In this week 2 match on the 21st of August, Real Sociedad hosts Barcelona in a meeting of these two closely matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. 6th placed Real Sociedad is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Cádiz. Takefusa Kubo scored the first goal for Real Sociedad in the 24th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cádiz couldn’t manage to score, and Real Sociedad took the shutout win. Real Sociedad is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 11th placed Barcelona, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Rayo Vallecano. Neither Barcelona nor Rayo Vallecano could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 23 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Barcelona won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been the most effective weapon for Barcelona lately. The attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. Zubeldía and Carlos Fernández are the top scorers for Real Sociedad in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.