Real Sociedad vs Barcelona

21 March 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 1 – 6

Half-time: 0–2

  • Ander Barrenetxea 77’
  • Antoine Griezmann 37’
  • Sergiño Dest 43’, 53’
  • Lionel Messi 56’, 89’
  • Ousmane Dembélé 71’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 6-1 away at Real Sociedad. Barcelona led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Antoine Griezmann put Barcelona ahead in the 37th minute and Sergiño Dest made it 0-2 in the 43rd minute, set up by Lionel Messi. In the second half, Dest made it 0-3 in the 53rd minute, Lionel Messi made it 0-4 in the 56th minute, set up by Sergio Busquets, Ousmane Dembélé made it 0-5 in the 71st minute, set up by Ilaix Moriba, Ander Barrenetxea pulled one back to make it 1-5 in the 77th minute, set up by Carlos Fernández, and Messi made it 1-6 in the 89th minute, set up by Jordi Alba.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.71 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Real Sociedad's 0.92 from 10.

Match stats

Real Sociedad Barcelona
10 Shots 14
5 Shots on Target 10
1 Corners 1
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.92 xG 3.33
0.92 Non-penalty xG 3.33
5 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Real Sociedad Barcelona
Kick-off
37’
Antoine Griezmann0-1 (Barcelona)
43’
Sergiño Dest
Assist: Lionel Messi0-2 (Barcelona)
Half-time0-2
53’
Sergiño Dest0-3 (Barcelona)
56’
Lionel Messi
Assist: Sergio Busquets0-4 (Barcelona)
71’
Ousmane Dembélé
Assist: Ilaix Moriba0-5 (Barcelona)
Ander Barrenetxea
Assist: Carlos Fernández1-5 (Real Sociedad)
77’
89’
Lionel Messi
Assist: Jordi Alba1-6 (Barcelona)
Full-time1-6

Bookings

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

Real Sociedad
  • Martín Zubimendi
  • Igor Zubeldia
  • Carlos Fernández
Barcelona
  • Sergio Busquets
  • Martin Braithwaite

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 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.92 3.71 37’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), 0-1 37’ 43’ Sergiño Dest (Barcelona), 0-2 43’ 53’ Sergiño Dest (Barcelona), 0-3 53’ 56’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-4 56’ 71’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), 0-5 71’ 77’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), 1-5 77’ 89’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 1-6 89’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.92 3.71 37’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), 0-1 Griezmann 37’ 43’ Sergiño Dest (Barcelona), 0-2 Dest 43’ 53’ Sergiño Dest (Barcelona), 0-3 Dest 53’ 56’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-4 Messi 56’ 71’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), 0-5 Dembélé 71’ 77’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), 1-5 Barrenetxea 77’ 89’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 1-6 Messi 89’
Real Sociedad 0.92 xGBarcelona 3.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Barcelona attacking Real Sociedad attacking 
37’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 53’ Sergiño Dest (Barcelona), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 37’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 56’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 89’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 24’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 43’ Sergiño Dest (Barcelona), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 59’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90+3’ Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 87’ Carlos Fernández (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 71’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 80’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 11’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 85’ Jon Bautista (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 48’ Clement Lenglet (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Jon Bautista (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Martín Merquelanz (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 37’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 53’ Sergiño Dest (Barcelona), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 37’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 56’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 24’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 89’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 43’ Sergiño Dest (Barcelona), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 59’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90+3’ Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 87’ Carlos Fernández (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 71’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 80’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 11’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 85’ Jon Bautista (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 48’ Clement Lenglet (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Jon Bautista (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Martín Merquelanz (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Remiro GK900 0.000.000
Robin Le Normand DEF900 0.000.000
Igor Zubeldia DEF840 0.000.000
Martín Zubimendi DEF730 0.000.000
Andoni Gorosabel MID620 0.000.000
Martín Merquelanz MID901 0.020.091
Mikel Merino MID900 0.000.051
Ander Guevara MID900 0.000.000
Portu FWD620 0.000.000
Alexander Isak FWD842 0.560.011
Mikel Oyarzabal FWD901 0.010.021
Adnan Januzaj Sub282 0.110.000
Ander Barrenetxea Sub2811 0.050.061
Carlos Fernández Sub1711 0.080.093
Modibo Sagnan Sub60 0.000.000
Jon Bautista Sub62 0.090.081

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Sociedad win 21% Avg odds 4.45
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.07
Barcelona win 55% Avg odds 1.73

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

Form going into the game

Real Sociedad WWDWL
Barcelona DWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad, 16 Dec 20 Next meeting: Barcelona 4-2 Real Sociedad, 15 Aug 21  All Real Sociedad vs Barcelona 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.