Real Sociedad 3-1 Benfica
Key numbers
- Possession 52% – 48%
- Shots 17 (7 on target) – 11 (4)
- Decisive moment: 6' Mikel Merino, FN xPts +0.6
Mikel Merino 6'
Mikel Oyarzabal 11'
Ander Barrenetxea 21'
Mikel Oyarzabal 11'
Ander Barrenetxea 21'
HT 3:0
Rafa Silva 49'
Real Sociedad won on the scoreboard and on xG (3.41–0.86).
Player of the matchMikel MerinoDecisive moment6' Mikel Merino+0.6
Player of the match
Mikel Merino Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.9 (Dominant)
Game state
Real Sociedad ahead 84 min · level 6 min · Benfica ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
6'
Mikel Merino
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Aihen Muñoz +0.2
+0.6
11'
Mikel Oyarzabal
Goal
+0.3
21'
Ander Barrenetxea
Goal · assist Mikel Merino
+0.1
49'
Rafa Silva
Goal · assist Nicolás Otamendi
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Benfica is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Real SociedadBenfica
52%Possession48%
3.41Expected goals (xG)0.86
0.2xG per shot0.08
17Shots11
7Shots on target4
41%Shots on target %36%
15Shots in box6
411Passes375
79%Pass accuracy76%
10Corners3
3Saves3
18Fouls9
2Yellow cards1
2Offsides2
Compared with usual
Real Sociedad
16 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| xG | 3.41 | 1.2 | high |
| xG against | 0.86 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 17 | 12.6 | |
| On target | 7 | 4.1 | high |
| Shots faced | 11 | 11.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 52% | 55% | |
| Passes | 411 | 460.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 79% | 81.6% | |
| Corners | 10 | 4.6 | high |
| Fouls | 18 | 15.6 |
Benfica
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg |
|---|
Timeline
- 6' Goal Mikel Merino competition goal #1 assist Aihen Muñoz
- 11' Goal Mikel Oyarzabal competition goal #2
- 16' VAR Mikel Merino
- 20' Yellow Florentino Luís
- 21' Goal Ander Barrenetxea competition goal #1 assist Mikel Merino
- 31' Sub Florentino Luís → David Jurásek
- 49' Goal Rafa Silva competition goal #1 assist Nicolás Otamendi
- 62' Yellow Ander Barrenetxea
- 64' Sub Arthur Cabral → Petar Musa
- 70' Sub Brais Méndez → Beñat Turrientes
- 70' Sub Takefusa Kubo → Carlos Fernández
- 78' Sub Ander Barrenetxea → Arsen Zakharyan
- 85' Sub Ángel Di María → Casper Tengstedt
- 85' Sub João Mário → Chiquinho
- 85' Sub Rafa Silva → Gonçalo Guedes
- 86' Yellow Carlos Fernández
- 86' Sub Aritz Elustondo → Álvaro Odriozola
Category leaders
- Key passesTakefusa Kubo3
- Duels wonMikel Merino12/21
- DribblesAnder Barrenetxea3/6
- Defensive actionsFelipe Morato9
- ShotsMikel Merino3 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonRafa Silva4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.