La Liga: Real Sociedad tops Espanyol 2-1

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SAN SEBASTIáN. Real Sociedad defeated Espanyol to win 2-1.

SAN SEBASTIáN. Real Sociedad beat Espanyol to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Real Sociedad to strike first with a goal of A. Sorloth at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 19′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Mendez gave the win to Real Sociedad in the 29′ minute with a goal. Real Sociedad was vastly superior ball possession (63%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Reale Arena stadium in San Sebastián on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Carlos del Cerro Grande who was helped by Guadalupe Porras Ayuso and Gonzalo García González. The 4th official was Manuel Pozueta Rodríguez. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 20.3 degrees Celsius or 68.56 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 71%.​

Match Statistics

Real Sociedad was in firm control of the ball 63% while Espanyol was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Real Sociedad was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Real Sociedad won the match.

Real Sociedad shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Espanyol shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards (B. Mendez, A. Elustondo and A. Sorloth). On the other side, No yellow cards were issued to Espanyol.

After this encounter, Real Sociedad will have 7 points like Girona, Rayo Vallecano and Celta de Vigo to stay in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Espanyol will stay with 4 points like Almería, Sevilla, Getafe and Real Valladolid to move up in the 17th place.

Match Events

  • 17'
    17'

    A. Sorloth

  • 19'
    19'

    Exposito

  • 29'
    29'

    B. Mendez

  • 54'
    54'

    J. Puado

    O. El Hilali

  • 75'
    75'

    A. Vidal

    F. Calero

  • 75'
    75'

    D. Gomez

    Exposito

  • 81'
    81'

    B. Turrientes

    T. Kubo

  • 82'
    82'

    B. Mendez

  • 82'
    82'

    M. Cho

    D. Silva

  • 84'
    84'

    A. Elustondo

  • 85'
    85'

    P. Lozano

    V. Costa

  • 88'
    88'

    A. Sorloth

  • 89'
    89'

    I. Zubeldia

    B. Mendez

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Real Sociedad will play away with Girona on the 2nd of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Real Sociedad (3 draws).

Espanyol will host Valencia on the 2nd of October with a 19-9 head to head statistic in favor of Valencia (6 draws).

Real Sociedad: Formation and Lineups

Real Sociedad started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

The manager Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea chose to play with the following team: Álex Remiro (6.6), Andoni Gorosabel (6.6), Aritz Elustondo (6.8), Jon Pacheco (6.9), Aihen Muñoz (6.6), Martín Zubimendi (6.9), Brais Méndez (7.3), David Silva (6.5), Mikel Merino (7.1), Alexander Sørloth (7.4) and Takefusa Kubo (7.8).

Substitutes

Real Sociedad made 3 changes: T. Kubo for B. Turrientes (81′), D. Silva for M. Cho (82′) and B. Mendez for I. Zubeldia (89′).

Top player: Takefusa Kubo

The player who no doubt impressed Real Sociedad the most was Takefusa Kubo even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 27 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.

Espanyol: Formation and Lineups

Espanyol started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

On the opposite side, Diego Martínez Penas played with: Álvaro Fernández (5.8), Omar El Hilali (6.1), Fernando Calero (6.8), Sergi Gómez (6.6), Leandro Cabrera (7.0), Brian Oliván (7.0), Sergi Darder (8.3), Vinícius Souza (7.0), Edu Expósito (7.3), Joselu (6.8) and Martin Braithwaite (6.4).

Substitutes

Espanyol made 4 changes: O. El Hilali for J. Puado (54′), F. Calero for A. Vidal (75′), Exposito for D. Gomez (75′) and V. Costa for P. Lozano (85′).

Top player: Sergi Darder

The player who no doubt impressed Espanyol the most was Sergi Darder.

His rating is (8.3) with 35 passes (68% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga

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