Real Sociedad 3-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 14 January 2023
Result
Real Sociedad 3-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 14 January 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Sociedad 3-1 Athletic Club: match report
Real Sociedad beat Athletic Club 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 14 January 2023. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Alexander Sörloth opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Alexander Sörloth (25'), Takefusa Kubo (37') and Mikel Oyarzabal (62', penalty). Athletic Club scored through Oihan Sancet (40').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 5 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 3rd on 32 points from 16 and Athletic Club 8th on 26 points from 16. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Athletic Club 8th with 51.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikel Merino of Real Sociedad (7.8), level with Takefusa Kubo (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Real Sociedad wins, 3 draws and 2 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Alexander Sörloth
- 37'Goal · Takefusa Kubo
- 38'Yellow card · Takefusa Kubo
- 40'Goal · Oihan Sancet
- 43'Yellow card · Dani García
- 48'Yellow card · Alexander Sörloth
- 52'Yellow card · Igor Zubeldia
- 60'Red card · Yeray Álvarez
- 60'Yellow card · Dani Vivian
- 62'Penalty goal · Mikel Oyarzabal
- 83'Yellow card · Robin Le Normand
- 90+3'Yellow card · Martín Zubimendi
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad line-up (4-3-1-2)
Álex Remiro, Aritz Elustondo, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Diego Rico, Martín Zubimendi, Brais Méndez, David Silva, Mikel Merino, Takefusa Kubo, Alexander Sørloth
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Óscar de Marcos, Dani Vivian, Yeray Álvarez, Yuri Berchiche, Dani García, Mikel Vesga, Iñaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams, Gorka Guruzeta