FC Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 4 February 2012

Result

FC Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Saturday 4 February 2012, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 4 February 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Tello opened the scoring in the 9th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Tello (9') and Lionel Messi (72'). Real Sociedad scored through Carlos Vela (73').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 45 points from 20 and Real Sociedad 13th on 24 points from 20. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Real Sociedad 11th with 47.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Sociedad in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Real Sociedad.

Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Real Sociedad's W-L-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · TelloFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Iñigo MartínezReal Sociedad
  • 72'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 73'Goal · Carlos VelaReal Sociedad · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · LlorenteReal Sociedad

Head-to-head

7 meetings: FC Barcelona 5, draws 1, Real Sociedad 1.

Team news

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FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Dani Alves, Puyol, Javier Mascherano, Adriano, Cesc Fàbregas, Thiago Alcântara, Isaac Cuenca, Jonathan dos Santos, Lionel Messi, Cristian Tello, Víctor Valdés

Real Sociedad line-up (4-1-4-1)

Claudio Bravo, Carlos Martínez, Dejan Stanković, Iñigo Martínez, Liassine Cadamuro, Markel Bergara, Xabi Prieto, Aranburu, Rubén Pardo, Antoine Griezmann, Diego Ifrán Sala