Villarreal 1-2 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 15 May 2022

Result

Villarreal 1-2 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Sunday 15 May 2022, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Villarreal 1-2 Real Sociedad: match report

Villarreal lost to Real Sociedad 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 15 May 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Francis Coquelin opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Villarreal's goal came from Francis Coquelin (43'). Real Sociedad scored through Alexander Isak (56') and Martín Zubimendi (73').

Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 7th on 56 points from 36 and Real Sociedad 6th on 59 points from 36. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 59 points, and Real Sociedad 6th with 62.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Parejo of Villarreal (8.1), ahead of Alexander Isak (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Joseba ZalduaReal Sociedad
  • 43'Goal · Francis CoquelinVillarreal · 1-0
  • 56'Goal · Alexander IsakReal Sociedad · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Juan FoythVillarreal
  • 73'Goal · Martín ZubimendiReal Sociedad · 1-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Raúl AlbiolVillarreal
  • 82'Yellow card · Alexander IsakReal Sociedad
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Giovani Lo CelsoVillarreal
  • 90+11'Yellow card · Robin Le NormandReal Sociedad
  • 90+12'Yellow card · Nicolas JacksonVillarreal

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Pervis Estupiñán, Samuel Chukwueze, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Francis Coquelin, Giovani Lo Celso, Boulaye Dia

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

Álex Remiro, Joseba Zaldúa, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Diego Rico, Mikel Merino, Martín Zubimendi, Asier Illarramendi, David Silva, Alexander Isak, Alexander Sørloth