Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid

21 June 2020 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee Estrada Fernández

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mikel Merino 83’
  • Sergio Ramos 50’ (pen)
  • Karim Benzema 70’

Match summary

Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-1 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Sergio Ramos put Real Madrid ahead from the penalty spot in the 50th minute, Karim Benzema made it 0-2 in the 70th minute, set up by Federico Valverde, and Mikel Merino pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 83rd minute, set up by Roberto López.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 1.31 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Real Sociedad's 0.48 from 10.

Match stats

Real Sociedad Real Madrid
10 Shots 10
2 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 1
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.48 xG 1.31
0.48 Non-penalty xG 0.56
1 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Real Sociedad Real Madrid
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
50’
Sergio Ramos
Penalty0-1 (Real Madrid)
70’
Karim Benzema
Assist: Federico Valverde0-2 (Real Madrid)
Mikel Merino
Assist: Roberto López1-2 (Real Sociedad)
83’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Real Sociedad
  • Andoni Gorosabel
  • Diego Llorente
  • Mikel Merino
  • Igor Zubeldia
Real Madrid
  • Casemiro
  • Luka Modric

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.48 1.31 50’ Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), 0-1 50’ 70’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 0-2 70’ 83’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), 1-2 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.48 1.31 50’ Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), 0-1 Ramos 50’ 70’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 0-2 Benzema 70’ 83’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), 1-2 Merino 83’
Real Sociedad 0.48 xGReal Madrid 1.31 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Real Madrid attacking Real Sociedad attacking 
50’ Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 75’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 2’ Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 43’ Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 70’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 81’ Willian José (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 33’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+1’ Mariano (Real Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 15’ Martin Odegaard (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Marcelo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 64’ Nacho Monreal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 64’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 83’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 61’ Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Robin Le Normand (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 29’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Casemiro (Real Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+4’ Aritz Elustondo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 50’ Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 75’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 2’ Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 43’ Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 70’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 81’ Willian José (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 33’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+1’ Mariano (Real Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 15’ Martin Odegaard (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Marcelo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 64’ Nacho Monreal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 64’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 83’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 61’ Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 39’ Robin Le Normand (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Casemiro (Real Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+4’ Aritz Elustondo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.01 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 DEF610 0.000.000
Robin Le Normand DEF901 0.020.000
Diego Llorente DEF900 0.000.000
Nacho Monreal DEF901 0.050.000
Mikel Merino MID9012 0.080.042
Igor Zubeldia MID810 0.000.021
Portu MID900 0.000.000
Martin Odegaard MID801 0.050.000
Mikel Oyarzabal MID610 0.000.072
Alexander Isak FWD802 0.170.000
Adnan Januzaj Sub291 0.030.192
Aritz Elustondo Sub291 0.010.081
Willian José Sub101 0.080.000
Roberto López Sub1010 0.000.041
Martín Zubimendi Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Sociedad win 20% Avg odds 4.76
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.12
Real Madrid win 57% Avg odds 1.68

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

Form going into the game

Real Sociedad WLWDL
Real Madrid LWLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Real Madrid 3-1 Real Sociedad, 23 Nov 19 Next meeting: Real Sociedad 0-0 Real Madrid, 20 Sep 20  All Real Sociedad vs Real 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.