Real Sociedad 3-1 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 28 April 2013
Result
Real Sociedad 3-1 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 28 April 2013, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Sociedad 3-1 Valencia: match report
Real Sociedad won against Valencia 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 28 April 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Roberto Soldado opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Iñigo Martínez (35'), Gonzalo Castro (73'), Agirretxe (87') and Agirretxe (90+4'). Valencia scored through Roberto Soldado (25') and Jonas (90').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 4th on 57 points from 32 and Valencia 5th on 53 points from 32. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and Valencia 5th with 66.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Sociedad wins, 1 draw and 5 for Valencia.
Going into the match Real Sociedad's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Valencia's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Aly Cissokho
- 15'Yellow card · É. Banega
- 20'Yellow card · Iñigo Martínez
- 25'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 35'Goal · Iñigo Martínez
- 37'Yellow card · Jérémy Mathieu
- 45+1'Yellow card · Éver Banega
- 66'Yellow card · Albelda
- 72'Yellow card · Bergara
- 73'Goal · Gonzalo Castro
- 81'Yellow card · Asier Illarramendi
- 87'Goal · Agirretxe
- 90'Goal · Jonas
- 90+4'Goal · Agirretxe
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad line-up (4-2-3-1)
Claudio Bravo, Carlos Martínez, Dejan Stanković, Iñigo Martínez, Alberto de la Bella, Markel Bergara, Asier Illarramendi, Xabi Prieto, Gonzalo Castro, Imanol Agirretxe, Carlos Vela
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ricardo Costa, Jordi Alba, Adil Rami, Jonas, Tino Costa, Sofiane Feghouli, Aritz Aduriz, Pablo Hernández, Mehmet Topal