Real Sociedad 1–1 Atlético Madrid — La Liga 2025/26 Match Stats

La Liga · 2025Sun, 4 Jan 2026, 20:00 UTCReale Arena

Real Sociedad

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1–1Historical match

Atlético Madrid

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Real Sociedad and Atlético Madrid drew 1–1.

Shots: 1810
Shots on target: 82
Expected goals: 1.731.25
Possession: 45%55%

Full time

What the match recorded

Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid drew 1–1. Recorded in this match (Real Sociedad – Atletico Madrid): shots 18–10, shots on target 8–2, expected goals 1.73–1.25, possession 45%–55%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Both teams have elevated corners records

strong

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

6.5 corners/matchCornersReal Sociedad · Atletico Madrid● 6.79 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Real Sociedad	Atletico Madrid	Baseline
Corners	6.5 corners/match	6.79 corners/match	4.86 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

Atletico Madrid's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Atletico Madrid's last-five shots average is below their season average.

9.6 shots/match ▲ShotsLast 5 · Season12.8 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Shots	9.6 shots/match	12.8 shots/match	11.5 shots/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Atletico Madrid have a visible away split

moderate

Atletico Madrid's away-only shot average is below their full-season average.

10.8 shots/match ▲ShotsAway only · Season12.8 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

Metric	Away only	Season	Baseline
Shots	10.8 shots/match	12.8 shots/match	11.5 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

This match

Match statistics

Shots18 shots10 shotsReal Sociedad 18 shots, Atlético Madrid 10 shots
Shots on target8 shots2 shotsReal Sociedad 8 shots, Atlético Madrid 2 shots
Expected goals1.73 xG1.25 xGReal Sociedad 1.73 xG, Atlético Madrid 1.25 xG
Possession45%55%Real Sociedad 45%, Atlético Madrid 55%
Corners6 corners6 cornersReal Sociedad 6 corners, Atlético Madrid 6 corners
Fouls11 fouls13 foulsReal Sociedad 11 fouls, Atlético Madrid 13 fouls
Yellow cards3 cards2 cardsReal Sociedad 3 cards, Atlético Madrid 2 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

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Real Sociedad: 18 shots, 8 on target, 1.69 xG. Atletico Madrid: 10 shots, 2 on target, 1.22 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Real Sociedad 1.69 xG · Atletico Madrid 1.22 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Real Sociedad

1Draws

4Atlético Madrid

10 May 2025Atlético Madrid — Real Sociedad · La Liga4–0

6 Oct 2024Real Sociedad — Atlético Madrid · La Liga1–1

25 May 2024Real Sociedad — Atlético Madrid · La Liga0–2

8 Oct 2023Atlético Madrid — Real Sociedad · La Liga2–1

28 May 2023Atlético Madrid — Real Sociedad · La Liga2–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Real Sociedad favored in 1 of 11 directional metrics · Atlético Madrid in 10

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Real Sociedad18 matchesAtlético Madrid19 matches

1.22 goals/matchGoals scored18/19▲ 1.79 goals/match

1.44 goals/matchGoals allowed18/19▲ 0.89 goals/match

1.35 xG/matchExpected goals18/19▲ 1.64 xG/match

13.9 shots/match ▲Shots18/1912.8 shots/match

4.94 shots/matchShots on target18/19▲ 5.47 shots/match

51.7%Possession18/19● 53.5%

6.5 corners/matchCorners18/19● 6.79 corners/match

2.28 cards/matchCards18/191.95 cards/match

15.3 fouls/matchFouls18/1911.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples18 / 19home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Mon, 5 Jan 2026, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in La Liga

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance