Villarreal 4-2 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 27 January 2018
Result
Villarreal 4-2 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Saturday 27 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 4-1
Villarreal 4-2 Real Sociedad: match report
Villarreal defeated Real Sociedad 4-2 in La Liga on Saturday 27 January 2018. It was 4-1 at half-time.
Víctor Ruiz opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Víctor Ruiz (5'), Pablo Fornals (17'), Carlos Bacca (20') and Samu Castillejo (34'). Real Sociedad scored through Diego Llorente (24') and Willian José (58').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Real Sociedad received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 34 points from 20 and Real Sociedad 15th on 23 points from 20. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Real Sociedad 11th with 49.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Real Sociedad in a 3-2-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Fornals of Villarreal (8.3), level with Samu Castillejo (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 1 for Real Sociedad.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Víctor Ruiz
- 17'Goal · Pablo Fornals
- 20'Goal · Carlos Bacca
- 24'Goal · Diego Llorente
- 34'Goal · Samu Castillejo
- 58'Goal · Willian José
- 75'Yellow card · Raúl Navas
- 82'Yellow card · Jaume Costa
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Daniele Bonera, Pablo Fornals, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Carlos Bacca, Enes Ünal
Real Sociedad line-up (3-2-4-1)
Toño, Diego Llorente, Iñigo Martínez, Raúl Navas, Asier Illarramendi, Igor Zubeldia, Xabi Prieto, Mikel Oyarzabal, Adnan Januzaj, Willian José, Álvaro Odriozola