Real Sociedad 1-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 5 January 2020
Result
Real Sociedad 1-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 5 January 2020, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Sociedad 1-2 Villarreal: match report
Real Sociedad lost to Villarreal 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 5 January 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
Willian José opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Real Sociedad's goal came from Willian José (22'). Villarreal scored through Manu Trigueros (58', penalty) and Santi Cazorla (72').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 5 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 5th on 31 points from 18 and Villarreal 11th on 25 points from 18. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 6th with 56 points, and Villarreal 5th with 60.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joseba Zaldúa of Real Sociedad (7.7), ahead of Mikel Merino (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Sociedad wins, 3 draws and 5 for Villarreal.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Willian José
- 30'Yellow card · Igor Zubeldia
- 55'Yellow card · Pau Torres
- 58'Penalty goal · Manu Trigueros
- 61'Yellow card · Mario Gaspar
- 66'Yellow card · Alberto Moreno
- 70'Yellow card · Joseba Zaldua
- 71'Yellow card · Ander Guevara
- 72'Goal · Santi Cazorla
- 77'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
- 85'Yellow card · Adnan Januzaj
- 90+6'Yellow card · Portu
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad line-up (4-2-3-1)
Álex Remiro, Joseba Zaldúa, Diego Llorente, Igor Zubeldia, Nacho Monreal, Ander Guevara, Mikel Merino, Portu, Martin Ødegaard, Mikel Oyarzabal, Willian José
Villarreal line-up (4-1-4-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Xavi Quintillà, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Samuel Chukwueze, Frank Anguissa, Manu Trigueros, Moi Gómez, Gerard Moreno