Real Sociedad 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 22 April 2023

Result

Real Sociedad 2-1 Rayo Vallecano

La Liga · Saturday 22 April 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Real Sociedad 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report

Real Sociedad won against Rayo Vallecano 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 22 April 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Isi Palazón opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Alexander Sörloth (59') and an own goal by Florian Lejeune (81'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Isi Palazón (57').

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

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 4th on 51 points from 29 and Rayo Vallecano 9th on 40 points from 29. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Rayo Vallecano 12th with 49.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isi Palazón of Rayo Vallecano (8.1), ahead of Aihen Muñoz (7.5).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 57'Goal · Isi PalazónRayo Vallecano · 0-1
  • 59'Goal · Alexander SörlothReal Sociedad · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Óscar ValentínRayo Vallecano
  • 72'Yellow card · Santi ComesañaRayo Vallecano
  • 81'Own goal · Florian LejeuneReal Sociedad · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Aihen MuñozReal Sociedad

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 3, draws 5, Rayo Vallecano 2.

Team news

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

Álex Remiro, Aritz Elustondo, Igor Zubeldia, Jon Pacheco, Aihen Muñoz, Martín Zubimendi, David Silva, Mikel Merino, Ander Barrenetxea, Mikel Oyarzabal, Alexander Sørloth

Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stole Dimitrievski, Iván Balliu, Florian Lejeune, Abdul Mumin, Fran García, Santi Comesaña, Óscar Valentín, Isi Palazón, Oscar Trejo, Andrés Martín, Raúl de Tomás