Málaga 2-5 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 October 2026
Result
Málaga 2-5 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Sunday 18 October 2026, 16:30 UTC · Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga · half-time 0-2
Málaga 2-5 Real Sociedad: match report
Málaga lost to Real Sociedad 2-5 in La Liga on Sunday 18 October 2026 at Estadio La Rosaleda. The half-time score was 0-2.
Takefusa Kubo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Málaga's goals came from Adrián Niño Heredia (54') and Pablo Martínez (66'). Real Sociedad scored through Takefusa Kubo (3'), Orri Óskarsson (26'), Mikel Oyarzabal (59'), Mikel Oyarzabal (67') and Gonçalo Guedes (73').
Discipline: Málaga received 1 yellow card; Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 20th on 4 points from 8 and Real Sociedad 6th on 13 points from 8. In the current table Málaga are 20th on 5 points and Real Sociedad are 5th on 19 points.
Málaga lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikel Oyarzabal of Real Sociedad (8.9), ahead of Pablo Martínez (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Málaga wins, 4 draws and 2 for Real Sociedad.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Takefusa Kubo
- 26'Goal · Orri Óskarsson
- 37'Yellow card · Jon Martín Vicente
- 54'Goal · Adrián Niño Heredia
- 59'Goal · Mikel Oyarzabal
- 62'Yellow card · Mamadou Sarr
- 66'Goal · Pablo Martínez
- 67'Yellow card · Chupe
- 67'Goal · Mikel Oyarzabal
- 73'Goal · Gonçalo Guedes
Form and table
- MálagaLast five: D D L L D
- Real SociedadLast five: D W L W W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 19 | WWWWL |
| 20 | Málaga | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 5 | LDLDL |
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Álvaro Odriozola
- Julen Lobete
- Aarón Ochoa
- Diego Murillo
- Jon Aramburu
- Pablo Marín
- Luken Beitia
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Málaga line-up (4-4-2)
Alfonso Herrero, Rafita Garrido, Fernando Calero, Ángel Recio, José Salinas, David Larrubia, Carlos Dotor, Izan Merino, Pablo Martínez, Adrián Niño Heredia, Chupe
Real Sociedad line-up (4-4-2)
Álex Remiro, Héctor Fort, Jon Martín Vicente, Mamadou Sarr, Aihen Muñoz, Takefusa Kubo, Jon Gorrotxategi, Carlos Soler, Ander Barrenetxea, Mikel Oyarzabal, Orri Óskarsson
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