Manchester United 4-1 Real Sociedad
Key numbers
- Possession 60% – 40%
- Shots 25 (10 on target) – 8 (3)
- Decisive moment: 50' Bruno Fernandes, FN xPts +1.1
Bruno Fernandes 16' (pen)
Bruno Fernandes 50' (pen)
Bruno Fernandes 87'
Diogo Dalot 90+1'
Bruno Fernandes 50' (pen)
Bruno Fernandes 87'
Diogo Dalot 90+1'
HT 1:1
Mikel Oyarzabal 10' (pen)
Manchester United won on the scoreboard and on xG (4.25–1.05).
Player of the matchBruno FernandesDecisive moment50' Bruno Fernandes+1.1
Player of the match
Bruno Fernandes Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.4 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester United ahead 40 min · level 44 min · Real Sociedad ahead 6 min
- Real Sociedad: Red card 63' → ~27 min a player down
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.
10'
Mikel Oyarzabal
Pen goal
+0.8
16'
Bruno Fernandes
Pen goal
+0.8
50'
Bruno Fernandes
Pen goal
+1.1
63'
Jon Aramburu
Red card
−0.1
87'
Bruno Fernandes
Goal · assist Alejandro Garnacho
+0.1
90+1'
Diogo Dalot
Goal · assist Rasmus Højlund
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester UnitedReal Sociedad
60%Possession40%
4.25Expected goals (xG)1.05
0.17xG per shot0.13
25Shots8
10Shots on target3
40%Shots on target %38%
16Shots in box4
475Passes325
84%Pass accuracy75%
6Corners4
2Saves6
6Fouls13
2Yellow cards7
1Offsides2
Compared with usual
Manchester United
43 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 4.25 | 1.3 | high |
| xG against | 1.05 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 25 | 14.8 | |
| On target | 10 | 5.2 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 11.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.17 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 60% | 53.8% | |
| Passes | 475 | 511.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 84% | |
| Corners | 6 | 5.2 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 11 |
Real Sociedad
last 26 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.05 | 1.1 | |
| xG against | 4.25 | 0.9 | high |
| Shots | 8 | 11.6 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.1 | |
| Shots faced | 25 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.13 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 40% | 52.6% | |
| Passes | 325 | 429.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 75% | 79.6% | |
| Corners | 4 | 5.2 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 13.9 |
Timeline
- 8' VAR Mikel Oyarzabal
- 9' Yellow Matthijs de Ligt
- 10' Goal Mikel Oyarzabal (pen) competition goal #5
- 14' Yellow Igor Zubeldia
- 16' Goal Bruno Fernandes (pen) competition goal #2
- 39' Yellow Pablo Marín
- 50' Goal Bruno Fernandes (pen) competition goal #3
- 51' Yellow Martín Zubimendi
- 55' Sub Sheraldo Becker → Ander Barrenetxea
- 56' Sub Igor Zubeldia → Jon Aramburu
- 56' Sub Pablo Marín → Beñat Turrientes
- 63' Red Jon Aramburu
- 64' Yellow Mikel Oyarzabal
- 69' Yellow Aritz Elustondo
- 74' Yellow Ander Barrenetxea
- 76' Sub Takefusa Kubo → Orri Steinn Óskarsson
- 79' Sub Casemiro → Toby Collyer
- 80' Sub Aritz Elustondo → Hamari Traoré
- 85' VAR Patrick Dorgu
- 87' Goal Bruno Fernandes competition goal #4 assist Alejandro Garnacho
- 89' Yellow Nayef Aguerd
- 89' Sub Joshua Zirkzee → Christian Eriksen
- 90+1' Goal Diogo Dalot competition goal #2 assist Rasmus Højlund
- 90+4' Yellow Toby Collyer
Category leaders
- Key passesBruno Fernandes4
- Duels wonPatrick Dorgu11/13
- DribblesJoshua Zirkzee4/5
- Defensive actionsAihen Muñoz6
- ShotsBruno Fernandes5 (on target 4)
- Fouls wonPatrick Dorgu6
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.