Madrid and Sociedad have named their beginning sides for his or her La Liga match on the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.
The hosts won 2-1 at Espanyol on Saturday of their first aggressive match of Jose Mourinho’s second spell in cost, Carlos Espi scoring a Ninetieth-minute winner.
Beginning a season as Sociedad boss for the primary time, Pellegrino Matarazzo oversaw a 1-0 opening defeat at Betis for the crew who completed tenth and received the Copa del Rey in 2025/26.
Los Blancos have received 10 and misplaced one among their final 12 league video games on the Bernabeu, the place they’re on a six-match unbeaten run within the prime flight together with 5 wins.
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Madrid confirmed beginning crew vs Actual Sociedad
Madrid are unchanged from their victory in opposition to Espanyol.
Actual Madrid beginning XI: Thibaut Courtois, Denzel Dumfries, Ibrahima Konate, Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras, Bernardo Silva, Federico Valverde; Arda Guler, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior; Kylian Mbappe
Madrid substitutes: Andrii Lunin, Eduardo Camavinga, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Marc Cucurella, Carlos Espi, Brahim Diaz, Antonio Rudiger, Yan Diomande, Sergio Mestre, Jorge Cestero, Mario Rivas, Alexis Ciria
Sociedad full line up vs Actual Madrid
Sociedad make 4 alterations, bringing in Turrientes, the prolific Mikel Oyarzabal, Ochieng and Beitia for Igor Zubeldia, Carlos Soler, Ander Barrenetxea and Orri Oskarsson.
Oyarzabal scored 15 league targets final season and made his first look since profitable the World Cup with Spain as an alternative in opposition to Betis.
Actual Sociedad beginning XI: Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Luken Beitia, Jon Martin, Sergio Gomez, Takefusa Kubo, Yangel Herrera, Luka Sucic, Benat Turrientes, Job Ochieng, Mikel Oyarzabal
Sociedad substitutes: Unai Marrero, Aihen Munoz, Igor Zubeldia, Ander Barrenetxea, Orri Oskarsson, Goncalo Guedes, Jon Pacheco, Carlos Soler, Arsen Zakharyan, Ibai Aguirre, Alex Lebarbier, Alex Marchal
The place to observe Madrid vs Sociedad: TV and on-line streams
Kick-off on Wednesday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with stay protection within the UK on Premier Sports activities 2 and streaming obtainable on an unlimited vary of units through the Premier Sports activities app.
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Madrid vs Actual Sociedad stats
- The final six Liga conferences between these groups have resulted in victories for Madrid, who’ve conceeded two targets in complete alongside the way in which
- Los Blancos have received seven of their final eight encounters with Sociedad in all competitions, the exception being a 4-4 house draw within the Copa del Rey semi-finals in 2025 during which they superior 5-4 on mixture via Antonio Rudiger’s extra-time purpose
- Madrid are unbeaten of their final six Liga visits from Sociedad (W6 D2) since a 2-0 defeat in January 2019
- Kylian Mbappe has three targets throughout the final three editions of the fixtures, whereas Mikel Oyarzabal has scored as soon as in every of the final two encounters
- Solely one of many final 13 conferences between the edges in all competitions has completed 0-0, with every of their final 9 matches in opposition to one another that includes not less than one purpose since a stalemate at Madrid in La Liga in January 2023
- Since profitable at relegated Mallorca on February 28, Sociedad have gone six Liga away video games with out victory (D3 L3)
- They did, nevertheless, win all 5 of their away matches on their approach to Copa del Rey glory, together with away victories over Liga groups Alaves and Athletic Membership earlier than beating Atletico Madrid on penalties within the ultimate in Seville
- Elche (1) and Osasuna (2) had been the one groups to win fewer Liga away video games than Sociedad (3) final season with out struggling relegation
- Solely six groups had a greater purpose distinction on the highway within the division than Sociedad (-8), who drew eight and misplaced eight of their different 16 such matches
- Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi (23) and Osasuna’s Ante Budimir (17) had been the one gamers outdoors of the highest two groups to outscore Oyarzabal (15) within the 2025/26 prime flight
