Match Centre

Atletico Madrid's 3-0 victory flattered their overall performance but ruthlessly exposed Real Sociedad's lack of cutting edge. Despite dominating 54% possession and outshooting Atletico 8-13, Sociedad managed just three shots on target from 0.8 xG (estimate). Atleti, with only 46% possession, were more efficient — converting three of their five shots on target (1.7 xG), all coming in the final six minutes plus stoppage time.

The decisive shift came post-75th minute, as Atletico's substitutions injected urgency. Alejandro Grimaldo broke the deadlock from the penalty spot (84'), then assisted Jonathan David's 90th-minute strike before Giuliano Simeone sealed it in stoppage time. Sociedad's nine corners yielded nothing, while Atletico scored from their only second-half corner. The killer stat: Atletico had nine shots inside the box to Sociedad's two — a clinical edge that punished the hosts' sterile dominance.