Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid

22 December 2020 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mario Hermoso 49’
  • Marcos Llorente 74’

Match summary

Atletico Madrid won 2-0 away at Real Sociedad. It was goalless at half-time.

Mario Hermoso put Atletico Madrid ahead with a header in the 49th minute, set up by Yannick Carrasco and Marcos Llorente made it 0-2 in the 74th minute, set up by Yannick Carrasco.

The chances backed that up: Atletico Madrid created 0.55 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Real Sociedad's 0.23 from 6.

Match stats

Real Sociedad Atletico Madrid
6 Shots 8
1 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.23 xG 0.55
0.23 Non-penalty xG 0.55
8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Real Sociedad Atletico Madrid
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
49’
Mario Hermoso
Assist: Yannick Carrasco0-1 (Atletico Madrid)
74’
Marcos Llorente
Assist: Yannick Carrasco0-2 (Atletico Madrid)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Real Sociedad
  • Robin Le Normand
  • Aritz Elustondo
  • Alexander Isak
Atletico Madrid
  • Stefan Savic
  • Mario Hermoso
  • Saúl Ñíguez

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.23 0.55 49’ Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid), 0-1 49’ 74’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), 0-2 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.23 0.55 49’ Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid), 0-1 Hermoso 49’ 74’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), 0-2 Llorente 74’
Real Sociedad 0.23 xGAtletico Madrid 0.55 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Atletico Madrid attacking Real Sociedad attacking 
49’ Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.13 xG, goal 52’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 74’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 54’ Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 22’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 26’ Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 83’ Martín Merquelanz (Real Sociedad), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+2’ Jon Bautista (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 28’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Portu (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ Koke (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Roberto López (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 49’ Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.13 xG, goal 74’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 54’ Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 22’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 26’ Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 83’ Martín Merquelanz (Real Sociedad), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+2’ Jon Bautista (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 28’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Portu (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ Koke (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Roberto López (Real Sociedad), 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
Remiro GK900 0.000.000
Andoni Gorosabel DEF750 0.000.071
Robin Le Normand DEF900 0.000.062
Igor Zubeldia DEF900 0.000.000
Nacho Monreal DEF900 0.000.000
Martín Zubimendi MID900 0.000.000
Mikel Merino MID902 0.100.000
Portu MID741 0.030.000
David Silva MID750 0.000.041
Ander Barrenetxea MID660 0.000.000
Willian José FWD660 0.000.031
Martín Merquelanz Sub241 0.040.000
Alexander Isak Sub240 0.000.000
Jon Bautista Sub161 0.040.000
Aritz Elustondo Sub150 0.000.000
Roberto López Sub151 0.020.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Sociedad win 32% Avg odds 3.00
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.03
Atletico Madrid win 37% Avg odds 2.60

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

Form going into the game

Real Sociedad DDDLL
Atletico Madrid WWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Atletico Madrid 1-1 Real Sociedad, 19 Jul 20 Next meeting: Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad, 12 May 21  All Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid 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.