Real Sociedad 2-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 January 2026
Result
Real Sociedad 2-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 18 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Sociedad 2-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Sociedad defeated FC Barcelona 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 18 January 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mikel Oyarzabal opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Mikel Oyarzabal (32') and Gonçalo Guedes (71'). FC Barcelona scored through Marcus Rashford (70').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 13th on 21 points from 19 and FC Barcelona 1st on 49 points from 19. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 10th with 46 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 94.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona (9.8), ahead of Álex Remiro (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Sociedad wins, 0 draws and 8 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Mikel Oyarzabal
- 37'Yellow card · Beñat Turrientes
- 51'Yellow card · Jon Aramburu
- 70'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 71'Goal · Gonçalo Guedes
- 76'Yellow card · Eric García
- 78'Yellow card · Igor Zubeldia
- 83'Yellow card · Robert Lewandowski
- 85'Yellow card · Fermín López
- 88'Red card · Carlos Soler
- 90+10'Yellow card · Frenkie de Jong
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad line-up (4-4-2)
Álex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Jon Martín Vicente, Igor Zubeldia, Sergio Gómez, Takefusa Kubo, Beñat Turrientes, Carlos Soler, Gonçalo Guedes, Brais Méndez, Mikel Oyarzabal
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Joan García, Jules Koundé, Pau Cubarsí, Eric García, Alejandro Balde, Fermín López, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo