Villarreal 0-3 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 9 December 2023
Result
Villarreal 0-3 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Saturday 9 December 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-3
Villarreal 0-3 Real Sociedad: match report
Villarreal were beaten by Real Sociedad 0-3 in La Liga on Saturday 9 December 2023. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Mikel Merino opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Villarreal did not score. Real Sociedad scored through Mikel Merino (38'), Martín Zubimendi (41') and Takefusa Kubo (45+4').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 12th on 16 points from 15 and Real Sociedad 6th on 26 points from 15. Villarreal went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Real Sociedad 6th with 60.
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 Takefusa Kubo of Real Sociedad (8.7), ahead of Mikel Merino (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 4 for Real Sociedad.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
- 38'Goal · Mikel Merino
- 41'Goal · Martín Zubimendi
- 45+4'Goal · Takefusa Kubo
- 49'Yellow card · Alfonso Pedraza
- 60'Yellow card · Martín Zubimendi
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Filip Jørgensen, Juan Foyth, Raúl Albiol, Jorge Cuenca, Alfonso Pedraza, Adrià Altimira, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Álex Baena, Gerard Moreno, José Luis Morales
Real Sociedad line-up (4-4-2)
Álex Remiro, Hamari Traoré, Aritz Elustondo, Igor Zubeldia, Kieran Tierney, Brais Méndez, Martín Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Arsen Zakharyan, Takefusa Kubo, Umar Sadiq