Espanyol vs Real Sociedad

28 November 2021 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Mateu Lahoz

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Yangel Herrera 77’

Match summary

Espanyol saw off Real Sociedad 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Yangel Herrera put Espanyol ahead in the 77th minute.

Real Sociedad can feel hard done by, creating 1.33 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Espanyol's 0.38 from 8.

Match stats

Espanyol Real Sociedad
8 Shots 10
2 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.38 xG 1.33
0.38 Non-penalty xG 1.33
2 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Espanyol Real Sociedad
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Yangel Herrera1-0 (Espanyol)
77’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Espanyol
  • Aleix Vidal
Real Sociedad
  • Alexander Sørloth

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 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.38 1.33 77’ Yangel Herrera (Espanyol), 1-0 77’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.38 1.33 77’ Yangel Herrera (Espanyol), 1-0 Herrera 77’
Espanyol 0.38 xGReal Sociedad 1.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Real Sociedad attacking Espanyol attacking 
54’ Alexander Sørloth (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.79 xG, off target 90+1’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 63’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 17’ Robin Le Normand (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 77’ Yangel Herrera (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 39’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 56’ Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 81’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 87’ Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 3’ Portu (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 76’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 69’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 71’ Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Alexander Sørloth (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.79 xG, off target 90+1’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 63’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 17’ Robin Le Normand (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 39’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 77’ Yangel Herrera (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 56’ Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 81’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 87’ Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 3’ Portu (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 76’ Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 69’ Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 27’ Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 71’ Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Diego López GK900 0.000.000
Aleix Vidal DEF790 0.000.072
Sergi Gómez DEF900 0.000.000
Leandro Cabrera DEF900 0.000.071
Adrià Pedrosa DEF901 0.040.000
Yangel Herrera MID9011 0.070.061
Keidi Bare MID590 0.000.000
Adrián Embarba MID591 0.020.000
Sergi Darder MID900 0.000.041
Javi Puado MID792 0.120.062
Raúl de Tomás FWD902 0.100.000
Manuel Morlanes Sub310 0.000.000
Nicolás Melamed Sub311 0.020.000
Wu Lei Sub110 0.000.000
Miguelón Sub110 0.000.000
Loren Morón Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 32% Avg odds 3.00
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.12
Real Sociedad win 37% Avg odds 2.56

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol DDLWL
Real Sociedad DWDWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol, 02 Jul 20 Next meeting: Real Sociedad 1-0 Espanyol, 04 Apr 22  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.