The top paid managers: Jose Mourinho (# 13.2 m), Arsene Wenger (# 8.3 m), Louis van Gaal (# 7.3 m), Andre Villas - Boas (# 6.25 m), and, unbelievably, David Moyes (# 5.14 m)-- though it's hard to imagine Real
Sociedad matching his Manchester United salary.
Not exact matches
However, the reigning European giants have demonstrated their fallibility in recent weeks, losing back - to - back
matches against fierce rivals Real Madrid, before being defeated 1 - 0 by Real
Sociedad on Saturday.
In three of Barcelona's road
matches where they have dropped points — against Espanyol, Real
Sociedad and Getafe — Messi has been either average or below average.
Amazingly that is the best in all five leagues, with Bayern Munich and Spain's Real
Sociedad coming closest to
matching us, but not that close.
That said,
Sociedad have been in poor form, with eight losses and just two wins over their last eleven all - competitions
matches dating back to late November.
The 51 year old boss has started fairly well as boss of Real
Sociedad, the San Sebastian side losing just one of their eight
matches under the former Man United manager.
Real
Sociedad don't have much to play for after 32 games in the league, they are currently well placed above the relegation zone with 38 points but they will be looking to put a performance against defending champions and get something out of this
match.
The 26 - year - old is believed to have a # 28million release clause on his contract at
Sociedad and Barcelona will surely have no problems in
matching the fee.
Kondogbia has so far made 26 appearances in all competitions under Marcelino this season (all from the start in a 4 -4-2 system), but more to the point he has started every single
match that he has been available for since joining the club - the only 7
matches he hasn't played this season in have been
matches for which he was unavailable, either through injury or suspension (he was sent off for two bookings against Real
Sociedad in September).
Real
Sociedad aligned with goals and Agiretshe Grizman in the 59th and 61 th minutes and climbed to 2nd place in the standings with 4 points before playing the remaining
matches of the round.
But out of 9 head to head victory in last 40
matches among them, Real
Sociedad just won one games since 2003 - 04 season.
After 1 - 0 defeat to Real
Sociedad in the last round of La Liga competition, Barcelona bounced back and with 5 - 0 trashed aside Elche in the first leg
match of...
At Estadio Municipal de Anoeta (Donostia - San Sebastian) Real
Sociedad will host the
match at 30th April 2015 which also start stream on TV at below tv channels list from 6:00 PM BST, 12:00 PM GMT.
A dark horse in editions of yesteryear, Lyon will need to pull off their best
match in a while when they travel to the Basque country and meet Real
Sociedad in the return leg of their Champions League playoff tie.
Saturday
match among Real
Sociedad Vs Real Madrid will be the 2nd head to head of the season.
They've also played over 2000 senior
matches, the majority of which for just three clubs: Barca (Iniesta), Atletico Madrid (Torres) and Real
Sociedad (Prieto).
epa05650336 FC Barcelona's Argentinian forward Leo Messi (L) and Real
Sociedad's midfielder Asier Illarramendi during their Spanish Primera Division soccer league's
match at Anoeta Stadium in San Sebastian, Basque Country, northern Spain, 27 November 2016.
He scored the winners against Rayo Vallecano and Real
Sociedad, before providing the cross led to the only goal in Madrid's
match with Man City, which helped to send Los Blancos into the Champions League final.
Through the victory Barca shared the record of Real
Sociedad of highest 38th
matches unbeaten in League.
Thursday sees Russian Premier League leaders Zenit St. Petersburg host La Liga outfit Real
Sociedad in their second
match of the Europa League group stage, with both sides coming into this on the back of heavy victories in
match day one.
This comes in the form of news outlets and also Real
Sociedad blogs all about Real
Sociedad including
match previews, reviews from all the best football sources and blogs.
It is now three games away from
matching Sociedad's best - ever single - season streak and two from equalling that same
Sociedad team's longest run without loss overall, which amounted to 38 games when including the previous season too.
Real
Sociedad's Mexican forward Carlos Vela became the first Mexican to score 4 goals in a La Liga
match, a feat even the great Hugo Sanchez did not achieve.
His overhead kick against Real
Sociedad enabled Zenit St Petersburg to get a 3 - 1 victory in this Europa League group
match.
It was Real
Sociedad which had gone 32
matches without a defeat in the 1979 - 80 season, when it was only two more away from finishing the then 34 - game season as invincible.
Sociedad crashed out of the secondary European competition at the round of 32 stage despite the 22 - year - old scoring in the first leg the previous week, a 2 - 2 draw with former United winger Adnan Januzaj also scoring in the
match.
The Catalan giants will look to break the record that Real
Sociedad set in 1979 - 80 when they host Valencia next weekend, with Ernesto Valverde's side now just seven
matches from becoming the first La Liga side to go through a campaign without tasting defeat.
Real
Sociedad have been improving of late with three wins from their last four games but have been rocked by allegations of
match - fixing and doping.
Ernesto Valverde's team are seeking to continue their unbeaten run in the league and break Real
Sociedad's record of 38
matches without defeat set in 1979 - 80.
He was subbed off at halftime against Real
Sociedad, then found himself withdrawn after an hour of the El Clasico
match - up.
However it was Real
Sociedad that went ahead in the
match on the very first minute of the
match.
As I said in the FC Barcelona vs Real
Sociedad Preview, Tito Vilanova went with a standard 4 -3-3 formation for this
match.
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Sociedad vs Real Madrid, Villarreal vs Barcelona, MK Dons vs Manchester United, Arsenal vs Besiktas, and Bayer Leverkusen vs Copenhagen, all
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After the draw at Sevilla, Barça have now gone 37
matches in the league without defeat and are just a game from
matching Real
Sociedad's almost 40 - year - old record
In the last 31 meeting since 1994, Real Sociedadhad won 10
matches and Sevilla had won 13
matches against Real
Sociedad.
Last season overall they met four times and Barcelona won three of those, drawing the other, scoring ten goals across those four
matches against
Sociedad.
Willian Jose was the second - highest goalscorer for La Liga's underachievers Las Palmas last term, scoring nine goals in 30
matches and that form prompted Real
Sociedad to sign him permanently in the summer.
Real Madrid landed a 3 - 1 win out at
Sociedad back in September and that is a big six -
match winning streak that they are on against
Sociedad.
The Blaugrana won their first two
matches and share first place in the league table with Leganés and Real
Sociedad, and a win on Saturday will be a major boost for the Blaugrana in this young season.
Barcelona announced on Monday that the Brazilian midfielder has sustained a left adductor muscle strain in last weekend's
match against Real
Sociedad.
Barcelona have slipped to back to back drawn
matches in the league and were, for want of a better word, awful last weekend against Real
Sociedad.
The Catalans are on a five -
match winning streak in the top flight after fighting back to beat Real
Sociedad last weekend.
Sociedad's interest in that competition ended last month with a 4 - 3 aggregate defeat to Salzburg in the round of 32, while in La Liga they have lost eight of their 12
matches in 2018, winning just three.
The Ultras Sur, Real Madrid's fervent supporters formerly housed in the South stand at the Bernabeu, remain upset about their treatment after 500 season tickets were rescinded after an altercation before a
match with Real
Sociedad.