Played
January 19, 2013 12:00 PM EST
Estadio Municipal de Anoeta — Donostia-San Sebastián
Referee: Alberto Undiano
Attendance: 28855
January 19, 2013 12:00 PM EST
Estadio Municipal de Anoeta — Donostia-San Sebastián
Referee: Alberto Undiano
Attendance: 28855
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| Sociedad | 9.00 | 10.00 | 11.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 | 9.50 | 11.00 | 8.50 | 9.63 |
| Draw | 5.50 | 1.18 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 1.14 | 5.30 | 1.12 | 1.10 | 5.56 |
| Barcelona | 1.30 | 8.50 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 9.50 | 1.30 | 10.00 | 6.00 | 1.30 |
La Liga Preview: Real Sociedad-Barcelona
The Catalans will hope to extend their record-breaking Liga run against Philippe Montanier's side after they were held at home by Malaga in the Copa del Rey in midweek.
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REAL SOCIEDAD
 Bravo Estrada, Gonzalez, I Martinez, De La Bella Illarramendi, Pardo Vela, Prieto, Griezmann Ifran |
BARCELONA
 Valdes Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba Xavi, Busquets, Fabregas Pedro, Messi, Iniesta |
Real Sociedad has a full squad to choose from for Saturday's Primera Division encounter against Barcelona at Anoeta.
Defenders Inigo Martinez, Mikel Gonzalez and Dani Estrada all return after missing the 1-1 draw at home to Deportivo La Coruna through suspension.
Barcelona is assessing striker David Villa, who is struggling with a hamstring strain.
Marc Muniesa and Isaac Cuenca have returned to training after lengthy spells on the sidelines with knee injuries, but the duo will not be involved on Saturday.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Real Sociedad has won just two of its last seven matches in La Liga (W2, D4, L1).
- The Basque outfit has lost seven of its last nine meetings with Barcelona.
- Sociedad is on a six-match unbeaten run at Anoeta in all competitions (W2, D4).
- Barcelona is on a 12-game winning run in La Liga. It has won its last four matches with an aggregate score of 14-3.
- The Blaugrana's Liga tally of 55 points from 19 matches betters the previous best for the halfway stage of the season, which it set at 52 points in 2010-11.
- Lionel Messi (pictured, right) has scored 10 goals in his last seven matches for Barca across all competitions.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Real Sociedad 1-4 FC Barcelona
- 13.16 %
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Real Sociedad 0-4 FC Barcelona
- 11.49 %
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Real Sociedad 0-3 FC Barcelona
- 10.85 %
| Spain - Primera Division (LIGA) | 2013-01-19 | Real Sociedad 3 - FC Barcelona 2 |
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| Spain - Primera Division (LIGA) | 2012-08-19 | FC Barcelona 5 - Real Sociedad 1 |
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| Spain - Primera Division (LIGA) | 2012-02-04 | FC Barcelona 2 - Real Sociedad 1 |
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| Spain - Primera Division (LIGA) | 2011-09-10 | Real Sociedad 2 - FC Barcelona 2 |
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| Spain - Primera Division (LIGA) | 2011-04-30 | Real Sociedad 2 - FC Barcelona 1 |
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Real Sociedad
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| 2013-05-18 | Sevilla 1 - Real Sociedad 2 | LIGA |
| 2013-05-13 | Real Sociedad 2 - Granada 2 | LIGA |
| 2013-05-06 | Getafe 2 - Real Sociedad 1 | LIGA |
| 2013-04-28 | Real Sociedad 4 - Valencia CF 2 | LIGA |
| 2013-04-21 | Osasuna 0 - Real Sociedad 0 | LIGA |
FC Barcelona
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| 2013-05-19 | FC Barcelona 2 - Valladolid 1 | LIGA |
| 2013-05-12 | Atletico Madrid 1 - FC Barcelona 2 | LIGA |
| 2013-05-05 | FC Barcelona 4 - Betis 2 | LIGA |
| 2013-05-01 | FC Barcelona 0 - FC Bayern München 3 | UCL |
| 2013-04-27 | Athletic de Bilbao 2 - FC Barcelona 2 | LIGA |
| Returns: | Sociedad $100.00 |
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| Returns: | Draw $11.80 |
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| Returns: | Barcelona $85.00 |
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| 1 | Claudio Bravo | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Carlos Martínez Díez | Defender |
| 3 | Mikel González Martínez | Defender |
| 26 | Íñigo Martínez | Defender |
| 24 | Alberto De la Bella | Defender |
| 5 | Markel Bergara | Midfielder |
| 20 | Asier Illarramendi Illarramendi | Midfielder |
| 10 | Xabi Prieto | Midfielder |
| 11 | Chory Castro | Midfielder |
| 7 | Antoine Griezmann | Striker |
| 23 | Carlos Vela | Striker |
| 13 | Zubikarai | Goalkeeper |
| - | José Ángel | Defender |
| 22 | Dani Estrada | Midfielder |
| 4 | Gorka Gorka Elustondo Urkiola | Midfielder |
| 27 | Rubén Pardo | Midfielder |
| 9 | Imanol Agirretxe | Striker |
| 21 | Diego Ifrán | Striker |
| 1 | Víctor Valdés | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Daniel Alves | Defender |
| 3 | Piqué | Defender |
| 5 | Carles Puyol | Defender |
| 18 | Jordi Alba | Defender |
| 4 | Cesc Fàbregas | Midfielder |
| 6 | Xavi | Midfielder |
| 8 | Andrés Iniesta Luján | Midfielder |
| 16 | Busquets | Midfielder |
| 10 | Lionel Messi | Striker |
| 17 | Pedro | Striker |
| 13 | José Pinto Colorado | Goalkeeper |
| 21 | Adriano | Defender |
| 11 | Thiago Alcántara | Midfielder |
| 14 | Javier Mascherano | Midfielder |
| 25 | Alex Song | Midfielder |
| 9 | Alexis Sánchez | Striker |
| 37 | Tello | Striker |
Results
Times In EST
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Lionel Messi Striker Barcelona |
46 | 4 |
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Cristiano Ronaldo Striker Real Madrid |
34 | 6 |
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Radamel Falcao Striker Atl. Madrid |
28 | 8 |
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Roberto Soldado Striker Valencia |
21 | 5 |
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Negredo Striker Sevilla |
20 | 3 |