FC Barcelona 4-1 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Tuesday 24 September 2013
Result
FC Barcelona 4-1 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Tuesday 24 September 2013, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
FC Barcelona 4-1 Real Sociedad: match report
FC Barcelona won against Real Sociedad 4-1 in La Liga on Tuesday 24 September 2013. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Neymar opened the scoring in the 5th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Neymar (5'), Lionel Messi (8'), Sergio Busquets (23') and Alejandro Santillán (77'). Real Sociedad scored through Alberto de la Bella (64').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 13 points from 5 and Real Sociedad 7th on 6 points from 5. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Real Sociedad 7th with 59.
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 7 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 2 for Real Sociedad.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Real Sociedad's D-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Neymar
- 8'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 23'Goal · Sergio Busquets
- 55'Yellow card · Agirretxe
- 64'Goal · Alberto de la Bella
- 77'Goal · Alejandro Santillán
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Adriano, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Alexis Sánchez, Lionel Messi, Neymar
Real Sociedad expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Claudio Bravo, Iñigo Martínez, Xabi Prieto, Gorka Elustondo, Rubén Pardo, Gonzalo Castro, Granero, Carlos Vela, Alberto de la Bella