Elche 2-3 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Monday 7 September 2026

Result

Elche 2-3 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Monday 7 September 2026, 19:30 UTC · Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche · half-time 0-2

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Elche 2-3 Real Sociedad: match report

Elche lost to Real Sociedad 2-3 in La Liga on Monday 7 September 2026 at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero. The half-time score was 0-2.

Job Ochieng opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Elche's goals came from Thomas Lemar (67') and Fer Niño (74'). Real Sociedad scored through Job Ochieng (11'), Yangel Herrera (31') and Luka Sucic (90').

Discipline: Elche received 4 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Elche were 19th on 1 point from 3 and Real Sociedad 14th on 4 points from 4. In the current table Elche are 17th on 10 points and Real Sociedad are 5th on 19 points.

Elche lined up in a 3-5-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Unai Marrero of Real Sociedad (8.6), ahead of Luka Sucic (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Elche win, 1 draw and 8 for Real Sociedad.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Jon AramburuReal Sociedad
  • 11'Goal · Job OchiengReal Sociedad · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Yangel HerreraReal Sociedad · 0-2
  • 43'Yellow card · Tete MorenteElche
  • 57'Yellow card · Abiel OsorioElche
  • 64'Red card · Jon MartínReal Sociedad
  • 67'Goal · Thomas LemarElche · 1-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Germán ValeraElche
  • 74'Goal · Fer NiñoElche · 2-2
  • 90'Goal · Luka SucicReal Sociedad · 2-3
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Thomas LemarElche

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
5Real Sociedad116142020019WWWWL
17Elche112451418-410WDDWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Elche 1, draws 1, Real Sociedad 8.

Team news

Elche line-up (3-5-2)

Matías Dituro, Buba Sangaré, Víctor Chust, Pedro Bigas, Tete Morente, Facundo Buonanotte, Javi Morcillo, Gonzalo Villar, Germán Valera, Ezequiel Ponce, Fer Niño

Real Sociedad line-up (4-4-2)

Unai Marrero, Jon Aramburu, Igor Zubeldia, Mamadou Sarr, Sergio Gómez, Job Ochieng, Yangel Herrera, Carlos Soler, Gonçalo Guedes, Luka Sucic, Mikel Oyarzabal

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