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Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad (ESP)

Benfica

Benfica (PRT)

Starting lineups

Real Sociedad

Starting lineups confirmed

4-4-2

Lineups formation

Overall player rating

20 %

From the perfect composition

62%

Attacking

54%

Technical

51%

Defending

51%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Álex Remiro	G	28	8,0M+	82.1
6	Aritz Elustondo	D	29	10,8M+	53.3
23	Brais Méndez	M	26	17,0M+	61.7
2	Álvaro Odriozola	D	27	21,0M+	51.7
22	Beñat Turrientes	M	21		58.7
9	Carlos Fernández	F	27	3,2M+	53.1

Substitute
4	Martín Zubimendi	M	24	0,3M+	62.5
8	Mikel Merino	M	27	21,0M+	62.1
14	Takefusa Kubo	F	22	15,5M+	59.9
16	Jon Ander Olasagasti	M	23	0,1M+	49.5
28	Jon Magunacelaya	M	21
11	Mohamed Ali Cho	F	19		54.3

Benfica

Starting lineups confirmed

3-4-3

Lineups formation

57.6

Overall player rating

23.3 %

From the perfect composition

67%

Attacking

56%

Technical

61%

Defending

54%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
4	António Silva	D	20		59.3
87	Joao Neves	M	19		59.1
11	Ángel Di María	F	35	42,0M+	67.3
38	João Victor	D	25	0,0M+	51.1
22	Chiquinho	M	28	8,3M+	66.7

Substitute
5	Felipe Morato	D	22	1,9M+	54.9
9	Arthur	F	25	3,1M+	52.5
27	Rafa Silva	F	30	32,0M+	57.1
13	David Jurasek	D	23		49.7
19	Casper Tengstedt	F	23	0,0M+	58.3
17	Gonçalo Guedes	F	26	27,0M+	57.1

Events: Real Sociedad


LaLiga
Round 29
2025-03-30	Real Sociedad - Real Valladolid	-
Round 28
2025-03-16	Rayo Vallecano - Real Sociedad	-

UEFA Europa League
Round 5
2025-03-13	Manchester United - Real Sociedad	-

LaLiga
Round 27
2025-03-09	Real Sociedad - Sevilla	-

UEFA Europa League
Round 5
2025-03-06	Real Sociedad - Manchester United	-

LaLiga
Round 26
2025-03-02	Barcelona - Real Sociedad	4 - 0

Copa del Rey
Round 28
2025-02-26	Real Sociedad - Real Madrid	0 - 1

LaLiga
Round 25
2025-02-23	Real Sociedad - Leganés	3 - 0

UEFA Europa League
Round 636
2025-02-20	Real Sociedad - FC Midtjylland	5 - 2

LaLiga
Round 24
2025-02-16	Real Betis - Real Sociedad	3 - 0

Match stats

Real Sociedad

Benfica

52%	Ball possession	48%
17	Total shots	11
7	Shots on target	4
6	Shots off target	3
4	Blocked shots	4
411	Passes	375
325 (79%)	Accurate passes	283 (75%)
18	Fouls	9
9	Free kicks	16
18/47 (38%)	Long balls	14/46 (30%)
147	Possession lost	155
67	Duels won	64
18	Throw-ins	26
3	Goal kicks	9
9	Interceptions	9
15	Clearances	19
3.41	Expected goals	0.77
0.80	Expected assists	0.68
23	Aerials won	20
23	Tackles	26
10	Corner kicks	3
15	Shots inside box	6
2	Shots outside box	5
4/17 (24%)	Crosses	4/14 (29%)
12/29 (41%)	Dribbles	4/14 (29%)
4	Big chances	1
0.28	Goals prevented	0.40
3	Goalkeeper saves	3
2	Offsides	2
2	Big chances missed	0
2	Yellow cards	1
1	Hit woodwork	0

59%	Ball possession	41%
11	Total shots	6
6	Shots on target	2
3	Shots off target	2
2	Blocked shots	2
226	Passes	149
187 (83%)	Accurate passes	111 (74%)
5	Free kicks	7
10/25 (40%)	Long balls	6/18 (33%)
67	Possession lost	69
27	Duels won	31
9	Throw-ins	12
2	Goal kicks	3
5	Interceptions	5
6	Clearances	10
3.08	Expected goals	0.30
0.40	Expected assists	0.35
4	Aerials won	8
11	Tackles	15
2	Corner kicks	2
11	Shots inside box	4
0	Shots outside box	2
1/3 (33%)	Crosses	3/9 (33%)
7/16 (44%)	Dribbles	1/5 (20%)
4	Big chances	0
2	Goalkeeper saves	2
1	Offsides	1
2	Big chances missed	0
0	Yellow cards	1
1	Hit woodwork	0

0.33	Expected goals	0.47
0.40	Expected assists	0.33
46%	Ball possession	54%
6	Total shots	5
1	Shots on target	2
3	Shots off target	1
2	Blocked shots	2
8	Corner kicks	1
1	Offsides	1
2	Yellow cards	0
4	Free kicks	9
9	Throw-ins	14
1	Goal kicks	6
0	Big chances	1
0	Big chances missed	0
0	Hit woodwork	0
4	Shots inside box	2
2	Shots outside box	3
1	Goalkeeper saves	1
185	Passes	226
138 (75%)	Accurate passes	172 (76%)
8/22 (36%)	Long balls	8/28 (29%)
3/14 (21%)	Crosses	1/5 (20%)
5/13 (38%)	Dribbles	3/9 (33%)
80	Possession lost	86
40	Duels won	33
19	Aerials won	12
12	Tackles	11
4	Interceptions	4
9	Clearances	9

Media

Real Sociedad 3-1 Benfica

Full Highlights

2023-11-08

Real Sociedad - Benfica

Europe, UEFA Champions League, match Real Sociedad - Benfica, start time 2023-11-08 17:45:00 international time.

Real Sociedad and Benfica takes part in the championship UEFA Champions League, Europe.

The match will take place at the stadium Anoeta in the city San Sebastian, Spain. Stadium capacity Anoeta is 39 000 people.

Head Referee - Anthony Taylor. At the moment he is 45 years old. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Anthony Taylor played 480 matches, noted 1878 of yellow cards and 35 of red.

You can see the list of players in the squad, head coach and upcoming matches. Also evaluate in more detail the effectiveness and arithmetic average of the teams before the game:

Events: Benfica


Primeira Liga
Round 24
2025-03-28	Gil Vicente - Benfica	-
Round 26
2025-03-16	Rio Ave - Benfica	-

UEFA Champions League
Round 5
2025-03-11	Barcelona - Benfica	-

Primeira Liga
Round 25
2025-03-08	Benfica - CD Nacional	-

UEFA Champions League
Round 5
2025-03-05	Benfica - Barcelona	-

Primeira Liga
Round 24
2025-03-02	Gil Vicente - Benfica	postponed

Taça de Portugal
Round 27
2025-02-26	Benfica - Sporting Braga	1 - 0

Primeira Liga
Round 23
2025-02-22	Benfica - Boavista	3 - 0

UEFA Champions League
Round 636
2025-02-18	Benfica - AS Monaco	3 - 3

Primeira Liga
Round 22
2025-02-15	Santa Clara - Benfica	0 - 1