Real Sociedad 2:1 Barcelona: xG & match report · La Liga

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Match report · La Liga

Real Sociedad Home 1.01 xG · 7 shots

Barcelona Away 3.69 xG · 25 shots

21 The result went against the chances

Goals

32' Mikel Oyarzabal Real Sociedad · 0.11 xG chance 1–0
70' Marcus Rashford Barcelona · 0.61 xG chance 1–1
71' Gonçalo Guedes Real Sociedad · 0.12 xG chance 2–1

The shots behind it

Real Sociedad Barcelona

Shots: 7; 25
On target: 6; 9
Inside the box: 5; 18
xG per shot: 0.14; 0.15
Open play xG: 0.98; 3.58
Set-piece xG: 0.02; 0.16
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.02 for Real Sociedad and 3.72 for Barcelona.

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All shots

32 shots · 4.74 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Real Sociedad

1.23 xG created 1.18 xGA

L 1.02 created, 1.51 conceded against Villarreal
L 1.17 created, 1.39 conceded against Deportivo Alavés
L 0.95 created, 1.43 conceded against Girona FC
D 1.38 created, 1.29 conceded against Levante UD
D 1.73 created, 1.25 conceded against Atlético Madrid
W 1.11 created, 0.24 conceded against Getafe

Barcelona

2.58 xG created 1.42 xGA

W 2.24 created, 1.59 conceded against Deportivo Alavés
W 3.60 created, 0.98 conceded against Atlético Madrid
W 2.83 created, 2.51 conceded against Real Betis
W 2.41 created, 0.37 conceded against Osasuna
W 2.72 created, 1.66 conceded against Villarreal
W 1.67 created, 1.43 conceded against Espanyol

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Real Sociedad: 0 won · 0 drawn · 1 lost

Barcelona 2:1 Real Sociedad 28/09/2025 xG 2.21 – 0.97

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