Real Sociedad 2-3 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 24 September 2017
Result
Real Sociedad 2-3 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 24 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Sociedad 2-3 Valencia: match report
Real Sociedad lost to Valencia 2-3 in La Liga on Sunday 24 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Rodrigo opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Aritz Elustondo (33') and Mikel Oyarzabal (59'). Valencia scored through Rodrigo (26'), Nacho Vidal (55') and Simone Zaza (85').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Valencia received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 8th on 9 points from 5 and Valencia 6th on 9 points from 5. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Valencia 4th with 73.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Valencia in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikel Oyarzabal of Real Sociedad (8.7), ahead of Gonçalo Guedes (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Real Sociedad wins, 1 draw and 1 for Valencia.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Gonçalo Guedes
- 26'Goal · Rodrigo
- 27'Yellow card · Rodrigo
- 33'Goal · Aritz Elustondo
- 45'Yellow card · Geoffrey Kondogbia
- 50'Yellow card · Igor Zubeldia
- 55'Goal · Nacho Vidal
- 56'Yellow card · José Gayà
- 59'Goal · Mikel Oyarzabal
- 68'Second yellow · Igor Zubeldia
- 77'Yellow card · Mikel Oyarzabal
- 79'Second yellow · Geoffrey Kondogbia
- 85'Goal · Simone Zaza
- 90+2'Yellow card · Santi Mina
- 90+4'Yellow card · Jaume Doménech
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad line-up (4-1-4-1)
Gerónimo Rulli, Igor Zubeldia, Aritz Elustondo, Álvaro Odriozola, Kévin Rodrigues, Asier Illarramendi, Juanmi, Xabi Prieto, Zurutuza, Mikel Oyarzabal, Willian José
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Jaume Doménech, Gabriel Paulista, José Gayà, Ezequiel Garay, Nacho Vidal, Gonçalo Guedes, Dani Parejo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Carlos Soler, Simone Zaza, Rodrigo