Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Thursday 2 July 2020

Result

Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol

La Liga · Thursday 2 July 2020, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol: match report

Real Sociedad defeated Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Thursday 2 July 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

David López opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Willian José (56') and Alexander Isak (84'). Espanyol scored through David López (10').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 8th on 47 points from 32 and Espanyol 20th on 24 points from 32. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 6th with 56 points, and Espanyol 20th with 25.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikel Oyarzabal of Real Sociedad (8.0), ahead of Willian José (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · David LópezEspanyol · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Nico MelamedEspanyol
  • 37'Yellow card · Igor ZubeldiaReal Sociedad
  • 50'Yellow card · Martín ZubimendiReal Sociedad
  • 56'Goal · Willian JoséReal Sociedad · 1-1
  • 84'Goal · Alexander IsakReal Sociedad · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 5, draws 2, Espanyol 3.

Team news

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

Moyà, Joseba Zaldúa, Diego Llorente, Robin Le Normand, Nacho Monreal, Igor Zubeldia, Mikel Merino, Portu, Adnan Januzaj, Mikel Oyarzabal, Willian José

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Diego López, Víctor Gómez, Bernardo Espinosa, Leandro Cabrera, Dídac Vilà, David López, Marc Roca, Adrián Embarba, Óscar Melendo, Nico Melamed, Raúl de Tomás