Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 September 2022
Result
Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 18 September 2022, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Real Sociedad won against Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 18 September 2022. The half-time score was 2-1.
Alexander Sörloth opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Alexander Sörloth (17') and Brais Méndez (29'). Espanyol scored through Edu Expósito (19').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 12th on 7 points from 5 and Espanyol 17th on 4 points from 5. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Espanyol 19th with 37.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Espanyol in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergi Darder of Espanyol (8.4), ahead of Takefusa Kubo (8.2).
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-D-W-L-W and Espanyol's L-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Alexander Sörloth
- 19'Goal · Edu Expósito
- 29'Goal · Brais Méndez
- 82'Yellow card · Brais Méndez
- 83'Yellow card · Aritz Elustondo
- 88'Yellow card · Alexander Sörloth
Head-to-head
Team news
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Real Sociedad line-up (4-3-1-2)
Álex Remiro, Andoni Gorosabel, Aritz Elustondo, Jon Pacheco, Aihen Muñoz, Martín Zubimendi, Brais Méndez, David Silva, Mikel Merino, Alexander Sørloth, Takefusa Kubo
Espanyol line-up (5-3-2)
Álvaro Ferllo, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Oliván, Sergi Darder, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Edu Expósito, Joselu, Martin Braithwaite