📏 Form Guide

Real Sociedad

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Real Sociedad will play in this match coming off the back of a 2-2 Copa del Rey draw against Osasuna.

In that match, Real Sociedad managed 69% possession and 28 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Real Sociedad, goals were scored by Oyarzabal (17' Own goal), Turrientes (75') and Zubeldía (92'). Osasuna got 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. Moncayola (4') scored for Osasuna. After a tense 4-3 penalty shootout, Real Sociedad were victorious.

Real Sociedad haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They have managed to rack up 9 during that period and have conceded a total of 8.

Analysis of their past results shows that Real Sociedad:

• have not won against Barcelona in their last 2 matches in the league.
• have not won at home in their last 3 matches in the league.

Barcelona

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Barcelona will go into this encounter following a 0-2 Copa del Rey win with the defeat of Racing de Santander in their most recent game.

In that match, Barcelona managed 77% possession and 17 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Barcelona, the goalscorers were Torres (66') and Lamine Yamal (95'). Racing Santander got 6 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Over the course of their last six outings, Barcelona have helped themselves to a total of 15 goals. Barcelona have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. During that period, they’ve seen 2 goals go into their own net. Still, we must now wait to see if the trend might persist in this upcoming game.

Going into this contest, Barcelona have not been beaten in their last 4 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings going back to 20/05/2023 tells us that Real Sociedad have won 2 of these games & Barcelona 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 0.

An aggregate of 14 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 4 for Txuri-urdin and 10 for Barça. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The last league game between the two was La Liga match day 7 on 28/09/2025 which ended up with the score at Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad.

In that match, Barcelona managed 75% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. The goals were scored by Jules Koundé (43') and Robert Lewandowski (59').

Real Sociedad got 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. Álvaro Odriozola (31') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Alejandro Hernández Hernández.

📋 Team News: Real Sociedad

It seems likely that Txuri-urdin should go for a 4-4-2 system for this one and select Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Jon Martin, Duje Caleta-Car, Sergio Gomez, Takefusa Kubo, Benat Turrientes, Carlos Soler, Goncalo Guedes, Brais Mendez and Mikel Oyarzabal.

📋 Team News: Barcelona

We believe Barça might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, starting the game with Joan Garcia, Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, Eric Garcia, Alejandro Balde, Pedri, Frenkie de Jong, Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Marcus Rashford and Robert Lewandowski.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Barcelona will, in all probability, create a decent amount of chances and shots on target.

At the same time, Real Sociedad might well find it a difficult task to break down their defence but we do see them scoring as well.

We’re predicting a decent 1-3 margin for Barcelona when the referee blows the final whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 19:04 18/01/2026