Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Barcelona and Real Sociedad, taking place on Saturday, 20 May 2023, at Spotify Camp Nou in Barcelona.
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Barcelona, Recent FormLast time out, Barcelona went away feeling content with a 4-2 away win against Espanyol They came away from that fixture with 70% of the possession and clocked up 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. By comparison, Espanyol managed 15 attempts on goal, with 7 on target.
Manager Xavi Hernández will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 11 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They've kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 home games, and they've scored in 30 of their 34 games overall this season.
Their strong run of form at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 17 games in a row.
Robert Lewandowski will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 4 goals in the last 6 league games for Barcelona.
Real Sociedad, Recent FormReal Sociedad had to make do with a share of the points in their last match, with a 2-2 draw against Girona. They achieved 51% possession in that match and had 15 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Girona's tally of 13 efforts at goal, 6 of which were on target.
Imanol Alguacil will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 8 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 5 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. Playing away from home, they're currenlty on a run of 2 consecutive clean sheets.
Their form has to be regarded as good of late with 5 matches unbeaten from their last 6 and 3 wins bagged along the way.
After a good 1-4 win for Barcelona in this pair's last league encounter, Real Sociedad will certainly be looking for a better result this time round.
Barça have scored in each of their last 20 games at home in the league against Los Txuri-Urdin. In the previous 5 matches between these sides, Blaugrana have shown they know their way around the Sociedad defence having scored 17 times against them in those 5 matches.
It's been a long time since Sociedad has enjoyed a trip to Spotify Camp Nou in the league, with Barça having won each of their last 20 meetings there and not lost to the visitors in 20 games.
Ousmane Dembélé will be feeling confident of netting goals for Barça in this one against Sociedad with his scoring record of 3 goals in their last 5 meetings in the league.
With no real injury worries, Barça manager Xavi Hernández will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Imanol Alguacil has a number of injury concerns in his Sociedad squad to contend with: Ander Barrenetxea (Hamstring), Brais Méndez (Muscle), Martín Merquelanz (Knee) and Umar Sadiq (Cruciate ligament)
Barcelona Playing at home | Real Sociedad Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | Goals scored | 1.3 |
| 0.1 | Goals conceded | 0.9 |
| 34' | Time first goal scored | 22' |
| 41' | Time first goal conceded | 44' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 2.2 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.4 | Subs used | 4.8 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 5-3 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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