Valencia vs Real Sociedad

27 September 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Carlos Fernández 32’

Match summary

Real Sociedad took a 1-0 win at Valencia. Real Sociedad led 1-0 at half-time.

Carlos Fernández put Real Sociedad ahead in the 32nd minute, set up by Kieran Tierney.

There was little between the sides on chances: Valencia created 0.36 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Real Sociedad 0.29 from 2. Valencia had a player sent off.

Match stats

Valencia Real Sociedad
9 Shots 2
2 Shots on Target 1
0 Corners 2
4 Yellow Cards 7
1 Red Cards 0
0.36 xG 0.29
0.36 Non-penalty xG 0.29
2 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Valencia Real Sociedad
Kick-off
32’
Carlos Fernández
Assist: Kieran Tierney0-1 (Real Sociedad)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Valencia
  • Selim Amallah
  • Javier Guerra
  • Cristhian Mosquera
Real Sociedad
  • Hamari Traore
  • Jon Pacheco Dozagarat
  • Mikel Merino
  • Urko Gonzalez
  • Carlos Fernández
  • Igor Zubeldia
  • Brais Méndez

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.36 0.29 32’ Carlos Fernández (Real Sociedad), 0-1 32’ 0.0 0.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.36 0.29 32’ Carlos Fernández (Real Sociedad), 0-1 Fernández 32’
Valencia 0.36 xGReal Sociedad 0.29 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Real Sociedad attacking Valencia attacking 
32’ Carlos Fernández (Real Sociedad), set piece, 0.25 xG, goal 78’ Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 90’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 16’ Selim Amallah (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 49’ Pepelu (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Pepelu (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 38’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 69’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 2’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 32’ Carlos Fernández (Real Sociedad), set piece, 0.25 xG, goal 90’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 16’ Selim Amallah (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 49’ Pepelu (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Pepelu (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 10’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 69’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 2’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Giorgi Mamardashvili GK900 0.000.000
Thierry Correia DEF510 0.000.061
Mouctar Diakhaby DEF901 0.070.000
Cenk Özkacar DEF900 0.000.000
José Gayá DEF600 0.000.000
Javier Guerra MID903 0.050.000
Pepelu MID902 0.100.071
Fran Pérez MID600 0.000.000
Selim Amallah MID441 0.060.000
Diego López MID791 0.010.031
Hugo Duro FWD900 0.000.000
Cristhian Mosquera Sub390 0.000.071
Gabriel Sub300 0.000.000
André Almeida Sub300 0.000.000
Roman Yaremchuk Sub111 0.070.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 38% Avg odds 2.52
Draw 32% Avg odds 3.03
Real Sociedad win 30% Avg odds 3.20

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

Form going into the game

Valencia WLLWD
Real Sociedad DDWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Valencia 1-0 Real Sociedad, 25 Feb 23 Next meeting: Real Sociedad 1-0 Valencia, 16 May 24  All Valencia 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.