Real Madrid 5-1 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 24 March 2012
Result
Real Madrid 5-1 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Saturday 24 March 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Real Madrid 5-1 Real Sociedad: match report
Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad 5-1 in La Liga on Saturday 24 March 2012. The half-time score was 3-1.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (6'), Cristiano Ronaldo (33'), Karim Benzema (41'), Karim Benzema (49') and Cristiano Ronaldo (56'). Real Sociedad scored through Xabi Prieto (42').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Real Sociedad received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 72 points from 28 and Real Sociedad 14th on 33 points from 28. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Real Sociedad 11th with 47.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Sociedad in a 4-1-2-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 0 for Real Sociedad.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Real Sociedad's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 23'Yellow card · Iñigo Martínez
- 33'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 38'Yellow card · Mikel González
- 40'Yellow card · Alberto de la Bella
- 41'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 42'Goal · Xabi Prieto
- 45+1'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 49'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 56'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 85'Yellow card · Vadim Demidov
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Raphaël Varane, Sami Khedira, Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuaín
Real Sociedad line-up (4-1-2-3)
Claudio Bravo, Dejan Stanković, Iñigo Martínez, Vadim Demidov, Liassine Cadamuro, Xabi Prieto, Aranburu, Asier Illarramendi, Antoine Griezmann, Imanol Agirretxe, Alberto de la Bella