Villarreal 3-1 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Friday 20 March 2026

Result

Villarreal 3-1 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Friday 20 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Villarreal · Real Sociedad · La Liga predictions

Villarreal 3-1 Real Sociedad: match report

Villarreal beat Real Sociedad 3-1 in La Liga on Friday 20 March 2026. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Gerard Moreno (7'), Georges Mikautadze (15') and Nicolas Pépé (23'). Real Sociedad scored through Luka Sucic (47').

Discipline: Villarreal received no yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 4th on 55 points from 28 and Real Sociedad 7th on 38 points from 28. Villarreal went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Real Sociedad 10th with 46.

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 Nicolas Pépé of Villarreal (8.0), level with Georges Mikautadze (8.0).

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

  • 7'Goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Georges MikautadzeVillarreal · 2-0
  • 23'Goal · Nicolas PépéVillarreal · 3-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Jon AramburuReal Sociedad
  • 47'Goal · Luka SucicReal Sociedad · 3-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Gonçalo GuedesReal Sociedad
  • 85'Yellow card · Pellegrino MatarazzoReal Sociedad

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Juan FoythVillarreal · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Luiz Júnior, Santiago Mouriño, Pau Navarro, Renato Veiga, Alfonso Pedraza, Nicolas Pépé, Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Alberto Moleiro, Gerard Moreno, Georges Mikautadze

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

Álex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Jon Martín Vicente, Igor Zubeldia, Sergio Gómez, Ander Barrenetxea, Jon Gorrotxategi, Carlos Soler, Gonçalo Guedes, Brais Méndez, Mikel Oyarzabal