Camavinga 40’
Luka Modric 43’
Karim Benzema 76’ (pen)
Marco Asensio 79’

Mikel Oyarzabal 10’ (pen)

Match summary

Real Madrid came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Real Sociedad. Real Madrid led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mikel Oyarzabal put Real Sociedad ahead from the penalty spot in the 10th minute, Eduardo Camavinga equalised in the 40th minute, set up by Luka Modric, and Luka Modric put Real Madrid in front from a corner in the 43rd minute, set up by Karim Benzema. In the second half, Karim Benzema made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 76th minute and Marco Asensio made it 4-1 in the 79th minute, set up by Daniel Carvajal.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 2.09 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Real Sociedad's 0.74 from 1.

Match stats

18 Shots 1

8 Shots on Target 1

7 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.09 xG 0.74

1.34 Non-penalty xG 0.00

17 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Real Madrid Real Sociedad

Kick-off

10’

Mikel Oyarzabal
Penalty

0-1

Eduardo Camavinga
Assist: Luka Modric

1-1

40’

Luka Modric
Assist: Karim Benzema

2-1

43’

Half-time2-1

Karim Benzema
Penalty

3-1

76’

Marco Asensio
Assist: Daniel Carvajal

4-1

79’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Real Sociedad

Zaldúa
Mikel Merino

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.

Real Madrid 2.09 xGReal Sociedad 0.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Real Sociedad attacking Real Madrid attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Carvajal	DEF	85		1	1	0.07	0.60	2
David Alaba	DEF	90			1	0.11	0.02	1
Eder Militão	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ferland Mendy	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Casemiro	MID	90			3	0.09	0.00	0
Eduardo Camavinga	MID	90	1		1	0.02	0.00	0
Luka Modric	MID	83	1	1	2	0.05	0.10	2
Rodrygo	FWD	78			4	0.22	0.08	1
Karim Benzema	FWD	85	1	1	4	0.94	0.18	3
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	83			1	0.04	0.08	3
Marco Asensio	Sub	12	1		1	0.56	0.00	0
Marcelo	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Ceballos	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mariano	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Vázquez	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG
Remiro	GK	90		0	0.00
Igor Zubeldia	DEF	90		0	0.00
Robin Le Normand	DEF	90		0	0.00
Jon Pacheco Dozagarat	DEF	47		0	0.00
Andoni Gorosabel	DEF	90		0	0.00
Zaldúa	MID	65		0	0.00
Mikel Merino	MID	90		0	0.00
Asier Illarramendi	MID	65		0	0.00
Mikel Oyarzabal	MID	90	1	1	0.74
Alexander Isak	FWD	81		0	0.00
David Silva	FWD	47		0	0.00
Rafinha	Sub	43		0	0.00
Näis Djouahra	Sub	43		0	0.00
Aritz Elustondo	Sub	25		0	0.00
Martín Zubimendi	Sub	25		0	0.00
Alexander Sørloth	Sub	9		0	0.00

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 64% Avg odds 1.51

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.47

Real Sociedad win 15% Avg odds 6.48

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid D W D W W

Real Sociedad D W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Sociedad 0-2 Real Madrid, 04 Dec 21 Next meeting: Real Madrid 0-0 Real Sociedad, 29 Jan 23 All Real 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.