La Liga · 2025Sat, 23 May 2026, 19:00 UTCRCDE Stadium

Espanyol

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1–1Historical match

Real Sociedad

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Espanyol and Real Sociedad drew 1–1.

Shots: 179
Shots on target: 84
Expected goals: 2.411.4
Possession: 50%50%

This match

Match statistics

Shots17 shots9 shotsEspanyol 17 shots, Real Sociedad 9 shots
Shots on target8 shots4 shotsEspanyol 8 shots, Real Sociedad 4 shots
Expected goals2.41 xG1.4 xGEspanyol 2.41 xG, Real Sociedad 1.4 xG
Possession50%50%Espanyol 50%, Real Sociedad 50%
Corners3 corners5 cornersEspanyol 3 corners, Real Sociedad 5 corners
Fouls11 fouls17 foulsEspanyol 11 fouls, Real Sociedad 17 fouls
Yellow cards1 card3 cardsEspanyol 1 card, Real Sociedad 3 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Espanyol: 17 shots, 8 on target, 2.40 xG. Real Sociedad: 9 shots, 4 on target, 1.39 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Espanyol 2.40 xG · Real Sociedad 1.39 xG.

Full time

What the match recorded

Espanyol and Real Sociedad drew 1–1. Recorded in this match (Espanyol – Real Sociedad): shots 17–9, shots on target 8–4, expected goals 2.41–1.4, possession 50%–50%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Real Sociedad's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Real Sociedad's last-five shots average is below their season average.

8.6 shots/match ▲ShotsLast 5 · Season12.4 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Shots	8.6 shots/match	12.4 shots/match	12 shots/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

weak

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Real Sociedad.

6.08 days ▲Rest daysEspanyol · Real Sociedad6.08 days

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

Metric	Espanyol	Real Sociedad	Baseline
Rest days	6.08 days	6.08 days	—
Matches last 14 days	2 matches	3 matches	—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

Both teams have elevated fouls records

weak

Each team's season fouls average is above the competition baseline.

13.7 fouls/matchFoulsEspanyol · Real Sociedad14.2 fouls/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Espanyol	Real Sociedad	Baseline
Fouls	13.7 fouls/match	14.2 fouls/match	12.4 fouls/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Espanyol

1Draws

4Real Sociedad

24 Aug 2025Real Sociedad — Espanyol · La Liga2–2

9 Feb 2025Real Sociedad — Espanyol · La Liga2–1

24 Aug 2024Espanyol — Real Sociedad · La Liga0–1

13 Feb 2023Espanyol — Real Sociedad · La Liga2–3

18 Sept 2022Real Sociedad — Espanyol · La Liga2–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Espanyol favored in 2 of 11 directional metrics · Real Sociedad in 6 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Espanyol38 matchesReal Sociedad38 matches

1.13 goals/matchGoals scored38/38▲ 1.55 goals/match

1.45 goals/match ▲Goals allowed38/381.61 goals/match

1.28 xG/matchExpected goals38/38▲ 1.41 xG/match

12.6 shots/matchShots38/3812.4 shots/match

4.16 shots/matchShots on target38/38▲ 4.61 shots/match

42.4%Possession38/38● 51.3%

4.68 corners/matchCorners38/38● 5.55 corners/match

2.34 cards/matchCards29/322.25 cards/match

13.7 fouls/matchFouls38/3814.2 fouls/match

Style profile

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Espanyol7.5

Real Sociedad72.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Espanyol48.3

Real Sociedad68.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Espanyol30.8

Real Sociedad23.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Espanyol97.5

Real Sociedad37.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Espanyol60.0

Real Sociedad55.0

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 88%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Espanyol52.5

Real Sociedad72.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Espanyol62.5

Real Sociedad71.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

Rest before fixture · Both teams: 6.08 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/13 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples38 / 38home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 23 May 2026, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4