Espanyol 2-1 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 11 March 2018
Result
Espanyol 2-1 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Sunday 11 March 2018, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 2-1 Real Sociedad: match report
Espanyol won against Real Sociedad 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 11 March 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Willian José opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Espanyol's goals came from Léo Baptistão (51') and Gerard Moreno (72'). Real Sociedad scored through Willian José (41').
Discipline: Espanyol received no yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 15th on 32 points from 27 and Real Sociedad 12th on 33 points from 27. Espanyol went on to finish that season 13th with 49 points, and Real Sociedad 11th with 49.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerard Moreno of Espanyol (8.1), ahead of Willian José (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 3 draws and 5 for Real Sociedad.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-W-D-D-D and Real Sociedad's W-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Diego Llorente
- 41'Goal · Willian José
- 51'Goal · Léo Baptistão
- 72'Missed penalty · Gerard Moreno
- 72'Goal · Gerard Moreno
- 88'Yellow card · Alberto de la Bella
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Pau López, Marc Navarro, Aarón Martín, Óscar Duarte, David López, Víctor Sánchez, Carlos Sánchez, Pablo Piatti, Granero, Gerard Moreno, Léo Baptistão
Real Sociedad line-up (4-3-3)
Moyà, Diego Llorente, Héctor Moreno, Álvaro Odriozola, Alberto de la Bella, Asier Illarramendi, Igor Zubeldia, Sergio Canales, Juanmi, Willian José, Mikel Oyarzabal