Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad — La Liga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
play_arrow4 clips- 10′Real Madrid, yellow card:Foul
- 31′Real Sociedad, yellow card:Foul
- 40′Real Madrid, goal:1–0assist
- 44′Real Sociedad, goal:1–1
- 45+2′Real Sociedad, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time1 – 1
- 46′Real Madrid, substitution:off
- 57′Real Sociedad, substitution:off
- 57′Real Sociedad, substitution:off
- 60′Real Madrid, goal:2–1assist
- 66′Real Sociedad, substitution:off
- 66′Real Sociedad, substitution:off
- 68′Real Madrid, goal:3–1assist
- 71′Real Sociedad, yellow card:Foul
- 73′Real Madrid, yellow card:Foul
- 74′Real Sociedad, substitution:off
- 78′Real Madrid, substitution:off
- 78′Real Madrid, substitution:off
- 80′Real Madrid, goal:4–1assist
- 84′Real Madrid, substitution:off
- 86′Real Madrid, substitution:off
- 90+1′Real Madrid, goal disallowed:Goal cancelled
- 90+4′Real Madrid, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time4 – 1
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Match report
Mbappé hat-trick fires Real Madrid past Real Sociedad
Real Madrid began their La Liga campaign with a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad, a result that kept Jose Mourinho's side top of the table after two rounds. The match had been level at half-time before Madrid pulled clear in the second period.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring in the 40th minute, finishing from a Federico Valverde assist, only for Luka Sučić to level for Sociedad four minutes later and send the sides in level at the break. Madrid then took control after the interval: Mbappé restored the lead in the 60th minute, set up by Jude Bellingham, before Vinícius Júnior added a third eight minutes later, again created by Bellingham.
Mbappé completed his hat-trick in the 80th minute, teed up by Vinícius, to make it 4-1 and put the outcome beyond doubt. Sociedad, without a win in four of their last five outings before this game, never found a way back into the contest after conceding twice in quick succession.
Mbappé scored all three of his side's second-half goals to finish with a hat-trick and a match rating of 10.0, the outstanding individual contribution of the night.
Real Madrid's 3.14 expected goals figure, more than five times Real Sociedad's 0.57, reflected the gulf in the sides' attacking threat.
Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4–1 (half-time 1–1).
Real Madrid met Real Sociedad in the La Liga (Regular Season - 1). Kick-off was Wednesday, 26 August 2026, 19:00 UTC at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer.
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Key moments
- 40' Goal: Kylian Mbappé (assist: Federico Valverde) — 1–0 · Watch Kylian Mbappé's goal video (40')
- 44' Goal: Luka Sučić — 1–1
- 60' Goal: Kylian Mbappé (assist: Jude Bellingham) — 2–1 · Watch Kylian Mbappé's goal video (60')
- 68' Goal: Vinícius Júnior (assist: Jude Bellingham) — 3–1 · Watch Vinícius Júnior's goal video (68')
- 80' Goal: Kylian Mbappé (assist: Vinícius Júnior) — 4–1 · Watch Kylian Mbappé's goal video (80')
Starting line-ups
Real Madrid (4-2-3-1)
Real Sociedad (4-2-3-1)
- 1 Álex Remiro
- 17 Sergio Gómez
- 31 Jon Martín
- 34 Luken Beitia
- 2 Jon Aramburu
- 8 Beñat Turrientes
- 21 Yangel Herrera
- 12 Job Ochieng
- 24 Luka Sučić
- 14 Takefusa Kubo
- 10 Mikel Oyarzabal (c)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Real Madrid 76%, the draw 16%, Real Sociedad 8%. It finished Real Madrid 4–1 Real Sociedad.
Real Madrid's rating gap decides it — Real Madrid are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and La Liga home advantage on top makes it one-sided for Real Madrid. The draw at 16% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why Real Madrid at 76%?
Real Madrid sit 322 points higher on our strength rating — 2137 to 1815. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge at home won 79.7% of 5,087 such games. La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.3% vs 30.2%). La Liga homes won 46.6% of 6,097 games vs 44.9% across all 99,382 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. The 300 most similar past games finished 74–15–11.
Why not higher?
Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Real Madrid's column. Across 10,738 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw only 16%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 14.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.2 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,001. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw. The goals environment takes 1.3 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Real Madrid average 5 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 322 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Real Sociedad have shed 71 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.7% of 9,660 such games vs 34.5% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this La Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Kylian Mbappé's goal against Real Sociedad (40').
- Watch Kylian Mbappé's goal against Real Sociedad (60').
- Watch Vinícius Júnior's goal against Real Sociedad (68').
- Watch Kylian Mbappé's goal against Real Sociedad (80').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Real Madrid 4–1 Real Sociedad. Explore more on the Real Madrid and Real Sociedad team pages or the La Liga page.