Villarreal 1-2 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 18 August 2018

Result

Villarreal 1-2 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Saturday 18 August 2018, 18:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Villarreal 1-2 Real Sociedad: match report

Villarreal lost to Real Sociedad 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 18 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Gerard Moreno (16'). Real Sociedad scored through Willian José (40') and Juanmi (71').

Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards.

Villarreal went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Real Sociedad 9th with 50.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerónimo Rulli of Real Sociedad (8.0), ahead of Gerard Moreno (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 1 for Real Sociedad.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Manu MorlanesVillarreal
  • 40'Goal · Willian JoséReal Sociedad · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Theo HernándezReal Sociedad
  • 67'Yellow card · Santiago CáseresVillarreal
  • 71'Goal · JuanmiReal Sociedad · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · JuanmiReal Sociedad
  • 77'Yellow card · Joseba ZalduaReal Sociedad

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 6, draws 3, Real Sociedad 1.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Ramiro Funes Mori, Alfonso Pedraza, Pablo Fornals, Santiago Cáseres, Manu Morlanes, Santi Cazorla, Gerard Moreno, Karl Toko Ekambi

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

Gerónimo Rulli, Joseba Zaldúa, Diego Llorente, Héctor Moreno, Theo Hernández, Mikel Oyarzabal, Asier Illarramendi, Igor Zubeldia, Mikel Merino, Rubén Pardo, Willian José