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LaLiga · Matchweek 1

Real Madrid

RMA

4–1Full time

Real Sociedad

RSO

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

52%Possession60%
37%Territory40%
5%From set plays15%
0.17Chance quality0.11
7.0%Directness3.4%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Real Madrid, 3 for Real Sociedad. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 23 of 109 matches, not the full season.