Espanyol 2-0 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 18 May 2019
Result
Espanyol 2-0 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Saturday 18 May 2019, 14:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Espanyol 2-0 Real Sociedad: match report
Espanyol beat Real Sociedad 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 18 May 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.
R. Rosales opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Espanyol's goals came from R. Rosales (58') and Lei Wu (65'). Real Sociedad did not score.
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 9th on 50 points from 37 and Real Sociedad 8th on 50 points from 37. Espanyol went on to finish that season 7th with 53 points, and Real Sociedad 9th with 50.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Sociedad in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Víctor Sánchez of Espanyol (8.1), ahead of Roberto Rosales (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 5 for Real Sociedad.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read W-W-D-D-D and Real Sociedad's W-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 37'Yellow card · Diego Llorente
- 58'Goal · R. Rosales
- 62'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 65'Goal · Lei Wu
- 66'Yellow card · Lei Wu
- 82'Yellow card · Aritz Elustondo
- 90+3'Yellow card · Sergio García
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Diego López, Roberto Rosales, Naldo, Mario Hermoso, Adrià Pedrosa, Granero, Marc Roca, Sergi Darder, Óscar Melendo, Borja Iglesias, Wu Lei
Real Sociedad line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gerónimo Rulli, Aritz Elustondo, Diego Llorente, Héctor Moreno, Aihen Muñoz, Rubén Pardo, Igor Zubeldia, Mikel Oyarzabal, Mikel Merino, Ander Barrenetxea, Willian José