Villarreal 1-2 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 18 August 2018
Result
Villarreal 1-2 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Saturday 18 August 2018, 18:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Villarreal 1-2 Real Sociedad: match report
Villarreal lost to Real Sociedad 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 18 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Gerard Moreno (16'). Real Sociedad scored through Willian José (40') and Juanmi (71').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards.
Villarreal went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Real Sociedad 9th with 50.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerónimo Rulli of Real Sociedad (8.0), ahead of Gerard Moreno (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 1 for Real Sociedad.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Gerard Moreno
- 36'Yellow card · Manu Morlanes
- 40'Goal · Willian José
- 51'Yellow card · Theo Hernández
- 67'Yellow card · Santiago Cáseres
- 71'Goal · Juanmi
- 75'Yellow card · Juanmi
- 77'Yellow card · Joseba Zaldua
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Ramiro Funes Mori, Alfonso Pedraza, Pablo Fornals, Santiago Cáseres, Manu Morlanes, Santi Cazorla, Gerard Moreno, Karl Toko Ekambi
Real Sociedad line-up (4-4-1-1)
Gerónimo Rulli, Joseba Zaldúa, Diego Llorente, Héctor Moreno, Theo Hernández, Mikel Oyarzabal, Asier Illarramendi, Igor Zubeldia, Mikel Merino, Rubén Pardo, Willian José