Lamine Yamal will be handed a “leading role” when Barcelona host Real Sociedad on Sunday, having returned from a groin injury after missing the Blaugrana’s last four games. In LaLiga, they have recorded five wins and one draw so far this campaign, with only Real Madrid making a stronger start through six matchdays (six wins). Real Sociedad – Ander BarrenetxeaBarrenetxea has provided two assists in his last two LaLiga matches, as many as in his previous 27 matches in the competition. The visitors are coming off their first LaLiga win this term (two draws, three defeats), but they have not managed back-to-back victories in this competition since April 2025. Away from home, they are winless in their last seven matches (two draws, five defeats), their worst since another streak of seven games between January and April 2019 (four draws, three defeats).