Elche
Real Sociedad
Match summary
Real Sociedad won 3-2 away at Elche, with a late winner. Real Sociedad led 2-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Job Ochieng put Real Sociedad ahead from a corner in the 11th minute, set up by Carlos Soler and Yangel Herrera made it 0-2 in the 32nd minute, set up by Job Ochieng. In the second half, Thomas Lemar pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 67th minute, set up by Victor Chust, Fernando Niño equalised in the 74th minute, set up by Tete Morente, and Luka Sucic won it in the 90th minute, set up by Job Ochieng.
Elche can feel hard done by, creating 2.93 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Real Sociedad's 0.88 from 13. Real Sociedad had a player sent off.
Real Sociedad secured a thrilling victory against Elche in La Liga, despite dominating fewer territory and possession metrics during the encounter. Elche recorded fifty-nine percent possession and fifty-nine percent territory, launching twenty shots compared to thirteen from Real Sociedad. Ten of Elche's efforts were on target, backed by twenty-nine hundredths expected goals. Real Sociedad managed six shots on target from their thirteen total attempts. Elche also led in dangerous attacks with sixty-six to thirty, corners at six to seven, and completed four hundred and ninety-six passes at an eighty-nine percent accuracy rate. Discipline saw Elche collect four yellow cards, while Real Sociedad received one yellow card and one red card.
The scoring opened in the eleventh minute when Job Ochieng struck with a right footed shot for Real Sociedad, following an earlier yellow card for Jon Aramburu. Yangel Herrera added a second right footed goal in the thirty-one minute, giving Real Sociedad a two-goal lead at half-time after a yellow card for Tete Morente. Following substitutions and a VAR review, Jon Martín received a red card for professional handball in the sixty-four minute. Thomas Lemar scored for Elche with a right footed shot in the sixty-seven minute, followed by an argument booking for Germán Valera. Fer Niño equalised with a field goal in the seventy-four minute. Luka Sucic scored the winner with a left footed shot in the ninetieth minute for Real Sociedad, before a final yellow card was issued to Thomas Lemar.
