Villarreal 2-0 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 2 April 2023

Result

Villarreal 2-0 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Sunday 2 April 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Villarreal · Real Sociedad · La Liga predictions

Villarreal 2-0 Real Sociedad: match report

Villarreal defeated Real Sociedad 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 2 April 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Dani Parejo opened the scoring in the 77th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Dani Parejo (77', penalty) and Nicolas Jackson (81'). Real Sociedad did not score.

Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 41 points from 26 and Real Sociedad 4th on 48 points from 26. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Real Sociedad 4th with 71.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Sociedad in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Juan Foyth of Villarreal (8.5), ahead of Álex Baena (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 4 for Real Sociedad.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Ramón TerratsVillarreal
  • 27'Yellow card · Igor ZubeldiaReal Sociedad
  • 53'Yellow card · Pepe ReinaVillarreal
  • 65'Yellow card · Juan FoythVillarreal
  • 75'Yellow card · Martín ZubimendiReal Sociedad
  • 76'Yellow card · David SilvaReal Sociedad
  • 77'Penalty goal · Dani ParejoVillarreal · 1-0
  • 81'Goal · Nicolas JacksonVillarreal · 2-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Nicolas JacksonVillarreal
  • 90+1'Second yellow · Nicolas JacksonVillarreal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 4, draws 2, Real Sociedad 4.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Juan Foyth, Aïssa Mandi, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Ramón Terrats, Dani Parejo, Álex Baena, Samuel Chukwueze, José Luis Morales, Yéremy Pino

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

Álex Remiro, Andoni Gorosabel, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Aihen Muñoz, Martín Zubimendi, Brais Méndez, David Silva, Mikel Merino, Alexander Sørloth, Takefusa Kubo