Levante 2-1 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 September 2012
Result
Levante 2-1 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Sunday 23 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Levante 2-1 Real Sociedad: match report
Levante beat Real Sociedad 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 23 September 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Zurutuza opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Levante's goals came from Barkero (70', penalty) and Obafemi Martins (87'). Real Sociedad scored through Zurutuza (23').
Discipline: Levante received 2 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Levante were 15th on 4 points from 4 and Real Sociedad 12th on 6 points from 4. Levante went on to finish that season 9th with 49 points, and Real Sociedad 4th with 70.
Levante lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Sociedad in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Levante wins, 1 draw and 1 for Real Sociedad.
Going into the match Levante's last five read L-W-L-D and Real Sociedad's W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Zurutuza
- 51'Yellow card · Juanfran
- 61'Yellow card · David Navarro
- 63'Yellow card · Dani Estrada
- 69'Yellow card · Iñigo Martínez
- 70'Penalty goal · Barkero
- 74'Yellow card · Jiri Malik
- 75'Yellow card · Jiri Malik
- 87'Goal · Obafemi Martins
- 90+3'Yellow card · Carlos Vela
Head-to-head
Team news
Levante line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Navarro, Ballesteros, Christian Lell, Barkero, Nabil El Zhar, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Rubén García, Juanlu, Pape Diop, Gustavo Munúa Vera, Juanfran
Real Sociedad expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Claudio Bravo, Ion Ansotegi, Daniel Estrada, Dejan Stanković, Zurutuza, Gorka Elustondo, Aranburu, Carlos Vela, Antoine Griezmann, Alberto de la Bella