Real Sociedad 2-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 30 April 2011
Result
Real Sociedad 2-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 30 April 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Sociedad 2-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Sociedad defeated FC Barcelona 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 30 April 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.
Thiago opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Diego Ifrán Sala (71') and Xabi Prieto (83', penalty). FC Barcelona scored through Thiago (29').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 13th on 38 points from 33 and FC Barcelona 1st on 88 points from 33. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 15th with 45 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 96.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Real Sociedad wins, 0 draws and 5 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Real Sociedad's last five read L-W-L-L-L and FC Barcelona's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Raúl Tamudo
- 29'Goal · Thiago
- 50'Yellow card · Dani Estrada
- 71'Goal · Diego Ifrán Sala
- 82'Yellow card · Javier Mascherano
- 83'Penalty goal · Xabi Prieto
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad line-up (4-2-3-1)
Claudio Bravo, Carlos Martínez, Dejan Stanković, Vadim Demidov, Daniel Estrada, Markel Bergara, Xabi Prieto, Aranburu, Diego Rivas, Antoine Griezmann, Raúl Tamudo
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Eric Abidal, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Samuel Eto'o