Real Sociedad 1-0 Villarreal: The White and Blues sink The Yellow Submarine
On Sunday, Villarreal suffered an away defeat to Real Sociedad at the Reale Arena. Real were looking to continue their good run after winning their previous two matches against Girona away and Espanyol at home, by 5-3 and 2-1 respectively. Villarreal were unable to beat Cádiz in a 0-0 draw. Real and Villarreal currently occupy 6th and 9th spots in the league, with 16 points and 12 points respectively after 8 matches.
The White and Blues started strong and were rewarded for their efforts, when Brais Mendez found the net on the 33 minute mark to see them go in at half time 1-0 up. The second 45 minutes ended with little further action at either end and goalless.
Substitutions for Real included Carlos Fernandez, Mohamed-Ali Cho, Robin Le Normand, Benat Turrientes and Robert Navarro for David Silva, Alexander Sorloth, Aritz Elustondo, Brais Mendez and Take, respectively. Villarreal brought on Nicolas Jackson, Jose Luis Morales, Alex Baena, Samuel Chukwueze and Aissa Mandi, to replace Arnaut Danjuma, Yeremi Pino, Francis Coquelin, Giovani Lo Celso and Kiko Femenia.
There were bookings for David Silva, Brais Mendez, Aritz Elustondo, Alex Sola and Carlos Fernandez from Real, and Giovani Lo Celso, Raul Albiol and Pau Torres, for Villarreal.
Real will play their next fixture away against Celta Vigo, while Villarreal will face Osasuna at home.
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Real Sociedad: | Alex Remiro, Alex Sola, Jon Pacheco, Aritz Elustondo (Robin Le Normand, min.81), Aihen Munoz, Brais Mendez (Benat Turrientes, min.81), Mikel Merino, Martin Zubimendi, David Silva (Carlos Fernandez, min.74), Alexander Sorloth (Mohamed-Ali Cho, min.74) and Take (Robert Navarro, min.87) |
Villarreal: | Geronimo Rulli, Kiko Femenia (Aissa Mandi, min.81), Pau Torres, Raul Albiol, Alfonso Pedraza, Yeremi Pino (Jose Luis Morales, min.46), Dani Parejo, Etienne Capoue, Francis Coquelin (Alex Baena, min.64), Giovani Lo Celso (Samuel Chukwueze, min.81) and Arnaut Danjuma (Nicolas Jackson, min.46) |
Stadium: | the Reale Arena |
Goals: | Brais Mendez (1-0, min. 33) |