Real Sociedad 0-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 20 December 2015
Result
Real Sociedad 0-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 20 December 2015, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Sociedad 0-1 Villarreal: match report
Real Sociedad lost to Villarreal 0-1 in La Liga on Sunday 20 December 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.
Denis Suárez opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Real Sociedad did not score. Villarreal scored through Denis Suárez (27') and Denis Suárez (88').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards; Villarreal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 13th on 16 points from 15 and Villarreal 5th on 26 points from 15. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 9th with 46 points, and Villarreal 5th with 61.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Denis Suárez of Villarreal (8.8), ahead of Cédric Bakambu (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Sociedad win, 4 draws and 5 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Real Sociedad's last five read D-W-L-W-L and Villarreal's W-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Denis Suárez
- 39'Yellow card · Sergio Canales
- 55'Yellow card · Iñigo Martínez
- 73'Yellow card · Manu Trigueros
- 88'Goal · Denis Suárez
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad line-up (4-3-3)
Gerónimo Rulli, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche, Diego Reyes, Aritz Elustondo, Asier Illarramendi, Granero, Sergio Canales, Bruma, Imanol Agirretxe, Carlos Vela
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Alphonse Areola, Mateo Musacchio, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Antonio Rukavina, Tomás Pina, Jonathan dos Santos, Denis Suárez, Bruno, Roberto Soldado Rillo, Cédric Bakambu