Espanyol vs Real Sociedad

13 February 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Sergi Darder 74’
  • Brian Oliván 87’
  • Takefusa Kubo 23’
  • Alexander Sørloth 52’
  • Leandro Cabrera 63’ (og)

Match summary

Real Sociedad won 3-2 away at Espanyol. Real Sociedad led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Takefusa Kubo put Real Sociedad ahead in the 23rd minute. In the second half, Alexander Sørloth made it 0-2 in the 52nd minute, set up by Mikel Oyarzabal, Cabrera's own goal made it 0-3 with a header in the 63rd minute, Sergi Darder pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 74th minute, and Brian Oliván made it 2-3 in the 87th minute, set up by Lazo.

There was little between the sides on chances: Espanyol created 1.26 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Real Sociedad 1.21 from 11. Espanyol had a player sent off.

Match stats

Espanyol Real Sociedad
10 Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
1.26 xG 1.21
1.26 Non-penalty xG 1.21
2 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Espanyol Real Sociedad
Kick-off
23’
Takefusa Kubo0-1 (Real Sociedad)
Half-time0-1
52’
Alexander Sørloth
Assist: Mikel Oyarzabal0-2 (Real Sociedad)
63’
Leandro Cabrera
Own goal0-3 (Real Sociedad)
Sergi Darder1-3 (Espanyol)
74’
Brian Oliván
Assist: Lazo2-3 (Espanyol)
87’
Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Espanyol
  • Leandro Cabrera
  • Óscar Gil
  • Martin Braithwaite
Real Sociedad
  • Carlos Fernández

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.26 1.21 23’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), 0-1 23’ 52’ Alexander Sørloth (Real Sociedad), 0-2 52’ 63’ Leandro Cabrera (Real Sociedad) own goal, 0-3 63’ 74’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), 1-3 74’ 87’ Brian Oliván (Espanyol), 2-3 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.26 1.21 23’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), 0-1 Kubo 23’ 52’ Alexander Sørloth (Real Sociedad), 0-2 Sørloth 52’ 63’ Leandro Cabrera (Real Sociedad) own goal, 0-3 Cabrera 63’ 74’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), 1-3 Darder 74’ 87’ Brian Oliván (Espanyol), 2-3 Oliván 87’
Espanyol 1.26 xGReal Sociedad 1.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Real Sociedad attacking Espanyol attacking 
74’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), set piece, 0.68 xG, goal 52’ Alexander Sørloth (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 87’ Brian Oliván (Espanyol), open play, 0.22 xG, goal 37’ Alexander Sørloth (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 29’ Brais Méndez (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 4’ Fernando Calero (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 27’ Alexander Sørloth (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 31’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 10’ Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 16’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 90+1’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 23’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 31’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 4’ Brian Oliván (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Brais Méndez (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Vinicius Souza (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 63’ Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), own goal 74’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), set piece, 0.68 xG, goal 52’ Alexander Sørloth (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 87’ Brian Oliván (Espanyol), open play, 0.22 xG, goal 37’ Alexander Sørloth (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 29’ Brais Méndez (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 4’ Fernando Calero (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 27’ Alexander Sørloth (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 31’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 10’ Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 74’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 16’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 23’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 31’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 4’ Brian Oliván (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Brais Méndez (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Vinicius Souza (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 63’ Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Álvaro Fernández GK900 0.000.000
Óscar Gil DEF470 0.000.000
Leandro Cabrera DEF900 0.000.000
Fernando Calero DEF431 0.090.000
Brian Oliván DEF9012 0.240.051
Aleix Vidal MID700 0.000.011
Vinicius Souza MID901 0.010.000
Sergi Darder MID9011 0.680.224
Nicolás Melamed MID470 0.000.000
Martin Braithwaite FWD900 0.000.000
Javi Puado FWD905 0.230.000
Sergi Gómez Sub470 0.000.000
Denis Suárez Sub430 0.000.051
Rubén Sánchez Sub430 0.000.000
Lazo Sub2010 0.000.221
José Gragera Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 24% Avg odds 4.01
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.07
Real Sociedad win 45% Avg odds 2.14

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Espanyol DWWLD
Real Sociedad WWWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol, 18 Sep 22 Next meeting: Espanyol 0-1 Real Sociedad, 24 Aug 24  All Espanyol vs Real Sociedad meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.