Real Sociedad 1-3 Villarreal
Key numbers
- Possession 70% – 30%
- Shots 21 (8 on target) – 6 (4)
- Decisive moment: 17' Santi Comesaña, FN xPts +0.9
Mikel Merino 86'
HT 0:1
Santi Comesaña 17'
Santi Comesaña 47'
Alexander Sørloth 90+5'
Santi Comesaña 47'
Alexander Sørloth 90+5'
Real Sociedad 6th · 40 pts|Villarreal 13th → 12th · 29 pts
Real Sociedad edged xG (1.7–1.07) but Villarreal took the win.
Player of the matchSanti ComesañaDecisive moment17' Santi Comesaña+0.9
Player of the match
Santi Comesaña Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Real Sociedad ahead 0 min · level 17 min · Villarreal ahead 73 min
- Mikel Merino — off the bench 26 min · 1G 0A
- Alexander Sørloth — off the bench 11 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
17'
Santi Comesaña
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Raúl Albiol +0.3
+0.9
47'
Santi Comesaña
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Alejandro Baena +0.2
+0.6
86'
Mikel Merino
Goal
+0.1
90+5'
Alexander Sørloth
Goal · assist Gonçalo Guedes
0.0
Real Sociedad
Expected (last two seasons) 1.6Own moments +0.1Opponent moments −1.2Time effect −0.5→ League points won 0
Villarreal
Expected (last two seasons) 1.1Own moments +1.5Opponent moments −0.2Time effect +0.6→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Real SociedadVillarreal
70%Possession30%
1.7Expected goals (xG)1.07
0.08xG per shot0.18
21Shots6
8Shots on target4
38%Shots on target %67%
11Shots in box6
578Passes254
88%Pass accuracy73%
13Corners2
1Saves6
15Fouls14
3Yellow cards4
4Offsides1
Compared with usual
Real Sociedad
38 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0.74 | |
| xG | 1.7 | 1.1 | |
| xG against | 1.07 | 0.83 | |
| Shots | 21 | 12.8 | |
| On target | 8 | 4.1 | |
| Shots faced | 6 | 10.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 70% | 56.3% | |
| Passes | 578 | 459.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 81.1% | |
| Corners | 13 | 5 | high |
| Fouls | 15 | 16 |
Villarreal
last 20 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.8 | |
| xG | 1.07 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 1.7 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 6 | 14.4 | |
| On target | 4 | 5.3 | |
| Shots faced | 21 | 13.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.18 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 30% | 51.8% | |
| Passes | 254 | 482.1 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 73% | 83.4% | |
| Corners | 2 | 5.4 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 12.7 |
Timeline
- 7' Sub Ander Barrenetxea → Jon Ander Olasagasti
- 17' Goal Santi Comesaña league goal #1 assist Raúl Albiol
- 46' Sub Hamari Traoré → Jon Aramburu
- 47' Goal Santi Comesaña league goal #2 assist Alejandro Baena
- 51' Yellow Robin Le Normand
- 60' Yellow Filip Jörgensen
- 62' Yellow André Silva
- 62' Yellow Yerson Mosquera
- 63' Yellow Raúl Albiol
- 64' Sub Brais Méndez → Mikel Merino
- 65' Sub André Silva → Umar Sadiq
- 68' Yellow Arsen Zakharyan
- 70' Sub Alberto Moreno → Jorge Cuenca
- 70' Sub Ilias Akhomach → Dani Parejo
- 72' Sub Arsen Zakharyan → Sheraldo Becker
- 79' Sub Gerard Moreno → Alexander Sørloth
- 84' Sub Alejandro Baena → José Luis Morales
- 84' Sub Francis Coquelin → Étienne Capoue
- 86' Goal Mikel Merino league goal #3
- 88' Yellow Jorge Cuenca
- 90+5' Goal Alexander Sørloth league goal #9 assist Gonçalo Guedes
Category leaders
- Key passesTakefusa Kubo3
- Duels wonBrais Méndez10/13
- DribblesTakefusa Kubo2/5
- Defensive actionsJavi Galán7
- ShotsAndré Silva4 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonGerard Moreno5
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.