Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, January 5, 2020
Villarreal LDWWW 2
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Real Sociedad WDDWW 1
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VIL022
RSO101
Estadio Municipal de Anoeta · 31,486 att.

Match Report

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Cazorla leads Villarreal to victory at high-flying Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad's hopes of getting back into La Liga's top four were hit as they slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to Villarreal on Sunday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
16
4
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
0
36.7
Possession
63.3
14
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
2
0.1
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
257
Accurate Passes
474
328
Passes
552
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
31
0.4
Cross %
0.2
67
Long Balls
52
28
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
17
12
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
15
Interceptions
8
29
Effective Clearances
12
29
Clearances
12

Head to Head

VIL leads series 3-2

Lineups

RSO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Álex RemiroG
  2. 5Igor ZubeldiaCD-L
  3. 3Diego LlorenteCD-R
  4. 20Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 2Joseba ZaldúaRB
  6. 21Martin ØdegaardAM
  7. 8Mikel MerinoLM
  8. 16Ander GuevaraRM
  9. 9Willian JoséF
  10. 10Mikel OyarzabalAM-L
  11. 7PortuAM-R

VIL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 10Vicente IborraDM
  5. 16Xavier QuintilláLB
  6. 2MarioRB
  7. 14Manu TriguerosCM-L
  8. 19Frank AnguissaCM-R
  9. 23Moi GómezLM
  10. 11Samuel ChukwuezeRM
  11. 7Gerard MorenoF

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Real Sociedad 1, Villarreal 0. Willian José (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Portu.
  2. 30' Igor Zubeldia (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 55' Pau Torres (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 58' Goal! Real Sociedad 1, Villarreal 1. Manu Trigueros (Villarreal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 60' Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moreno replaces Xavi Quintillá.
  6. 60' Substitution, Villarreal. Santi Cazorla replaces Moi Gómez.
  7. 61' Mario Gaspar (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 62' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Robin Le Normand replaces Igor Zubeldia.
  9. 66' Alberto Moreno (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 70' Joseba Zaldua (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 71' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Alexander Isak replaces Willian José.
  12. 71' Ander Guevara (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 72' Goal! Real Sociedad 1, Villarreal 2. Santi Cazorla (Villarreal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Gaspar.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  14. 74' VAR Decision: Goal Real Sociedad 1-2 Villarreal (Santi Cazorla).
  15. 75' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Adnan Januzaj replaces Ander Guevara.
  16. 77' Raúl Albiol (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 82' Substitution, Villarreal. Rubén Peña replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  18. 85' Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+6' Portu (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card.

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