Real Sociedad 3-1 Benfica: result and report

Real Sociedad 3-1 Benfica

Champions League · Wednesday 8 November 2023, 17:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Real Sociedad won against Benfica 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 8 November 2023. The half-time score was 3-0.

Mikel Merino opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Mikel Merino (6'), Mikel Oyarzabal (11') and Ander Barrenetxea (21'). Benfica scored through Rafa (49').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 21st on 7 points from 3 and Benfica 72nd on 0 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikel Merino of Real Sociedad (8.7), ahead of Mikel Oyarzabal (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Sociedad win, 0 draws and 0 for Benfica.

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