Real Sociedad 1-2 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 18 December 2010
Result
Real Sociedad 1-2 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 18 December 2010, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Sociedad 1-2 Valencia: match report
Real Sociedad were beaten by Valencia 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 18 December 2010. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Xabi Prieto opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Real Sociedad's goal came from Xabi Prieto (23', penalty). Valencia scored through A. Costa (45') and Aduriz (90').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 9th on 22 points from 15 and Valencia 5th on 25 points from 15. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 15th with 45 points, and Valencia 3rd with 71.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valencia in a 5-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Real Sociedad wins, 1 draw and 3 for Valencia.
Going into the match Real Sociedad's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Valencia's D-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Diego Rivas
- 21'Yellow card · David Navarro
- 23'Penalty goal · Xabi Prieto
- 29'Yellow card · Andrzej Olszewski
- 45'Goal · A. Costa
- 54'Yellow card · Xabi Prieto
- 58'Yellow card · Alberto de la Bella
- 81'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 87'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 90'Goal · Aduriz
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad line-up (4-2-3-1)
Claudio Bravo, Carlos Martínez, Dejan Stanković, Ion Ansotegi, Xabi Prieto, Aranburu, Zurutuza, Diego Rivas, Antoine Griezmann, Llorente, Alberto de la Bella
Valencia expected line-up (5-4-1)
César, Miguel, Ricardo Costa, Jérémy Mathieu, David Navarro, Juan Mata, Hedwiges Maduro, Aritz Aduriz, Joaquín