Let's continue the streak! Barcelona goes for its fourth straight victory at Anoeta on Sunday

This Sunday, FC Barcelona will seek its twelfth victory in LaLiga EA Sports 2024/25 on its visit to Real Sociedad (8:00 p.m.). The culés arrive in their best moment against a 'txuri urdin' team that is going through a totally opposite reality both in the League and in the Europa League.

Imanol Alguacil's men added three points last weekend at Sevilla (0-2), but fell on Thursday at Viktoria Plzen (2-1), a result that leaves them, for the moment, outside the zone qualifying for the 'play off' in the UEL.

Furthermore, the San Sebastian team will seek to break a long streak of negative results at home against Barça. The Barça team has ended its last four visits to the Reale Arena in San Sebastián with victories, with a balance of 12 goals in favor and only 2 against.

Barça is on its tenth visit to San Sebastián without defeat

In 2020/21, the team then led by Ronald Koeman won with authority by a historic 1-6. Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembélé, Sergiño Dest (2) and Leo Messi (2) scored for the culés.

Later, with Xavi Hernández on the bench, Barça obtained two narrow victories (0-1) and a win in 2022 (1-4) where Robert Lewandowski scored his first two goals in LaLiga. That day Ansu Fati and Dembélé also scored. In the 0-1 victories, Pierre Emerick Aumabeyang (2022) and Ronald Araújo (last season) were the Barça scorers.

In general terms, Barça is on its tenth visit to Anoeta without knowing defeat. The culés went on eight visits without being able to win in San Sebastián (from 2011 to 2016), but since the 2-4 victory in January 2018, the Catalan team has not returned to San Sebastián. In six years, Barça has 6 wins and 1 draw (2-2 in December 2019) as a visitor against Real.

Barça's 4 consecutive victories at Real Sociedad

1. Real Sociedad 1-6 FC Barcelona (21/03/2021). Goals of the Barça: Griezmann, Dembélé, Messi (2), Dest (2)
2. Real Sociedad 0-1 FC Barcelona (21/04/2022). Goal of the Barça: Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
3. Real Sociedad 1-4 FC Barcelona (21/08/2022). Goals of the Barça: Lewandowski (2), Dembélé, Ansu Fati
4. Real Sociedad 0-1 FC Barcelona (04/11/2023). Goal of the Barça: Ronald Araújo

Real Sociedad, the worst local team in LaLiga this season

Furthermore, Imanol Alguacil's men are going through an acute crisis of results at home this season. In five LaLiga games, the 'txuri-urdin' team has only been able to defeat Valencia (3-0) on September 28.

La Real debuted by losing on matchday 1 against Rayo Vallecano (1-2) and repeated the result at home on matchday 3 against Alavés (1-2). The San Sebastián team were also unable to score against Real Madrid on matchday 5 (0-2) and only on matchday 8, against the 'ché' team, did they break the losing streak at home.

Later, Real tied with Atlético de Madrid in Anoeta on matchday 9 (1-1) and, in their last league game at home, they lost against Osasuna (0-2). In this way, the San Sebastián team are the worst local team so far in the tournament.

In the Europa League the trend has not changed either, since in their only duel in San Sebastián, Real could not add even 1 point against Anderletch (1-2). In total, there are 5 defeats in 7 home appearances for a team that usually turns Anoeta into a real fortress.

Balance of Real Sociedad at home in LaLiga 2024/25

• Real Sociedad 1-2 Ray Vallecano (day 1)
• Real Sociedad 1-2 Alavés (day 3)
• Real Sociedad 0-2 Real Madrid (day 5)
• Real Sociedad 3-0 Valencia (day 8)
• Real Sociedad 1-1 Atlético de Madrid (day 9)
• Real Sociedad 0-2 Osasuna (day 11)