Real Sociedad 1-2 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 15 September 2018

Result

Real Sociedad 1-2 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Saturday 15 September 2018, 14:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Real Sociedad 1-2 FC Barcelona: match report

Real Sociedad lost to FC Barcelona 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 15 September 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Aritz Elustondo opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Real Sociedad's goal came from Aritz Elustondo (12'). FC Barcelona scored through Luis Suárez (63') and Ousmane Dembélé (66').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 1 yellow card; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 9th on 4 points from 3 and FC Barcelona 1st on 9 points from 3. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ousmane Dembélé of FC Barcelona (8.4), ahead of Lionel Messi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Sociedad wins, 1 draw and 6 for FC Barcelona.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Aritz ElustondoReal Sociedad · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Jiri MalikReal Sociedad
  • 63'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · Ousmane DembéléFC Barcelona · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Samuel UmtitiFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 3, draws 1, FC Barcelona 6.

Team news

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

Gerónimo Rulli, Joseba Zaldúa, Aritz Elustondo, Héctor Moreno, Theo Hernández, Asier Illarramendi, Igor Zubeldia, Zurutuza, Rubén Pardo, Juanmi, Mikel Oyarzabal

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

Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Ivan Rakitić, Rafinha Alcântara, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Ousmane Dembélé