Los Blancos will try to win their first La Liga title since 2012, but in order to do that, they have to start the tournament with a bang against the complicated Txuri-urdin side.

Broadcast info

Who's playing? Real Sociedad and Real Madrid will play one of the most interesting matches of La Liga's opening weekend. The hosts added a few key names to their lineup, and even managed to keep most of their top-caliber players around.

On the other side of the pitch, Zinedine Zidane's first full season as Los Blancos' coach will have to start without Cristiano Ronaldo, since the player is still recovering from a knee injury picked up in the UEFA Euro final. With that in mind, Gareth Bale and the recently re-signed Alvaro Morata are expected to lead the team's attack, with the hopes of winning their first three points of the competition.

What time? Sunday, August 21, at 11:15 PDT/ 13:15 CDT/ 14:15 EDT/ 18:15 GMT/ 19:15 BST/ 20:15 CEST.

What stadium? Anoeta stadium will host the first La Liga match for Real Sociedad and Real Madrid. The venue, located in the city of San Sebastián, can accomodate up to 32,000 fans.

On which channels?

- In Spain: Movistar+, Canal+ Partidazo, LaLiga TV Bar HD

- In the U.K.: Sky Go UK, NOW TV UK, Sky Sports 1/HD UK, SKY GO Extra

- In the U.S.: fuboTV, beIN SPORTS en Español, beIN SPORTS CONNECT U.S.A., beIN SPORTS USA

- In Canada: beIN Sports Canada, beIN SPORTS CONNECT Canada, beIN SPORTS en Español

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Match stats

  • Real Sociedad and Real Madrid have played 41 games against each other since 1993. Los Blancos have won 23 of those games, losing 9 and drawing nine more.

  • Real Madrid has won five of the last six games against the Txuri Urdin, outscoring them 19-8.

  • Since their promotion in 2010, Real Madrid has won ten out of 12 games against Real Sociedad.

Team news

Real Sociedad's coach Eusebio will have to prepare his team without two absences due to injury: Sergio Canales and Imanol Agirretxe. Despite having suffered a knock in their previous match, Iñigo Martinez may get a starting nod for the hosts.

The team announced on social media that a moment of silence will be observed to pay respect to the recently deceased Dalian Atkinson, former Real Sociedad player.

Real Madrid will enter this match in high spirits, despite not having Cristiano Ronaldo around. Other injury absentees for Los Blancos include Keylor Navas, Pepe, Karim Benzema and even Fabio Coentrao, who is back with the team after a loan spell. The team revealed its 19-man squad for this match. Will the BBC's absence make a difference?

 

Match details, result and original broadcast info

Real Sociedad 0 - 3 Real Madrid

August 21, 2016 2:15pmEstadio Municipal de Anoeta (Donostia-San Sebastián)

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