FC Barcelona vs Real Sociedad Match Preview- Predictions, Team News, Predicted Lineup, Date and Time

Shubham Agarwal January 24, 2023

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The Copa Del Rey is back and this time out in the quarter-finals Spanish giants FC Barcelona will host Real Sociedad at the Spotify Camp Nou. Now coming into this match, both sides are one of the most in-form teams in world football as on one hand, apart from being the league leaders Barca even won the Spanish Super Cup recently, whereas on the other hand Sociedad are having an outstanding season cause they are currently 3rd in La Liga and just 6 points behind Barca, but apart from that they are on a winning run which extended to 9 games after their recent victory at the weekend against Rayo Vallecano.

Hence, there is no doubt that both sides would give thier everything to win this game and given that this is a single-leg knockout match, these teams simply cannot afford mistakes when they face other. And despite Sociedad’s good winning momentum, they know that Barcelona would be thier toughest test and if indeed manage to win this, it would surely be a statement win. And according to many experts, the only way they can do that is by scoring the first goal and after that, they should simply outperform themselves in the defence and restrict Barca to score.

However, with the amazing quality that Xavi’s side have in attack as it includes the likes of Lewandowski, Raphinha, Dembele and the list goes on and on, it would be incredibly difficult for Sociedad to keep a clean sheet against them. And on top of that, Barcelona would be receiving astonishing home crowd support which would push them more than ever to win this game and qualify for the semi-finals. All in all, this encounter is surely one to watch out for.