Villarreal 3-1 Real Sociedad: result and report
La Liga · Friday 20 March 2026
Result
Villarreal 3-1 Real Sociedad
La Liga · Friday 20 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Villarreal 3-1 Real Sociedad: match report
Villarreal beat Real Sociedad 3-1 in La Liga on Friday 20 March 2026. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Gerard Moreno (7'), Georges Mikautadze (15') and Nicolas Pépé (23'). Real Sociedad scored through Luka Sucic (47').
Discipline: Villarreal received no yellow cards; Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 4th on 55 points from 28 and Real Sociedad 7th on 38 points from 28. Villarreal went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Real Sociedad 10th with 46.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Sociedad in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolas Pépé of Villarreal (8.0), level with Georges Mikautadze (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 4 for Real Sociedad.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Gerard Moreno
- 15'Goal · Georges Mikautadze
- 23'Goal · Nicolas Pépé
- 38'Yellow card · Jon Aramburu
- 47'Goal · Luka Sucic
- 78'Yellow card · Gonçalo Guedes
- 85'Yellow card · Pellegrino Matarazzo
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Luiz Júnior, Santiago Mouriño, Pau Navarro, Renato Veiga, Alfonso Pedraza, Nicolas Pépé, Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Alberto Moleiro, Gerard Moreno, Georges Mikautadze
Real Sociedad line-up (4-4-2)
Álex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Jon Martín Vicente, Igor Zubeldia, Sergio Gómez, Ander Barrenetxea, Jon Gorrotxategi, Carlos Soler, Gonçalo Guedes, Brais Méndez, Mikel Oyarzabal