(La Liga:)
(Real Sociedad – Barcelona)
The FC Barcelona squad traveled to San Sebastian, to the Estadio de Aneota, currently known as the Reale Arena for sponsorship purposes, Real Soceidad's home stadium for their matchday 4 encounter.
FC Barcelona started with a similar lineup like in the Sevilla game with minimal changes being made, the main one being Gerard Martin starting ahead of Alejandro Balde in left back.
While FC Barcelona tweaked its formation, Real Sociedad did not take any chances as they started with their best lineup for this game.
Unlike the Catalans, the San Sebastian club started with a 4-1-4-1 formation.
Alex Remiro started in between the posts for the home side while ahead of him stood a quadruple of Aramburu, Zubeldia, Pacheco, and Munoz in defense.
Standing as the sole pivot in this game was the maverick midfielder who was the envy and transfer target of a lot of big clubs in Europe, Martin Zubimendi.
