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Possession
58%42%
Elche v Real Sociedad 2-3 · La Liga
ElcheFT
2-3
- Thomas Lemar67'
- Fernando Niño Rodríguez74'
- Job Ochieng11'
- Yangel Herrera31'
- Luka Sučić90'
Real SociedadEstadio Martínez Valero · Elche · Matchday 4
What happened
Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added
Real Sociedad beat Elche 3-2 in matchday 4 of the La Liga at Estadio Martínez Valero, Elche.
Thomas Lemar 67' and Fernando Niño Rodríguez 74' scored for Elche, Job Ochieng 11', Yangel Herrera 31' and Luka Sučić 90' for Real Sociedad.
Elche had 58% of the ball to Real Sociedad's 42%; the sides had 20 and 13 shots (10 and 6 on target).
There was one sending-off: Jon Martin 64'.
Key stats
Shots
2013
Shots on Target
106
Corners
67
Fouls
98
Match timeline
- 90+7’Yellow cardThomas Lemar
- 90’Luka SučićReal Sociedad · assist Job Ochieng2–3
- 81’SubstitutionAlex Marchal García · On: Hector Fort
- 81’SubstitutionGermán Valera · On: José Antonio Ferrández Pomares
- 81’SubstitutionBuba Sangaré · On: Roy Revivo
- 74’Fernando Niño RodríguezElche · assist Tete Morente2–2
- 70’SubstitutionYangel Herrera · On: Jon Pacheco
- 70’SubstitutionMikel Oyarzabal · On: Jon Gorrotxategi
- 70’SubstitutionGonzalo Villar · On: Lucas Cepeda
Team stats comparison
ElcheReal Sociedad
- 58Possession42
- 20Shots13
- 10Shots on Target6
- 6Corners7
- 2Offsides1
- 3Saves8
- 493Passes361
- 9Fouls8
- 4Yellow Cards1
- 0Red Cards1
Match info
- Competition
- La Liga
- Round
- Matchday 4
- Venue
- Estadio Martínez Valero, Elche
- Elche coach
- M. Anselmi
- Real Sociedad coach
- P. Matarazzo
Match record
- Competition
- La Liga
- Round
- Matchday 4
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Estadio Martínez Valero, Elche
- Referee
- Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias
- Match ID
cornerflick:match:elche-vs-real-sociedad-la-liga-2026-09-07
Data: API-Football · last updated · Spotted an error?
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Elche3-5-2
Starting XI
- 1M. DituroGK
- 2Buba Sangaré ↓DF
- 23Víctor ChustDF
- 6BigasDF
- 20Tete MorenteMF
- 10F. BuonanotteMF
- 47J. MorcilloMF
- 12Gonzalo Villar ↓MF
- 11Germán Valera ↓MF
- 14Fer NiñoFW
- 9E. PonceFW
Bench
- 26Matia Barzic Gutiérrez
- 16Martim Neto
- 21L. Cepeda
- 17Josan
- 29Ali Houary
- 13Alejandro Iturbe
- 18T. Lemar
- 24A. Osorio
- 5F. Redondo
- 3R. Revivo
- 22Rubén Sánchez
- 8Marc Aguado
Coach · M. Anselmi
- Elche
- Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad4-4-2
Starting XI
- 13Unai MarreroGK
- 2J. AramburuDF
- 5ZubeldiaDF
- 19M. SarrDF
- 17Sergio GómezDF
- 12J. OchiengMF
- 21Y. HerreraMF
- 18Carlos SolerMF
- 11Gonçalo Guedes ↓MF
- 24L. SučićFW
- 10Mikel Oyarzabal ↓FW
Bench
- 3Aihen Muñoz
- 6Jon Martín
- 29Alex Garcia
- 14T. Kubo
- 4Jon Gorrotxategi
- 22Héctor Fort
- 7Barrenetxea
- 16Jon Pacheco
- 1Álex Remiro
- 8Beñat Turrientes
- 23A. Zakharyan
- 9O. Óskarsson
Coach · P. Matarazzo
Head to head
0Wins1Draws
7WinsPrevious 5 meetings
- 2026 · La LigaElche2 - 3Real Sociedad
- 2026 · La LigaElche1 - 3Real Sociedad
- 2025 · La LigaElche1 - 1Real Sociedad
- 2023 · La LigaElche0 - 2Real Sociedad
- 2022 · La LigaElche0 - 1Real Sociedad
Meetings held in the Cornerflick archive.
La Liga table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barcelona | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +15 | 12 |
| 2 |  Real Madrid | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +10 | 12 |
| 3 |  Alaves | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +6 | 10 |
| 4 |  Sevilla | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 10 |
| 5 |  Real Betis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Real Sociedad | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Elche | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
Full timeline
22 events
- 9’Yellow cardJon Aramburu
- 11’Job OchiengReal Sociedad · assist Carlos Soler0–1
- 31’Yangel HerreraReal Sociedad · assist Job Ochieng0–2
- 43’Yellow cardTete Morente
- 55’SubstitutionEzequiel Ponce · On: Abiel Alessio Osorio
- 55’SubstitutionFacundo Buonanotte · On: Thomas Lemar
- 57’Yellow cardAbiel Alessio Osorio
- 58’SubstitutionGonçalo Guedes · On: Alex Marchal García
- 58’SubstitutionMamadou Sarr · On: Jon Martin
- 63’VARLuka Sučić · Goal cancelled
- 64’Red cardJon Martin
- 67’Thomas LemarElche · assist Víctor Chust1–2
- 68’Yellow cardGermán Valera
- 70’SubstitutionYangel Herrera · On: Jon Pacheco
- 70’SubstitutionMikel Oyarzabal · On: Jon Gorrotxategi
- 70’SubstitutionGonzalo Villar · On: Lucas Cepeda
- 74’Fernando Niño RodríguezElche · assist Tete Morente2–2
- 81’SubstitutionAlex Marchal García · On: Hector Fort
- 81’SubstitutionGermán Valera · On: José Antonio Ferrández Pomares
- 81’SubstitutionBuba Sangaré · On: Roy Revivo
- 90’Luka SučićReal Sociedad · assist Job Ochieng2–3
- 90+7’Yellow cardThomas Lemar
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