Sporting Gijón 5-1 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Friday 22 January 2016

Result

Sporting Gijón 5-1 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Friday 22 January 2016, 19:30 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Sporting Gijón 5-1 Real Sociedad: match report

Sporting Gijón defeated Real Sociedad 5-1 in La Liga on Friday 22 January 2016. The half-time score was 3-1.

Carlos Carmona opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Sporting Gijón's goals came from Carlos Carmona (1'), Dani Ndi (9'), Antonio Sanabria (44'), Antonio Sanabria (53') and Antonio Sanabria (81'). Real Sociedad scored through Carlos Vela (37').

Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 2 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 19th on 15 points from 19 and Real Sociedad 14th on 21 points from 20. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Real Sociedad 9th with 46.

Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Sociedad in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Carlos Vela of Real Sociedad (8.1), ahead of Asier Illarramendi (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sporting Gijón wins, 1 draw and 4 for Real Sociedad.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Carlos CarmonaSporting Gijón · 1-0
  • 9'Goal · Dani NdiSporting Gijón · 2-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Antonio SanabriaSporting Gijón
  • 21'Yellow card · Carlos CarmonaSporting Gijón
  • 37'Goal · Carlos VelaReal Sociedad · 2-1
  • 44'Goal · Antonio SanabriaSporting Gijón · 3-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Iñigo MartínezReal Sociedad
  • 53'Goal · Antonio SanabriaSporting Gijón · 4-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Joseba ZalduaReal Sociedad
  • 81'Goal · Antonio SanabriaSporting Gijón · 5-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sporting Gijón 0, draws 1, Real Sociedad 4.

Team news

Sporting Gijón expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Iván Cuéllar, Lora, Luis Hernández, Bernardo Espinosa, Isma López, Omar Mascarell, Alen Halilovic, Nacho Cases, Álex Menéndez

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

Gerónimo Rulli, Joseba Zaldúa, Aritz Elustondo, Iñigo Martínez, Héctor Hernández, Xabi Prieto, Markel Bergara, Asier Illarramendi, Carlos Vela, Jonathas, Bruma