Matarazzo's Real Sociedad are fearsome again: 13 of 15 points and a rock-solid defense

Real Sociedad's emphatic 6-0 win away to Lillestrom confirmed the competitive leap made by Pellegrino Matarazzo's side. The Basque team are enjoying their best run of the campaign, with five consecutive official matches without defeat and a clear improvement away from Anoeta. Their first away clean sheet of the 2026/27 season and the attacking power shown in Norway prove that Real Sociedad have regained a fearsome version of themselves.

• Real Sociedad have taken 13 of the last 15 points available in LaLiga and the Europa League.
• The 6-0 win over Lillestrom was their first victory in this season's Europa League.
• Matarazzo's side have gone five straight away trips unbeaten, with wins over Elche, Valencia, Málaga and Lillestrom.
• The clean sheet in Norway was their first on the road this season and their first in Europe since January 2025.
• In their last ten official matches, Real Sociedad have won six, drawn two and lost only two.

A run of 13 points from 15 lifts Real Sociedad

Matarazzo's team have gone five official matches without losing. In that stretch they have collected four wins and one draw, a record that has delivered 13 of the last 15 points at stake across domestic and continental competition. The positive run peaked at the Arasen Stadion with a commanding 6-0 victory over Lillestrom that gave Real Sociedad their first win in the current Europa League campaign.

The improvement has come during a slightly more manageable stretch of fixtures than the one faced at the start of the season. Even so, the consistency shown in recent weeks is undeniable: the team's approach is working on a regular basis and the results are backing it up with a clarity that had been missing for months.

Real Sociedad turn away trips into a reliable source of points

The biggest step forward in Matarazzo's project has come away from Donostia. Real Sociedad have gone five consecutive away fixtures without defeat, including four significant wins over Elche, Valencia, Málaga and Lillestrom. The only draw in that run came at Union Saint-Gilloise, completing an away sequence of the highest standard.

That solidity on the road shows the group's ability to impose its game plan regardless of the setting. Winning convincingly in stadiums of different profiles and across different competitions confirms that the progress is not the product of a single favorable context, but of genuine structural growth.

A defensive wall ends a historic away drought

Beyond the goal-scoring display, the best news for the coaching staff came at the back. The win over Lillestrom produced Real Sociedad's first away clean sheet of the entire 2026/27 season. To find the previous occasion on which the Basque side kept a clean sheet on the road in any competition, you had to go back to February 28 in Mallorca, during the middle stretch of the previous campaign.

The match in Norway was also only the second time this season that Real Sociedad have kept their goal intact. The only prior instance came at Anoeta, in the goalless draw with Celta Vigo. The defensive work at the Arasen Stadion also ended two notable European droughts: it was the team's first European clean sheet since a win over PAOK in January 2025, and the first away from home in continental competition since a 0-0 draw at San Siro against Inter Milan in December 2023.

A leap in maturity reflected in contender-level numbers

The data make clear that Real Sociedad have added confidence and firepower in recent months, while also building a competitive foundation capable of responding in any scenario. Matarazzo's side have been ruthless in the opposition box and, in Lillestrom, equally resolute in their own. That combination is producing wins and numbers befitting a team with serious ambitions in every competition.

Morale in the dressing room is sky-high and the numbers back Matarazzo's plan. The coach prefers not to label his style as a madhouse, yet his approach has the fans in Donostia buzzing. The current moment invites optimism and confirms that Real Sociedad have moved past the difficulties of the opening weeks of the season.

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