Espanyol 2-1 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 11 March 2018

Result

Espanyol 2-1 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Sunday 11 March 2018, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Espanyol 2-1 Real Sociedad: match report

Espanyol won against Real Sociedad 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 11 March 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Willian José opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Espanyol's goals came from Léo Baptistão (51') and Gerard Moreno (72'). Real Sociedad scored through Willian José (41').

Discipline: Espanyol received no yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Espanyol were 15th on 32 points from 27 and Real Sociedad 12th on 33 points from 27. Espanyol went on to finish that season 13th with 49 points, and Real Sociedad 11th with 49.

Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerard Moreno of Espanyol (8.1), ahead of Willian José (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 3 draws and 5 for Real Sociedad.

Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-W-D-D-D and Real Sociedad's W-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Diego LlorenteReal Sociedad
  • 41'Goal · Willian JoséReal Sociedad · 0-1
  • 51'Goal · Léo BaptistãoEspanyol · 1-1
  • 72'Missed penalty · Gerard MorenoEspanyol
  • 72'Goal · Gerard MorenoEspanyol · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Alberto de la BellaReal Sociedad

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Espanyol 2, draws 3, Real Sociedad 5.

Team news

Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)

Pau López, Marc Navarro, Aarón Martín, Óscar Duarte, David López, Víctor Sánchez, Carlos Sánchez, Pablo Piatti, Granero, Gerard Moreno, Léo Baptistão

Real Sociedad line-up (4-3-3)

Moyà, Diego Llorente, Héctor Moreno, Álvaro Odriozola, Alberto de la Bella, Asier Illarramendi, Igor Zubeldia, Sergio Canales, Juanmi, Willian José, Mikel Oyarzabal