Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 18 September 2022

Result

Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 18 September 2022, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

Real Sociedad · Espanyol · La Liga predictions

Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol: match report

Real Sociedad won against Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 18 September 2022. The half-time score was 2-1.

Alexander Sörloth opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Alexander Sörloth (17') and Brais Méndez (29'). Espanyol scored through Edu Expósito (19').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 12th on 7 points from 5 and Espanyol 17th on 4 points from 5. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Espanyol 19th with 37.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Espanyol in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergi Darder of Espanyol (8.4), ahead of Takefusa Kubo (8.2).

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

Going into the match Real Sociedad's last five read L-D-W-L-W and Espanyol's L-W-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Alexander SörlothReal Sociedad · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Edu ExpósitoEspanyol · 1-1
  • 29'Goal · Brais MéndezReal Sociedad · 2-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Brais MéndezReal Sociedad
  • 83'Yellow card · Aritz ElustondoReal Sociedad
  • 88'Yellow card · Alexander SörlothReal Sociedad

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 5, draws 2, Espanyol 3.

Team news

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Real Sociedad line-up (4-3-1-2)

Álex Remiro, Andoni Gorosabel, Aritz Elustondo, Jon Pacheco, Aihen Muñoz, Martín Zubimendi, Brais Méndez, David Silva, Mikel Merino, Alexander Sørloth, Takefusa Kubo

Espanyol line-up (5-3-2)

Álvaro Ferllo, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Oliván, Sergi Darder, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Edu Expósito, Joselu, Martin Braithwaite