Real Sociedad vs Alaves

2 January 2024 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Víctor García Verdura

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Martín Zubimendi 90+6’
  • Luis Rioja 76’ (pen)

Match summary

Real Sociedad and Alaves shared the points in a 1-1 draw. It was goalless at half-time.

Luis Rioja put Alaves ahead from the penalty spot in the 76th minute and Martín Zubimendi equalised in stoppage time, set up by Mikel Merino.

There was little between the sides on chances: Real Sociedad created 0.99 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots, Alaves 0.97 from 7. Real Sociedad had a player sent off.

Match stats

Real Sociedad Alaves
16 Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 4
4 Yellow Cards 4
1 Red Cards 0
0.98 xG 0.97
0.98 Non-penalty xG 0.23
6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Real Sociedad Alaves
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
76’
Luis Rioja
Penalty0-1 (Alaves)
Martín Zubimendi
Assist: Mikel Merino1-1 (Real Sociedad)
90+6’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Real Sociedad
  • Remiro
  • Hamari Traore
  • Igor Zubeldia
  • Mikel Oyarzabal
  • Umar Sadiq
Alaves
  • Antonio Sivera
  • Abderrahmane Rebbach
  • Samu Omorodion
  • Kike García

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 0.99 0.97 76’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), 0-1 76’ 90+6’ Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), 1-1 90+6’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.99 0.97 76’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), 0-1 Rioja 76’ 90+6’ Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), 1-1 Zubimendi 90+6’
Real Sociedad 0.99 xGAlaves 0.97 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Alaves attacking Real Sociedad attacking 
76’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 54’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 90+9’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 18’ Robin Le Normand (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 54’ Kieran Tierney (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 14’ Jon Guridi (Alaves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+4’ Arsen Zakharyan (Real Sociedad), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 90+4’ Umar Sadiq (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 54’ Igor Zubeldia (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+6’ Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 40’ Abderrahmane Rebbach (Alaves), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 19’ Hamari Traore (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 32’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 19’ Hamari Traore (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Kike García (Alaves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 56’ Ander Guevara (Alaves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 57’ Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Brais Méndez (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Abderrahmane Rebbach (Alaves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Abderrahmane Rebbach (Alaves), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 76’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 54’ Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 90+9’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 18’ Robin Le Normand (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 54’ Kieran Tierney (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90+4’ Arsen Zakharyan (Real Sociedad), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 90+4’ Umar Sadiq (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 14’ Jon Guridi (Alaves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 54’ Igor Zubeldia (Real Sociedad), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+6’ Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 40’ Abderrahmane Rebbach (Alaves), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+2’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 19’ Hamari Traore (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 32’ Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 19’ Hamari Traore (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Kike García (Alaves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 56’ Ander Guevara (Alaves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 57’ Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Brais Méndez (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Abderrahmane Rebbach (Alaves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Abderrahmane Rebbach (Alaves), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Remiro GK350 0.000.000
Hamari Traore DEF902 0.090.000
Robin Le Normand DEF901 0.090.061
Igor Zubeldia DEF901 0.060.051
Kieran Tierney DEF901 0.090.000
Martín Zubimendi MID9012 0.090.000
Brais Méndez MID901 0.020.000
Mikel Merino MID9013 0.160.071
Takefusa Kubo FWD902 0.090.133
André Silva FWD380 0.000.000
Mikel Oyarzabal FWD901 0.140.041
Unai Marrero Sub520 0.000.000
Umar Sadiq Sub11 0.080.192
Arsen Zakharyan Sub11 0.080.081
Aihen Muñoz Sub10 0.000.000
Ander Barrenetxea Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Sociedad win 62% Avg odds 1.54
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.90
Alaves win 13% Avg odds 7.48

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

Form going into the game

Real Sociedad WDWDD
Alaves WDLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Real Sociedad 1-0 Alaves, 13 Mar 22 Next meeting: Alaves 0-1 Real Sociedad, 31 Mar 24  All Real Sociedad vs Alaves 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.