Villarreal 2-1 Real Sociedad: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 18 September 2016

Result

Villarreal 2-1 Real Sociedad

La Liga · Sunday 18 September 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Villarreal 2-1 Real Sociedad: match report

Villarreal defeated Real Sociedad 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 18 September 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Going into the game Villarreal were 9th on 5 points from 3 and Real Sociedad 13th on 4 points from 3. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Real Sociedad 6th with 64.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 5 draws and 0 for Real Sociedad.

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-D-D and Real Sociedad's D-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 5, draws 5, Real Sociedad 0.

Team news

Villarreal expected line-up (4-4-2)

Víctor Ruiz, Cote, Bruno, Alfred N'Diaye, Jonathan dos Santos, Alexandre Pato, Rafael Santos Borré, Antonio Rukavina

Real Sociedad expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gerónimo Rulli, Aritz Elustondo, Diego Reyes, Dejan Stanković, Joseba Zaldúa, Asier Illarramendi, Mikel Oyarzabal, Xabi Prieto, Zurutuza, Rubén Pardo