Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga match between Real Sociedad and Barcelona. We'll bring you all the action as it happens. Kick off is at 3.15pm.
La Liga / Matchday 4
Reale Arena / 15.09.2018
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- A. Elustondo(12')
- L. Suárez(63')
- O. Dembélé(66')
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Updated 15/09/2018 at 16:10 GMT
18'
Valverde will be unhappy with how Elustondo had so much space inside the penalty area to smash home that strike. Barcelona didn't do enough to win the freekick into the box.
17'
One wonders if the Real Madrid players are watching this game. They too have a 100% record and are also in the Basque country this weekend. They face Athletic Club later tonight.
16'
15'
Well, well, well. The Anoeta has long been a difficult place for Barcelona to visit and that looks set to continue this afternoon. What a strike that was from Elustondo. Great goal.
14'
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Real Sociedad 1 (13 mins - Aritz Elustondo) Barcelona 0. The home side have the lead and what a goal! Real Sociedad win the knockdown from a freekick into the box and Elustondo smashes home a finish on the half volley! He beat Ter Stegen with power at the near post!
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A. Elustondo
Real Sociedad
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13'
One of the areas Semedo needed to improve on last season was his final product, so Valverde will be pleased with what he saw from the Portuguese full back just a few moments ago.
12'
10'
GREAT BALL IN! Semedo gets to the byline and pulls back a cross for his teammates in the middle. But Zaldua was on hand to clear the danger under pressure from Suarez.
9'
Real Sociedad finished 12th in the Spanish Liga table last season. That was their lowest finish since 2014, so they will be hoping to improve on that this season. Must do better.
8'
Spain were in action against Croatia during the week, and England last week. Normally that would mean a lot of Barca players in action, but only one played against Croatia. So they should be fresh.
7'
As you might expect, Barcelona have taken a grip of the possession early on. Real Sociedad are the ones having to sit back and soak up the pressure early on in this first half.
6'
5'
Messi didn't play for Argentina over the international break and so you would think that the Barcelona number 10 has plenty in his legs this afternoon. La Real should be afraid.
4'
This is a depleted Real Sociedad team. They are without Jose and Januzaj for this match. Will that hinder them against the defending La Liga champions? We'll see...
3'
2'
Kick off was held up as Agirretxe bid farewell to the Real Sociedad fans. Injuries have forced him to retire at just 31. Such a shame. He has become an icon for this club.
1st Half
1'
The match is under way at the Anoeta! It's Real Sociedad against Barcelona in La Liga.
15:14
About to get under way at the Anoeta!
15:13
I'm Graham Ruthven and you can catch me on Twitter ahead of the game to let me know your thoughts. Can Real Sociedad cause Barca problems this afternoon? Tweet me!
15:12
The two teams are in the tunnel ready to walk out on to the Anoeta pitch.
15:11
Not long until kick off at the Anoeta now. This has the potential to be a good one.