Madrid and Sociedad have named their starting sides for their La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.
The hosts won 2-1 at Espanyol on Saturday in their first competitive match of Jose Mourinho’s second spell in charge, Carlos Espi scoring a 90th-minute winner.
Starting a season as Sociedad boss for the first time, Pellegrino Matarazzo oversaw a 1-0 opening defeat at Betis for the team who finished 10th and won the Copa del Rey in 2025/26.
Los Blancos have won 10 and lost one of their last 12 league games at the Bernabeu, where they are on a six-match unbeaten run in the top flight including five wins.
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Madrid confirmed starting team vs Real Sociedad
Madrid are unchanged from their victory against Espanyol.
Real Madrid starting 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 Real Madrid
Sociedad make four 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 goals last season and made his first appearance since winning the World Cup with Spain as a substitute against Betis.
Real Sociedad starting 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
Where to watch Madrid vs Sociedad: TV and online streams
Kick-off on Wednesday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Premier Sports 2 and streaming available on a vast range of devices via the Premier Sports app.
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Madrid vs Real Sociedad stats
- The last six Liga meetings between these teams have resulted in victories for Madrid, who have conceeded two goals in total along the way
- Los Blancos have won seven of their last eight encounters with Sociedad in all competitions, the exception being a 4-4 home draw in the Copa del Rey semi-finals in 2025 in which they advanced 5-4 on aggregate through Antonio Rudiger’s extra-time goal
- Madrid are unbeaten in their last six Liga visits from Sociedad (W6 D2) since a 2-0 defeat in January 2019
- Kylian Mbappe has three goals across the last three editions of the fixtures, while Mikel Oyarzabal has scored once in each of the last two encounters
- Only one of the last 13 meetings between the sides in all competitions has finished 0-0, with each of their last nine matches against each other featuring at least one goal since a stalemate at Madrid in La Liga in January 2023
- Since winning at relegated Mallorca on February 28, Sociedad have gone six Liga away games without victory (D3 L3)
- They did, however, win all five of their away matches on their way to Copa del Rey glory, including away victories over Liga teams Alaves and Athletic Club before beating Atletico Madrid on penalties in the final in Seville
- Elche (1) and Osasuna (2) were the only teams to win fewer Liga away games than Sociedad (3) last season without suffering relegation
- Only six teams had a better goal difference on the road in the division than Sociedad (-8), who drew eight and lost eight of their other 16 such matches
- Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi (23) and Osasuna’s Ante Budimir (17) were the only players outside of the top two teams to outscore Oyarzabal (15) in the 2025/26 top flight
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