Real Sociedad 3-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Monday 14 January 2019
Result
Real Sociedad 3-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Monday 14 January 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Real Sociedad 3-2 Espanyol: match report
Real Sociedad beat Espanyol 3-2 in La Liga on Monday 14 January 2019. The half-time score was 2-2.
Mikel Merino opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Mikel Merino (3'), Willian José (8', penalty) and Willian José (63'). Espanyol scored through Naldo (32') and an own goal by Diego Llorente (45+1').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 12th on 22 points from 18 and Espanyol 9th on 24 points from 18. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian José of Real Sociedad (8.6), ahead of Granero (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Real Sociedad wins, 2 draws and 3 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Mikel Merino
- 7'Yellow card · David López
- 8'Penalty goal · Willian José
- 22'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
- 32'Goal · Naldo
- 33'Yellow card · Aritz Elustondo
- 43'Yellow card · Mikel Merino
- 45+1'Own goal · Diego Llorente
- 58'Yellow card · Héctor Moreno
- 61'Yellow card · Jiri Malik
- 63'Goal · Willian José
- 64'Yellow card · Willian José
- 65'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 69'Yellow card · Naldo
- 75'Second yellow · Mikel Merino
- 90+4'Yellow card · Gerónimo Rulli
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gerónimo Rulli, Aritz Elustondo, Diego Llorente, Héctor Moreno, Aihen Muñoz, Asier Illarramendi, Mikel Merino, Adnan Januzaj, Sangalli, Juanmi, Willian José
Espanyol line-up (4-1-4-1)
Diego López, Roberto Rosales, David López, Naldo, Dídac Vilà, Marc Roca, Óscar Melendo, Granero, Sergi Darder, Léo Baptistão, Borja Iglesias