Roma 2-0 Real Sociedad: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 9 March 2023
Result
Roma 2-0 Real Sociedad
Europa League · Thursday 9 March 2023, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Roma 2-0 Real Sociedad: match report
Roma defeated Real Sociedad 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 9 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Stephan El Shaarawy opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Roma's goals came from Stephan El Shaarawy (13') and Marash Kumbulla (87'). Real Sociedad did not score.
Discipline: Roma received 1 yellow card; Real Sociedad received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Roma were 12th on 13 points from 8 and Real Sociedad 6th on 15 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Roma lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Real Sociedad in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rui Patrício of Roma (7.5), level with Gianluca Mancini (7.5).
Going into the match Roma's last five read W-L-W-W-D and Real Sociedad's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Stephan El Shaarawy
- 68'Yellow card · Jiri Malik
- 71'Yellow card · Igor Zubeldia
- 80'Yellow card · Andoni Gorosabel
- 85'Yellow card · Martín Zubimendi
- 87'Goal · Marash Kumbulla
- 90+4'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 90+4'Yellow card · Mikel Oyarzabal
Team news
Roma line-up (3-4-2-1)
Rui Patrício, Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smalling, Diego Llorente, Rick Karsdorp, Bryan Cristante, Nemanja Matić, Stephan El Shaarawy, Paulo Dybala, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Tammy Abraham
Real Sociedad line-up (4-3-2-1)
Álex Remiro, Andoni Gorosabel, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Diego Rico, Mikel Merino, Martín Zubimendi, Asier Illarramendi, David Silva, Takefusa Kubo, Alexander Sørloth