Espanyol 2-3 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Monday 13 February 2023
Result
Espanyol 2-3 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Monday 13 February 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 2-3 Real Sociedad: match report
Espanyol lost to Real Sociedad 2-3 in La Liga on Monday 13 February 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.
Takefusa Kubo opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Espanyol's goals came from Sergi Darder (74') and Brian Oliván (87'). Real Sociedad scored through Takefusa Kubo (23'), Alexander Sörloth (51') and an own goal by Leandro Cabrera (63').
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Sociedad received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 17th on 21 points from 20 and Real Sociedad 3rd on 39 points from 20. Espanyol went on to finish that season 19th with 37 points, and Real Sociedad 4th with 71.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Vinicius de Souza Costa of Espanyol (7.7), ahead of Takefusa Kubo (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Espanyol wins, 1 draw and 6 for Real Sociedad.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Óscar Gil
- 23'Goal · Takefusa Kubo
- 51'Goal · Alexander Sörloth
- 57'Yellow card · Martin Braithwaite
- 63'Own goal · Leandro Cabrera
- 74'Goal · Sergi Darder
- 80'Yellow card · Leandro Cabrera
- 87'Goal · Brian Oliván
- 90+4'Second yellow · Leandro Cabrera
- 90+7'Yellow card · Carlos Fernández
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Álvaro Ferllo, Óscar Gil, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Oliván, Aleix Vidal, Sergi Darder, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Nico Melamed, Javi Puado, Martin Braithwaite
Real Sociedad line-up (4-4-2)
Álex Remiro, Ander Barrenetxea, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Diego Rico, Martín Zubimendi, Takefusa Kubo, Brais Méndez, Asier Illarramendi, Alexander Sørloth, Mikel Oyarzabal