Real Sociedad 1-0 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 9 October 2022

Result

Real Sociedad 1-0 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 9 October 2022, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Real Sociedad · Villarreal · La Liga predictions

Real Sociedad 1-0 Villarreal: match report

Real Sociedad beat Villarreal 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 9 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Brais Méndez of Real Sociedad in the 33rd minute.

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 5 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 7th on 13 points from 7 and Villarreal 9th on 12 points from 7. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Villarreal 5th with 64.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Álex Sola of Real Sociedad (8.0), ahead of Brais Méndez (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Sociedad wins, 2 draws and 5 for Villarreal.

Going into the match Real Sociedad's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Villarreal's D-D-L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Brais MéndezReal Sociedad · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Giovani Lo CelsoVillarreal
  • 55'Yellow card · David SilvaReal Sociedad
  • 65'Yellow card · Raúl AlbiolVillarreal
  • 68'Yellow card · Brais MéndezReal Sociedad
  • 75'Yellow card · Aritz ElustondoReal Sociedad
  • 78'Yellow card · Pau TorresVillarreal
  • 82'Yellow card · Álex SolaReal Sociedad
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Carlos FernándezReal Sociedad

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 3, draws 2, Villarreal 5.

Team news

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Real Sociedad line-up (4-1-3-2)

Álex Remiro, Álex Sola, Aritz Elustondo, Jon Pacheco, Aihen Muñoz, Martín Zubimendi, Brais Méndez, David Silva, Mikel Merino, Takefusa Kubo, Alexander Sørloth

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Gerónimo Rulli, Kiko Femenía, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Yéremy Pino, Dani Parejo, Étienne Capoue, Francis Coquelin, Giovani Lo Celso, Arnaut Danjuma