Real Sociedad 1-3 Zenit: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 7 December 2017
Result
Real Sociedad 1-3 Zenit
Europa League · Thursday 7 December 2017, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Sociedad 1-3 Zenit: match report
Real Sociedad were beaten by Zenit 1-3 in the Europa League on Thursday 7 December 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Aleksandr Erokhin opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Real Sociedad's goal came from Willian José (58'). Zenit scored through Aleksandr Erokhin (35'), Branislav Ivanović (64') and Leandro Paredes (85').
Discipline: Real Sociedad received 1 yellow card; Zenit received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Sociedad were 26th on 12 points from 5 and Zenit 6th on 19 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-3-3 and Zenit in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adnan Januzaj of Real Sociedad (8.5), ahead of Leandro Paredes (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Real Sociedad wins, 0 draws and 1 for Zenit.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Matías Kranevitter
- 35'Goal · Aleksandr Erokhin
- 58'Goal · Willian José
- 64'Goal · Branislav Ivanović
- 76'Yellow card · Aleksandr Erokhin
- 77'Yellow card · Sergio Canales
- 85'Goal · Leandro Paredes
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Sociedad line-up (4-3-3)
Gerónimo Rulli, Álvaro Odriozola, Diego Llorente, Iñigo Martínez, Kévin Rodrigues, Xabi Prieto, Asier Illarramendi, Zurutuza, Adnan Januzaj, Willian José, Mikel Oyarzabal
Zenit line-up (4-1-4-1)
Yuriy Lodygin, Igor Smolnikov, Branislav Ivanović, Miha Mevlja, Domenico Criscito, Matías Kranevitter, Emiliano Rigoni, Aleksandr Erokhin, Christian Fernando Noboa Tello, Dmitri Poloz, Abdelghani Aouamri