Watch Manchester United vs Real Sociedad on the evening of Thursday March 13 for a crunch clash in the last-16 phase of the 2024/25 Europa League, with all the details here on live streams and TV broadcasts globally.
After last week's 1-1 draw in the first leg in San Sebastián, it's honours even and finely poised for the decider at Old Trafford. Can United get over the line, or will their torrid season take another turn for the worse?
Read on for all the details on how to watch Man United vs Sociedad live streams wherever you are in the world.
Key information
• Manchester United vs Real Sociedad Date: Thursday, 13 March, 2025
• Manchester United vs Real Sociedad Kick-off time: 8pm GMT / 3pm ET
• Manchester United vs Real Sociedad Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
• Manchester United vs Real Sociedad Free stream: Auvio (Belgium)
• Manchester United vs Real Sociedad TV & streaming: TNT Sports, Discovery+ (UK) | Paramount+ (US)
• Watch from anywhere: Try NordVPN risk-free
Can I watch Manchester United vs Real Sociedad for free?
You can watch Man United vs Real Sociedad for free, if you're in Belgium.
Public broadcaster RTBF has the rights to this game and will show it live on linear television, while also providing a Man United Sociedad free live stream on its streaming platform, Auvio.
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Watch Manchester United vs Real Sociedad in the UK
In the UK, you can watch Manchester United vs Real Sociedad on TNT Sports and Discovery+.
Watch Manchester United vs Real Sociedad in the US
Paramount+ is the home of Europa League soccer in the US, and that's where you can find a Manchester United vs Real Sociedad live stream.
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Where else can I watch Manchester United vs Real Sociedad?
Canada: DAZN
Australia: Stan Sport
New Zealand: DAZN
Manchester United vs Real Sociedad Match Preview
It has been a turbulent week for Manchester United, who have been thrust back to the top of the news agenda through a series of interviews with their owner, Jim Ratcliffe, and the unveiling of plans for a new stadium. Given the way Ratcliffe name-checked certain current players as overpaid and underperforming, and given the questions over spending £2bn on a new stadium while making widespread redundancies, the turning of the spotlight away from the pitch has hardly shed the club in a much more favourable light.
Ratcliffe has suggested this ship is going to take a long time to turn around yet, but in the here and now this match against Real Sociedad represents a potential virtual end point to United’s season. Out of the domestic cups and marooned in the bottom half of the Premier League table, the Europa League is just about all they have left to play for this season, other than pride and momentum. Winning the competition is more than likely their only ticket to playing European football again next season.
United have the edge in that they’re at home with the scores level, but the first leg in Spain showed once again how easily they can be knocked off balance.
United had control of the game and led through Joshua Zirkzee’s strike on 57 minutes. However, when Sociedad were awarded a penally for a Bruno Fernandes handball, they levelled the scores and turned the tables. Mikel Oyarzabal converted the penalty and from then on it was the Basque side applying the pressure and coming closest to scoring in the latter stages of the game.
When things start to click, United have the quality to progress, but Sociedad have shown they can be dangerous in patches, and will be out to pounce on any shortcomings in confidence or nerves from the home crowd.
It’s a hard one to call and it should be an engaging evening of knockout football at Old Trafford.
Manchester United vs Real Sociedad: Team news
Manchester United have a string of long-term injury concerns but the major question marks ahead of the Sociedad game surround Manuel Ugarte and Lena Yoro.
Ugarte missed the first leg and also Sunday’s draw against Arsenal with an undisclosed injury. He’s back in the conversation and manager Ruben Amorim has suggested he could return but an even bigger question mark would be whether he’s thrust back into the starting line-up.
Lena Yoro was substituted at half time against Arsenal with a foot injury and is not certain to feature.
Harry Maguire will also miss the game after being forced to miss the last two, but is expected to be back this weekend in the Premier League. Long-term absentees for United include Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo Luke Shaw, and Mason Mount.
As for Real Sociedad, manager Imanol Alguacil has said his side are fatiguing ‘mentally’ rather than ‘physically’ with a congested fixture list. He has no big injury worries and in fact should receive a boost in welcoming back key midfielder Martín Zubimendi to the starting line-up. Zubimendi missed the first leg through injury, before coming on as a substitute for half an hour against Sevilla in La Liga at the weekend.
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