FC Barcelona 5-1 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 19 August 2012

Result

FC Barcelona 5-1 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Sunday 19 August 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 4-1

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FC Barcelona 5-1 Real Sociedad: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 5-1 in La Liga on Sunday 19 August 2012. The half-time score was 4-1.

Puyol opened the scoring in the 4th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Puyol (4'), Lionel Messi (11'), Lionel Messi (16'), Pedro (41') and David Villa (84'). Real Sociedad scored through G. Castro (9').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards.

FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Real Sociedad 4th with 70.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Sociedad in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Real Sociedad.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · PuyolFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 9'Goal · G. CastroReal Sociedad · 1-1
  • 11'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-1
  • 16'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Xabi PrietoReal Sociedad
  • 39'Yellow card · Javier MascheranoFC Barcelona
  • 41'Goal · PedroFC Barcelona · 4-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Alberto de la BellaReal Sociedad
  • 83'Yellow card · Ion AnsotegiReal Sociedad
  • 84'Yellow card · David VillaFC Barcelona
  • 84'Yellow card · David VillaFC Barcelona
  • 84'Goal · David VillaFC Barcelona · 5-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: FC Barcelona 6, draws 1, Real Sociedad 1.

Team news

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

José Manuel Pinto, Javier Mascherano, Puyol, Adriano, Thiago Alcântara, Seydou Keita, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Pedro

Real Sociedad expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Claudio Bravo, Ion Ansotegi, Daniel Estrada, Dejan Stanković, Zurutuza, Gorka Elustondo, Aranburu, Carlos Vela, Antoine Griezmann, Alberto de la Bella