FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 20 May 2018

Result

FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Sunday 20 May 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad: match report

FC Barcelona won against Real Sociedad 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 20 May 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Philippe Coutinho of FC Barcelona in the 57th minute.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 90 points from 37 and Real Sociedad 11th on 49 points from 37. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Real Sociedad 11th with 49.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Sociedad in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordi Alba of FC Barcelona (8.3), ahead of Ousmane Dembélé (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 4 for Real Sociedad.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · Raúl NavasReal Sociedad
  • 43'Yellow card · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona
  • 53'Yellow card · Adnan JanuzajReal Sociedad
  • 57'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Jordi AlbaFC Barcelona
  • 75'Yellow card · Ivan RakiticFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 5, draws 1, Real Sociedad 4.

Team news

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

Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Yerry Mina, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Luis Suárez, Ousmane Dembélé, Philippe Coutinho

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

Moyà, Diego Llorente, Aritz Elustondo, Raúl Navas, Alberto de la Bella, Asier Illarramendi, Juanmi, Adnan Januzaj, Zurutuza, Mikel Oyarzabal, Willian José