Real Sociedad 3-1 Athletic Club: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 28 April 2018

Result

Real Sociedad 3-1 Athletic Club

La Liga · Saturday 28 April 2018, 14:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Real Sociedad 3-1 Athletic Club: match report

Real Sociedad beat Athletic Club 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 28 April 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Real Sociedad's goals came from an own goal by Mikel San José (15'), Mikel Oyarzabal (36') and an own goal by Mikel San José (54'). Athletic Club scored through Raúl García (59', penalty).

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 11th on 43 points from 34 and Athletic Club 14th on 40 points from 34. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Athletic Club 16th with 43.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Iturraspe of Athletic Club (7.7), ahead of Adnan Januzaj (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Sociedad wins, 5 draws and 2 for Athletic Club.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Raúl GarcíaAthletic Club
  • 15'Own goal · Mikel San JoséReal Sociedad · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Óscar de MarcosAthletic Club
  • 26'Yellow card · Jiri MalikReal Sociedad
  • 36'Goal · Mikel OyarzabalReal Sociedad · 2-0
  • 54'Own goal · Mikel San JoséReal Sociedad · 3-0
  • 59'Penalty goal · Raúl GarcíaAthletic Club · 3-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Diego LlorenteReal Sociedad
  • 81'Yellow card · Iñaki WilliamsAthletic Club
  • 84'Yellow card · SusaetaAthletic Club
  • 85'Red card · Rubén PardoReal Sociedad
  • 86'Yellow card · Willian JoséReal Sociedad
  • 86'Yellow card · Iker MuniainAthletic Club

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 3, draws 5, Athletic Club 2.

Team news

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

Moyà, Diego Llorente, Aritz Elustondo, Raúl Navas, Alberto de la Bella, Asier Illarramendi, Adnan Januzaj, Sergio Canales, Zurutuza, Mikel Oyarzabal, Willian José

Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Iñigo Martínez, Unai Núñez, Óscar de Marcos, Mikel Balenziaga, Mikel San José, Iturraspe, Iñigo Lekue, Raúl García, Iñigo Córdoba, Iñaki Williams