FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 20 May 2023

Result

FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Saturday 20 May 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Sociedad: match report

FC Barcelona were beaten by Real Sociedad 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 20 May 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Mikel Merino opened the scoring in the 5th minute. FC Barcelona's goal came from Robert Lewandowski (90'). Real Sociedad scored through Mikel Merino (5') and Alexander Sörloth (72').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 85 points from 34 and Real Sociedad 4th on 62 points from 34. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Real Sociedad 4th with 71.

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 Alexander Sørloth of Real Sociedad (8.1), ahead of Mohamed-Ali Cho (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 0 for Real Sociedad.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Mikel MerinoReal Sociedad · 0-1
  • 8'Yellow card · Igor ZubeldiaReal Sociedad
  • 37'Yellow card · Jiri MalikReal Sociedad
  • 53'Yellow card · Robert LewandowskiFC Barcelona
  • 72'Goal · Alexander SörlothReal Sociedad · 0-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Sergio BusquetsFC Barcelona
  • 79'Yellow card · Marcos AlonsoFC Barcelona
  • 79'Yellow card · Takefusa KuboReal Sociedad
  • 85'Yellow card · Carlos FernándezReal Sociedad
  • 85'Yellow card · Frenkie de JongFC Barcelona
  • 90'Goal · Robert LewandowskiFC Barcelona · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 9, draws 1, Real Sociedad 0.

Team news

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

Marc ter Stegen, Alejandro Balde, Jules Koundé, Andreas Christensen, Jordi Alba, Franck Kessié, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Ousmane Dembélé

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

Álex Remiro, Aritz Elustondo, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Diego Rico, Asier Illarramendi, Martín Zubimendi, Mohamed-Ali Cho, Mikel Merino, Ander Barrenetxea, Alexander Sørloth