Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 29 August 2026

Result

Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol

La Liga · Saturday 29 August 2026, 17:00 UTC · Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastián · half-time 1-1

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Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol: match report

Real Sociedad won against Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 29 August 2026 at Anoeta Stadium. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ander Barrenetxea opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Ander Barrenetxea (4') and Orri Óskarsson (61'). Espanyol scored through Roberto Fernández (45').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 20th on 0 points from 2 and Espanyol 10th on 3 points from 2. In the current table Real Sociedad are 5th on 19 points and Espanyol are 14th on 11 points.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marko Dmitrovic of Espanyol (7.7), ahead of Roberto Fernández (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Real Sociedad wins, 2 draws and 1 for Espanyol.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Ander BarrenetxeaReal Sociedad · 1-0
  • 17'Yellow card · Beñat TurrientesReal Sociedad
  • 21'Yellow card · Urko González de ZárateEspanyol
  • 45'Goal · Roberto FernándezEspanyol · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Orri ÓskarssonReal Sociedad · 2-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Marcos FernándezEspanyol
  • 82'Yellow card · Roger HinojoEspanyol
  • 88'Yellow card · Rafel BauzàEspanyol
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Igor ZubeldiaReal Sociedad
  • 90+4'Red card · Pellegrino MatarazzoReal Sociedad

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
5Real Sociedad116142020019WWWWL
14Espanyol113261314-111LDLLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 7, draws 2, Espanyol 1.

Team news

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

Álex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Igor Zubeldia, Jon Martín Vicente, Sergio Gómez, Luka Sucic, Beñat Turrientes, Carlos Soler, Ander Barrenetxea, Orri Óskarsson, Mikel Oyarzabal

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Vanja Drkusic, Unai Núñez, Roger Hinojo, Urko González de Zárate, Edu Expósito, Álex Calatrava, Javi Hernández, Tyrhys Dolan, Roberto Fernández

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