LaLiga · ESP · Round 4

Villarreal
2 - 1 Full time
Real Sociedad

Estadio El Madrigal

Lineups

Villarreal4-4-2
SA1Asenjo
MG2Gaspar
MP5Musacchio
VR6Ruiz
JC11Costa
SC19↓63'Castillejo
MT14Trigueros
BS21Soriano
RS20↓82'Soriano
NS18⚽×2Sansone
AP10↓70'Pato
GR1Rulli
JZ20Zaldua
MG3Gonzalez
IM6Martinez
YB19⚽↓87'Berchiche
AI4Illarramendi
DZ17Zurutuza
CV11Vela
J7↓67'Juanmi
MO18↓82'Oyarzabal
WJ12José
Real Sociedad4-2-3-1

Villarreal substitutes

8 Jonathan dos Santos 6.3 ↑63'
7 Denis Cheryshev 6.3 ↑70'
4 Alfred N'Diaye ↑82'
12 Álvaro González
13 Andrés Fernández
22 Antonio Rukavina
24 Rafael Santos Borre

Coach: Fran Escriba

Real Sociedad substitutes

10 Xabier Prieto 6.0 ↑67'
24 David Concha ↑82'
5 Markel Bergara ↑87'
13 Ander Bardaji
2 Carlos Martinez
22 Raul Navas
14 Ruben Pardo

Coach: Eusebio Sacristan

Match events

13'Victor Ruiz
15'Geronimo Rulli
22'Nicola Sansone assist: Roberto Soriano 1 - 0⚽
25'Nicola Sansone assist: Samuel Castillejo 2 - 0⚽
28'Mikel Gonzalez
35'Yuri Berchiche assist: Willian José 2 - 1⚽
45'Joseba Zaldua
Second half
63'↑ Jonathan dos Santos ↓ Samuel Castillejo⇄
67'↑ Xabier Prieto ↓ Juanmi⇄
70'↑ Denis Cheryshev ↓ Alexandre Pato⇄
80'Bruno Soriano
82'↑ Alfred N'Diaye ↓ Roberto Soriano⇄
82'↑ David Concha ↓ Mikel Oyarzabal⇄
85'David Zurutuza
87'↑ Markel Bergara ↓ Yuri Berchiche⇄
90+3'Joseba Zaldua

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Match details

CompetitionLaLiga
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 18 September 2016, 16:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

13Villarreal wins10Draws8Real Sociedad wins

31 past meetings on record. Biggest Villarreal win: Villarreal 4–0 Real Sociedad (2014). Biggest Real Sociedad win: Real Sociedad 1–3 Villarreal (2021).

2 Apr 2023Villarreal 2 - 0 Real SociedadLaLiga
9 Oct 2022Real Sociedad 1 - 0 VillarrealLaLiga
15 May 2022Villarreal 1 - 2 Real SociedadLaLiga
18 Dec 2021Real Sociedad 1 - 3 VillarrealLaLiga
30 Jan 2021Villarreal 1 - 1 Real SociedadLaLiga
29 Nov 2020Real Sociedad 1 - 1 VillarrealLaLiga
2 Sep 2020Real Sociedad 0 - 2 VillarrealClub Friendlies
13 Jul 2020Villarreal 1 - 2 Real SociedadLaLiga
5 Jan 2020Real Sociedad 1 - 2 VillarrealLaLiga
25 Apr 2019Real Sociedad 0 - 1 VillarrealLaLiga
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18 Aug 2018Villarreal 1 - 2 Real SociedadLaLiga
27 Jan 2018Villarreal 4 - 2 Real SociedadLaLiga
25 Aug 2017Real Sociedad 3 - 0 VillarrealLaLiga
19 Feb 2017Real Sociedad 0 - 1 VillarrealLaLiga
11 Jan 2017Villarreal 1 - 1 Real SociedadCopa del Rey
4 Jan 2017Real Sociedad 3 - 1 VillarrealCopa del Rey
23 Jul 2016Real Sociedad 1 - 1 VillarrealClub Friendlies
24 Apr 2016Villarreal 0 - 0 Real SociedadLaLiga
20 Dec 2015Real Sociedad 0 - 2 VillarrealLaLiga
25 Apr 2015Real Sociedad 0 - 0 VillarrealLaLiga
14 Jan 2015Real Sociedad 2 - 2 VillarrealCopa del Rey
7 Jan 2015Villarreal 1 - 0 Real SociedadCopa del Rey
7 Dec 2014Villarreal 4 - 0 Real SociedadLaLiga
18 May 2014Real Sociedad 1 - 2 VillarrealLaLiga
16 Jan 2014Villarreal 0 - 1 Real SociedadCopa del Rey
13 Jan 2014Villarreal 5 - 1 Real SociedadLaLiga
9 Jan 2014Real Sociedad 0 - 0 VillarrealCopa del Rey
22 Apr 2012Real Sociedad 1 - 1 VillarrealLaLiga
11 Dec 2011Villarreal 1 - 1 Real SociedadLaLiga
23 Jan 2011Villarreal 2 - 1 Real SociedadLaLiga
29 Aug 2010Real Sociedad 1 - 0 VillarrealLaLiga