Real Madrid 4-3 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 6 January 2013

Result

Real Madrid 4-3 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Sunday 6 January 2013, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Real Madrid 4-3 Real Sociedad: match report

Real Madrid won against Real Sociedad 4-3 in La Liga on Sunday 6 January 2013. The half-time score was 2-2.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Karim Benzema (2'), Sami Khedira (35'), Cristiano Ronaldo (68') and Cristiano Ronaldo (70'). Real Sociedad scored through Xabi Prieto (9', penalty), Xabi Prieto (40') and Xabi Prieto (76').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Sociedad received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 31 points from 17 and Real Sociedad 8th on 25 points from 17. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Real Sociedad 4th with 70.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Sociedad in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 0 for Real Sociedad.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 6'Red card · Antonio AdánReal Madrid
  • 9'Penalty goal · Xabi PrietoReal Sociedad · 1-1
  • 15'Yellow card · Mikel GonzálezReal Sociedad
  • 26'Yellow card · Dani EstradaReal Sociedad
  • 35'Goal · Sami KhediraReal Madrid · 2-1
  • 40'Goal · Xabi PrietoReal Sociedad · 2-2
  • 41'Yellow card · Iñigo MartínezReal Sociedad
  • 44'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid
  • 51'Yellow card · ZurutuzaReal Sociedad
  • 68'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 3-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoReal Madrid
  • 70'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 4-2
  • 76'Goal · Xabi PrietoReal Sociedad · 4-3
  • 79'Second yellow · Dani EstradaReal Sociedad
  • 90+1'Yellow card · José ÁngelReal Sociedad
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Gorka ElustondoReal Sociedad

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Real Madrid 6, draws 2, Real Sociedad 0.

Team news

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

Antonio Adán, Raphaël Varane, Ricardo Carvalho, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Xabi Alonso, Michael Essien, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Juanmi Callejón

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

Claudio Bravo, Dejan Stanković, Iñigo Martínez, Daniel Estrada, Alberto de la Bella, Xabi Prieto, Rubén Pardo, Zurutuza, Antoine Griezmann, Carlos Vela, Diego Ifrán Sala