Overview
Real Sociedad entered the match against Barcelona in a very difficult situation. They had just suffered a 1-2 defeat against Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League. This defeat left Real Sociedad with only 4 points after 4 matches and dropped to 25th place.
In La Liga, Real Sociedad is also not in stable form with 15 points after 12 matches, only 4 points more than the 15th place team.
Their disappointing results come from a weakness in attack, with Real Sociedad only scoring 10 goals in La Liga. Therefore, despite possessing the third best defense in the league with only 10 goals conceded, Real Sociedad often cannot get good results.
Besides, Real Sociedad also has the worst home record in La Liga this season, with only 4 points after 6 matches at Anoeta.
As for Barcelona, they are the team with the best away record in La Liga this season before the 13th round. Blaugrana only received a surprising 2-4 defeat against Osasuna at the end of September.
Barcelona have also not lost a La Liga game at Anoeta since April 2016. They have won 10 of their last 11 games against Real Sociedad in all competitions.
Barcelona are currently in extremely good form with a series of 7 consecutive wins, most recently a 5-2 victory over Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League. If only counting La Liga, they also have 33/36 maximum points, scoring 40 goals after 12 matches.
With superiority in all aspects, coach Hansi Flick's team will not have too much difficulty winning all 3 points against Real Sociedad.
Human resources situation
Barcelona are without several injured players, including Ter Stegen, Andreas Christensen, Ronald Araujo, Eric Garcia and Ferran Torres. Pau Cubarsi's recovery is also uncertain.
On the other side of the front line, Real Sociedad lost 5 players due to injury. That is the case of Nayef Aguerd, Hamari Traore, Pablo Marin, Arsen Zakharyan and Ander Barrenetxea.
Expected lineup:
Real Sociedad: Remiro, Lopez, Pacheco, Zubeldia, Aramburu, Sucic, Zubimendi, Turrientes, Gomez, Oyarzabal, Kubo.
Barcelona: Pena, Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde, Pedri, Casado, Olmo, Raphinha, Yamal, Lewandowski.
The match between Real Sociedad and Barcelona takes place at 3:00 a.m. on November 11 (Vietnam time).
