Real Sociedad 1-2 Celta de Vigo: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 21 January 2018

Result

Real Sociedad 1-2 Celta de Vigo

La Liga · Sunday 21 January 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Real Sociedad 1-2 Celta de Vigo: match report

Real Sociedad lost to Celta de Vigo 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 21 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Willian José opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Real Sociedad's goal came from Willian José (10'). Celta de Vigo scored through Iago Aspas (20', penalty) and Maxi Gómez (75').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 1 yellow card; Celta de Vigo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 15th on 23 points from 19 and Celta de Vigo 12th on 25 points from 19. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Celta de Vigo 12th with 49.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Xabi Prieto of Real Sociedad (8.1), ahead of Sergio Canales (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Sociedad wins, 4 draws and 2 for Celta de Vigo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Willian JoséReal Sociedad · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Jozabed SánchezCelta de Vigo
  • 20'Penalty goal · Iago AspasCelta de Vigo · 1-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Stanislav LobotkaCelta de Vigo
  • 25'Missed penalty · Willian JoséReal Sociedad
  • 56'Yellow card · Igor ZubeldiaReal Sociedad
  • 75'Goal · Maxi GómezCelta de Vigo · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 4, draws 4, Celta de Vigo 2.

Team news

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

Gerónimo Rulli, Diego Llorente, Álvaro Odriozola, Kévin Rodrigues, Raúl Navas, Asier Illarramendi, Igor Zubeldia, Xabi Prieto, Juanmi, Willian José, Sergio Canales

Celta de Vigo line-up (4-3-3)

Rubén Blanco, Hugo Mallo, Jonny Otto, Sergi Gómez Solà, Facundo Roncaglia, Stanislav Lobotka, Jozabed Sánchez, Daniel Wass, Maxi Gómez, Iago Aspas, Pione Sisto