Málaga 2-0 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 22 April 2018

Result

Málaga 2-0 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Sunday 22 April 2018, 14:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Málaga 2-0 Real Sociedad: match report

Málaga defeated Real Sociedad 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 22 April 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Adrián opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Málaga's goals came from Adrián (11') and Youssef En-Nesyri (35'). Real Sociedad did not score.

Discipline: Málaga received 4 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Málaga were 20th on 17 points from 33 and Real Sociedad 11th on 43 points from 33. Málaga went on to finish that season 20th with 20 points, and Real Sociedad 11th with 49.

Málaga lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Real Sociedad in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Hernández of Málaga (8.0), ahead of Roberto Rosales (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Málaga wins, 4 draws and 3 for Real Sociedad.

Going into the match Málaga's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Real Sociedad's W-W-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · AdriánMálaga · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · M. LestienneMálaga
  • 30'Yellow card · Manuel IturraMálaga
  • 35'Goal · Youssef En-NesyriMálaga · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Sergio CanalesReal Sociedad
  • 64'Yellow card · Keko GontánMálaga
  • 68'Yellow card · AdriánMálaga

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Málaga 3, draws 4, Real Sociedad 3.

Team news

Málaga line-up (4-4-1-1)

Roberto Jiménez, Ignasi Miquel, Luis Hernández, Roberto Rosales, Miguel Torres, Manuel Iturra, Gonzalo Castro, Maxime Lestienne, Mehdi Lacen, Adrián González Morales, Youssef En-Nesyri

Real Sociedad line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gerónimo Rulli, Diego Llorente, Héctor Moreno, Álvaro Odriozola, Kévin Rodrigues, Igor Zubeldia, Juanmi, Adnan Januzaj, Sergio Canales, Zurutuza, Imanol Agirretxe