Malaga vs Real Sociedad 2-5

Real Sociedad won 5-2 at La Rosaleda after taking a two-goal lead by half-time and pulling away in a lively second half. Takefusa Kubo, Mikel Oyarzabal and Gonçalo Guedes were among the scorers as Malaga could not recover from the early deficit.

Kubo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute, finishing from Hector Fort for 1-0, and Orri Steinn Óskarsson made it 2-0 in the 26th minute. Malaga changed twice at the break, sending on Ramón Enríquez for Izan Merino and Adam Aznou for José Salinas, but still went in 2-0 down at half-time.

Adrian Nino reduced the deficit on 54 minutes from Pablo Martínez Andrés, only for Oyarzabal to restore Real Sociedad's two-goal lead five minutes later from Kubo. Malaga then made another change on 64 minutes before Pablo Martínez Andrés made it 3-2 in the 66th minute, but Oyarzabal struck again on 67 minutes, his second of the match, from Jon Martin, and Gonçalo Guedes, who had come on in the 61st minute, sealed it on 73 minutes. Real Sociedad made two changes on 61 minutes and another two on 71 minutes, while Malaga also sent on Joaquín Muñoz on 68 minutes and Carlos Puga on 82 minutes.

The numbers backed the visitors' win. Real Sociedad had 54% of the possession, made 586 passes to Malaga's 478 and had more shots, 21 to 17, with 9 on target to 6. They also had the edge in xG, 2.41 to 1.1, and won 5 corners to 4, while both sides were level on 2 offsides and had 4 saves each.

Real Sociedad's bookings went to Jon Martin on 37 minutes and Mamadou Sarr on 62 minutes. Malaga finished without a booking.