FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 7 March 2020
Result
FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Saturday 7 March 2020, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday 7 March 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona in the 81st minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 55 points from 26 and Real Sociedad 6th on 43 points from 25. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Real Sociedad 6th with 56.
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 Álex Remiro of Real Sociedad (7.8), ahead of Gerard Piqué (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 1 for Real Sociedad.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Real Sociedad's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Clément Lenglet
- 42'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 56'Yellow card · Mikel Merino
- 61'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 76'Yellow card · Ander Guevara
- 80'Yellow card · Mikel Oyarzabal
- 81'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 88'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Antoine Griezmann, Lionel Messi, Martin Braithwaite
Real Sociedad line-up (4-2-3-1)
Álex Remiro, Andoni Gorosabel, Diego Llorente, Robin Le Normand, Nacho Monreal, Ander Guevara, Mikel Merino, Portu, Martin Ødegaard, Ander Barrenetxea, Alexander Isak