[Lucky McLuckerson]

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Date: Thursday, March 06 2025
Kickoff Time: 1745 Hrs GMT
Venue: Estadio de Anoeta, San Sebastián, Spain

Europa League Form Guide

Manchester United: WWWWW
Real Sociedad: LWWLW


Previous Meetings In The Europa League

Real Sociedad 0–1 Manchester United

Manchester United 0–1 Real Sociedad

Manchester United 0–0 Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad 0–4 Manchester United


All-Time Record In The Europa League

Manchester United wins: 2
Real Sociedad wins: 1
Draws: 1


Pre-Match Pressers

Rubén Amorim




Imanol Alguacil





Team News

Manchester United

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Real Sociedad

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Know the opposition

Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad or La Real, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country. Football was introduced to San Sebastián in the early 1900s by students and workers returning from Britain. In 1904, they formed the San Sebastian Recreation Club and in 1905 the club competed in the Copa del Rey. In May 1905, the San Sebastian Football Club was formed as a separate branch of the club. In 1909, it applied to enter the Copa del Rey but complications over registration permits saw them compete as Club Ciclista de San Sebastián. This team defeated Club Español de Madrid 3–1 in the final. Out of the confusion, the Sociedad de Futbol was formed on 7 September 1909. Subsequently, the club was a founder member of La Liga in 1929.

Traditionally the club followed a policy (similar to that of its rival Athletic) of signing only Basque players, before signing Republic of Ireland forward John Aldridge in 1989. While a strong Basque contingent has been retained among its players, nowadays both non-Basque Spaniards and foreign players are represented at the club. Its youth section subsequent to the all-Basque era has still been very successful in developing internationally renowned players, such as World Cup winners Xabi Alonso and Antoine Griezmann. Real Sociedad won the Liga title in 1980–81 and 1981–82, and last finished runner-up in 2002–03. The club has also won the Copa del Rey twice, in 1909 and 1987. It contests the Basque derby against rivals Athletic Bilbao, and plays its home games at the Anoeta Stadium.


Referee

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[thisisnottaken1]

Meh. Expecting them to win 2-0.

 

[Insanity]

Not hopeful. The attacking players are awful & the manager's go to response is "I don't know".

 

[PoTMS]

On the plus side, this sorry season will be over in just over a week.

 

[King Eric 7]

Early kick off. Which members of the Caf will tune in at around 7.30 and wonder what's going on?

 

[Irwin99]

Really the worst preparation today with several players looking absolutely knackered but hopefully we find a way. It's hard not to be pessimistic.

 

[Redstain]

Loss should also be the last of this manager.

Sociedad are supposedly poor in their league so expecting an uptick in performances.

 

[soapythecat]

What’s the point anymore under this system? We get out played, out fought, out classed in every game under Amorim. If we want to anything from the EL we need a new man in charge.
Easy win for the Spaniards this will be.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

Just need to try stay in the game for the second leg I guess.

 

[thegregster]

They are terrible. But Id expect them to raise their game and win 1 or 2-0.

 

[AndySmith1990]

We'll be relying on luck to get through. We certainly aren't good enough with ability alone

 

[Jezpeza]

We’ll lose. Say what we like about Sociedad not being the best in La Liga, this isnt yesteryear, we are one of the worst teams in the premier league with a dysfunctional squad and every players confidence and form at dogshit levels. Probably wont bother watching it

 

[Damien]

Will be a similar team that started today with exception of Dorgu in, which should help us in attack, and Garnacho.

 

[redom]

Seems like they played the majority of their match against Barca with 10 men so they might be a bit leggy too. This is the only competition left that could salvage something from this season so hopefully the players can find something, anything, and put in a performance for this.

 

[100]

Surprisingly confident. Just hope we’re wise to the Spanish teams play acting..

 

[fergiewherearethou]

They are a midtable La Liga team, so I expect them to beat us.

 

[Todd]

Our ceiling in this competition is probably the quarter-finals, so I'm not sure the outcome of this round really matters much.

We certainly won't win this match, but we might get out of there with a draw.

 

[Jev]

Our ceiling in this competition is probably the quarter-finals, so I'm not sure the outcome of this round really matters much.

Yeah, surely no-one believes we have any shot at all at winning the tournament.

Might as well get it over with. And by ‘it’ I mean the Amorim tenure.

 

[redNATION]

They’ll run rings around our midfield, it could be over in the first leg if we’re not careful.

 

[Shane88]

Our season could be over by the 13th of March.

Imagine that, two fecking months of meaningless league matches.

 

[Jazz]

They better do well somehow. I'm going to the tie at OT.
Imagine a heavy loss before that..... sigh

 

[Jazz]

They are a midtable La Liga team, so I expect them to beat us.

At this moment we're worse than a mid-table team.... sadly

 

[Jazz]

Is anyone coming back from injury for this?

 

[Todd]

Our season could be over by the 13th of March.

Imagine that, two fecking months of meaningless league matches.

Bless your heart, our season has been over for months already.

 

[CallyRed]

We aren't even Conference league standard.

 

[bosnian_red]

Would be delighted to get out of there with a draw.

Zirkzee
Garnacho Eriksen
Dorgu Bruno Ugarte Dalot
Yoro Maguire Mazraoui
Onana​

De Ligt seemed overly knackered from today, think he'll need a rest. The rest is an easy pick. Under no circumstances should Hojlund be playing.

 

[Ronaldo's ego]

They’ll make the mistake of showing us too much respect and with the slower pace I think we can come away with a draw.

 

[UnitedSofa]

We play better away, so I think we’ll be fine

 

[Dannn411]

Our season could be over by the 13th of March.

Imagine that, two fecking months of meaningless league matches.

Can't arrive soon enough. I was done with the season the day Amad went down. Has been a complete waste of 7 months of my life and I need a break

 

[Leftback99]

Is anyone coming back from injury for this?

Given that they came off with injuries we're probably without Yoro and Maguire.

 

[#07]

Just expecting to lose, again.

 

[BorisManUtd]

Zirkzee
Garnacho Eriksen
Dorgu Bruno Ugarte Dalot
Yoro Maguire Mazraoui
Onana

I thought of Casemiro-Ugarte pairing in the middle but we've got league game vs Arsenal couple days later so not sure both will start, probably Casemiro to come on instead of Ugarte at some point.

We know Amad and Martinez are out long term but it's frustrating having all these players out now. Collyer, Mount, Mainoo + Shaw, Evans, Bayindir. We don't even know when they are back.

 

[Cassidy]

We’re in big trouble

 

[Aint gota Kalou]

Where is Mainoo? We need some numbers in attack and midfield desperately.

 

[Cloud7]

Just need to try stay in the game for the second leg I guess.

A result at home is as unlikely as a result away based on current performances

 

[horsechoker]

We live in a sociedad

 

[tomaldinho1]

SOS

 

[Bwuk]

If De Ligts fit I’d start him but he looked fecked after Fulham.

Onana
Yoro - Maguire - Heaven
Mazraoui - Casemiro - Ugarte - Dorgu
Bruno
Zirkzee - Obi​

 

[LawCharltonBest]

We lose this tie and that’s pretty much it. No football to enjoy again until August.

Win the tie and I’ll be confident we can win the cup

 

[No Love]

Manchester United 8 - 1 Real Sociedad

Goal scorers:

MUFC: Hojlund 3, 4, 5, 17, 31, 43, 90, 90 + 5

RSO: Hojlund (OG) 90 + 7