FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad face off this Sunday at Montjuïc (16:15 hours) for matchday 26 of LaLiga EA Sports. The team led by Hansi Flick arrives at the match in great form, unbeaten in 14 matches (11 wins and 3 draws) and with 6 consecutive victories that have returned them to the top of the tournament with 54 points, the same as Real Madrid and one more than Atlético de Madrid (53). The visitors, for their part, come from a loss in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals against Real Madrid (0-1) and, in their last away match in La Liga, they were thrashed by Betis (3-0).

In that sense, although in the last match they defeated Leganés by the same score, the 'txuri-urdines' arrive in Catalunya on Sunday with a heavy historical record against them. Real has only 4 victories and 12 draws in 103 visits to Barça (87 Blaugrana wins) and, in the last 30 years, they have only taken all three points on Catalan soil once. It was in the 2022/23 season (matchday 35), when Xavi Hernández's team had already secured the title a match earlier. Goals from Mikel Merino and Alexander Sorloth gave the victory to Imanol Alguacil's team (1-2). Robert Lewandowski scored for Barça at the end.

Barça has 4 victories in their last 5 home matches against Real

In the four previous encounters, the victory always stayed with the Blaugrana. In the 2019/20 season, before the pandemic, the culés won narrowly at Camp Nou with a goal from Leo Messi in the 81st minute (1-0). That was, in fact, the last match of the '10' in front of the Catalan fans, as they had to play almost a year and a half without an audience in the stands due to health restrictions.

In the 2020/21 season, on matchday 19, the culés secured the three points thanks to goals from Jordi Alba and Frenkie de Jong. Willian José scored for the visitors. The following season, in the opening match of the tournament and already without Leo Messi in the squad, Barça won 4-2. Gerard Piqué, Martin Braithwaite (double), and Sergi Roberto scored the Blaugrana goals. And, in the last encounter at Montjuïc, Barça won on matchday 35 (2-0) with goals from Lamine Yamal and Raphinha.

⚽Last five home matches of Barça in LaLiga against Real Sociedad

  1. May 13, 2024: FC Barcelona 2-0 Real Sociedad. Goals: 1-0, Lamine Yamal (min 40); 2-0, Raphinha (min. 90+3, p.). LaLiga 23/24, matchday 35.
  2. May 20, 2023: FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Sociedad. Goals: 0-1, Mikel Merino (min 5); 0-2, Alexander Sorloth (min. 72); 1-2, Robert Lewandowski (min. 90). LaLiga 22/23, matchday 35.
  3. August 15, 2021: FC Barcelona 4-2 Real Sociedad. Goals: 1-0, Gerard Piqué (min 19); 2-0, Martin Braithwaite (min. 47); 3-0, Martin Braithwaite (min. 59); 3-1, Julien Lobete (min. 82); 3-2, Mikel Oyarzabal (min. 85); 4-2, Sergi Roberto (min. 90+1). LaLiga 21/22, matchday 1.
  4. December 16, 2020: FC Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad. Goals: 0-1, Willian José (min. 27); 1-1, Jordi Alba (min 31); 2-1, Frenkie de Jong (min. 43). LaLiga 20/21, matchday 19.
  5. March 7, 2020: FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad. Goals: 1-0, Leo Messi (min. 81). LaLiga 19/20, matchday 27.