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Match Report

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Valencia draw with Real Sociedad to begin LaLiga season

Valencia were held to 1-1 draw by visiting Real Sociedad in both teams' opening LaLiga match of the season on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
2
45.8
Possession
54.2
13
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
294
Accurate Passes
341
340
Passes
395
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.2
35
Long Balls
49
22
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
9
14
Effective Tackles
5
19
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
4
Interceptions
5
36
Effective Clearances
26
36
Clearances
26

Highlights

01:11 Valencia-Real Sociedad ends in a draw Watch on ESPN 00:52 Diego López drops it in the net for a goal Watch on ESPN 00:48 Takefusa Kubo scores goal in traffic Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RSO leads series 3-2

Lineups

VAL · 4-4-2

  1. 25Julen AgirrezabalaG
  2. 3CopeteCD-L
  3. 5César TárregaCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 20Dimitri FoulquierRB
  6. 18PepeluCM-L
  7. 8Javi GuerraCM-R
  8. 16Diego LópezLM
  9. 11Luis RiojaRM
  10. 9Hugo DuroCF-L
  11. 19Dani RabaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Mouctar DiakhabySUB
  2. 26Rubén IranzoSUB
  3. 22Baptiste SantamariaSUB
  4. 24Eray CömertSUB
  5. 27David OtorbiSUB
  6. 37Aimar BlázquezSUB
  7. 21Jesús VázquezSUB
  8. 10André AlmeidaSUB
  9. 13Cristian RiveroSUB
  10. 7Arnaut DanjumaSUB
  11. 33Pablo LópezSUB
  12. 23Filip UgrinicSUB

RSO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Álex RemiroG
  2. 16Duje Caleta-CarCD-L
  3. 5Igor ZubeldiaCD-R
  4. 3Aihen MuñozLB
  5. 2Jon AramburuRB
  6. 23Brais MéndezAM
  7. 28Pablo MarínLM
  8. 8Beñat TurrientesRM
  9. 10Mikel OyarzabalF
  10. 7Ander BarrenetxeaAM-L
  11. 14Takefusa KuboAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Hamari TraoréSUB
  2. 9Orri ÓskarssonSUB
  3. 19Jon KarrikaburuSUB
  4. 13Unai MarreroSUB
  5. 24Luka SucicSUB
  6. 6Aritz ElustondoSUB
  7. 22Mikel GotiSUB
  8. 11Gonçalo GuedesSUB
  9. 17Sergio GómezSUB
  10. 15Urko GonzalezSUB
  11. 20Jon PachecoSUB
  12. 31Jon MartínSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' José Gayà (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+3' Beñat Turrientes (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 57' Goal! Valencia 1, Real Sociedad 0. Diego López (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dani Raba with a through ball.
  4. 60' Goal! Valencia 1, Real Sociedad 1. Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brais Méndez.
  5. 67' Aihen Muñoz (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 67' Substitution, Valencia. Arnaut Danjuma replaces Hugo Duro.
  7. 68' Substitution, Valencia. André Almeida replaces Dani Raba.
  8. 68' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Orri Óskarsson replaces Brais Méndez.
  9. 68' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Aritz Elustondo replaces Duje Caleta-Car.
  10. 80' Substitution, Valencia. Jesús Vázquez replaces José Gayà because of an injury.
  11. 80' Substitution, Valencia. Baptiste Santamaría replaces Pepelu.
  12. 80' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Sergio Gómez replaces Aihen Muñoz.
  13. 80' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Gonçalo Guedes replaces Takefusa Kubo.
  14. 80' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Urko González de Zárate replaces Beñat Turrientes.
  15. 87' Substitution, Valencia. Filip Ugrinic replaces Javi Guerra.

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