📊 Form Guide
Barcelona WDWWWW 📈
Barcelona, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-3 La Liga success against Real Oviedo.
In that match, Barcelona managed 80% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 10 on target. For Barcelona, goals were scored by García (56'), Robert Lewandowski (70') and Ronald Araújo (88'). Real Oviedo had 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Reina (33') scored for Real Oviedo.
Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that huge efforts have been put in by the Barcelona backline. Barcelona have been miserly, with the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their last 6 clashes standing at 4.
Ahead of this meeting, Barcelona haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
Real Sociedad DDLLLW
Real Sociedad will go into this encounter following a 1-0 La Liga win with the downing of Mallorca in their previous match.
In that match, Real Sociedad managed 64% possession and 17 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Real Sociedad was Oyarzabal (49'). On the other side, Mallorca had 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target.
The stats tell the story, and Real Sociedad have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals overall. Defensively, Real Sociedad have not been doing too well. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, though.
Their prior results show that Real Sociedad:
- haven't won against Barcelona when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 7 league games.
👥 Head to head
A glance at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 25/01/2023 tells us that Barcelona have won 4 of these and Real Sociedad 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 0.
A combined total of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 of them from Barça and 3 being from Txuri-urdin. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.
The previous league meeting between the two was La Liga match day 26 on 02/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Barcelona 4-0 Real Sociedad.
On that day, Barcelona managed 76% possession and 33 attempts at goal with 10 on target. The goalscorers were Martín (25'), Casadó (29'), Ronald Araújo (56') and Robert Lewandowski (60').
Real Sociedad had 0 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Alejandro Quintero González.
📰 Team News: Barcelona
Alejandro Balde (Hamstring injury), Fermín López (Muscle injury), Raphinha (Hamstring injury), Joan García (Meniscus tear), Marc-André ter Stegen (Back injury) and Gavi (Arthroscopy) won’t be playing for Barcelona manager Hansi Flick.
In all likelihood, Barça could make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, utilising Wojciech Szczesny, Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Gerard Martin, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo, Marcus Rashford and Robert Lewandowski.
ℹ️ Team News: Real Sociedad
Owing to an otherwise available group, there’s just a single fitness issue for the Real Sociedad boss Sergio Francisco to be concerned with. Jon Martín (Ankle injury) misses out for this game.
It’s our belief that Txuri-urdin appear most likely to make use of a 4-1-4-1 system, starting Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Igor Zubeldia, Duje Caleta-Car, Sergio Gomez, Jon Gorrotxategi, Takefusa Kubo, Brais Mendez, Carlos Soler, Ander Barrenetxea and Mikel Oyarzabal.
💡 Prediction
Our thinking is that Barcelona will probably be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.
At the other end, Real Sociedad may well struggle getting on the scoresheet but we can see them managing to get on the scoresheet.
Our tip is for a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Barcelona by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.