Real Sociedad 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 2 February 2019

Result

Real Sociedad 2-1 Athletic Club

La Liga · Saturday 2 February 2019, 15:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Real Sociedad 2-1 Athletic Club: match report

Real Sociedad beat Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 2 February 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Mikel Oyarzabal opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Mikel Oyarzabal (16') and Willian José (45'). Athletic Club scored through Raúl García (82').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 1 yellow card; Athletic Club received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 9th on 27 points from 21 and Athletic Club 12th on 26 points from 21. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Athletic Club 8th with 53.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian José of Real Sociedad (8.0), ahead of Gerónimo Rulli (7.7).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Mikel OyarzabalReal Sociedad · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Willian JoséReal Sociedad · 2-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Ander CapaAthletic Club
  • 81'Yellow card · Raúl NavasReal Sociedad
  • 82'Missed penalty · Raúl GarcíaAthletic Club
  • 82'Goal · Raúl GarcíaAthletic Club · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 3, draws 5, Athletic Club 2.

Team news

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

Gerónimo Rulli, Joseba Zaldúa, Diego Llorente, Raúl Navas, Theo Hernández, Mikel Merino, Asier Illarramendi, Zurutuza, Adnan Januzaj, Willian José, Mikel Oyarzabal

Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)

Iago Herrerín, Ander Capa, Yeray Álvarez, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche, Dani García, Mikel San José, Ibai Gómez Pérez, Muniain, Iñigo Córdoba, Iñaki Williams