Villarreal 1-1 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 11 December 2011
Result
Villarreal 1-1 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Sunday 11 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 1-1 Real Sociedad: match report
Villarreal drew with Real Sociedad 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 11 December 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Aranburu opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Villarreal's goal came from Marco Ruben (71'). Real Sociedad scored through Aranburu (52').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 17th on 14 points from 14 and Real Sociedad 14th on 15 points from 14. Villarreal went on to finish that season 18th with 41 points, and Real Sociedad 11th with 47.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Sociedad in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Real Sociedad.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-L-W-D-W and Real Sociedad's W-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Mikel González
- 11'Yellow card · Zurutuza
- 34'Yellow card · Gorka Elustondo
- 52'Goal · Aranburu
- 58'Yellow card · Cristián Zapata
- 61'Second yellow · Gorka Elustondo
- 61'Yellow card · Joan Oriol
- 71'Goal · Marco Ruben
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Joan Oriol, Ángel López, Cristián Zapata, Cani, Senna, Borja Valero, Bruno, Nilmar, Marco Ruben
Real Sociedad line-up (4-2-3-1)
Claudio Bravo, Carlos Martínez, Dejan Stanković, Iñigo Martínez, Daniel Estrada, Gorka Elustondo, Aranburu, Zurutuza, Antoine Griezmann, Imanol Agirretxe, Carlos Vela