SAN SEBASTIáN. Real Sociedad and Real Betis didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Real Sociedad was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Reale Arena stadium in San Sebastián on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 33,172 spectators.​ The referee was Mateo Busquets Ferrer with the support of Diego Sánchez Rojo and Gonzalo García González. The 4th official was Fernando Bueno Prieto. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 12.68 degrees Celsius or 54.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Sociedad had a strong ball possession 57% while Real Betis was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Real Sociedad had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Real Sociedad to win the match​.

Real Sociedad shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Real Betis shot 12 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Real Sociedad received 3 yellow cards (Robin Le Normand, Álex Remiro and Jon Ander Olasagasti). On the other side, Real Betis received 4 yellow cards (Marc Roca, Ayoze Pérez, Aitor Ruibal and Isco).

Standings

After playing this match, Real Sociedad has 30 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Real Betis will has 27 points to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Real Sociedad will play away with Cádiz on the 21st of December with a 8-0 head to head statistic in favor of Real Sociedad (4 draws).

Real Betis will host Girona on the 21st of December with a 10-1 head to head statistic in favor of Real Betis (1 draw).

Real Sociedad – Formation

Real Sociedad started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea decided to play with the following team: Álex Remiro (7.5), Hamari Traoré (7.0), Igor Zubeldia (7.5), Robin Le Normand (7.0), Kieran Tierney (7.3), Mikel Merino (7.7), Martín Zubimendi (7.3), Arsen Zakharyan (6.7), Takefusa Kubo (8.1), André Silva (6.3) and Mikel Oyarzabal (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Umar Sadiq (7.0), Álvaro Odriozola, Aihen Muñoz (6.4), Aritz Elustondo, Carlos Fernández, Mohamed-Ali Cho, Jon Ander Olasagasti (6.3), Jon Pacheco, Beñat Turrientes (6.4), Urko González, Jon Magunazelaia (7.0) and Unai Marrero.

Substitutions

Real Sociedad made 5 changes: Mikel Merino for Jon Ander Olasagasti (84′), Mikel Oyarzabal for Jon Magunazelaia (75′), Kieran Tierney for Aihen Muñoz (84′), André Silva for Umar Sadiq (58′) and Arsen Zakharyan for Beñat Turrientes (59′).

Player of the match: Takefusa Kubo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Sociedad was Takefusa Kubo.

His rating is 8.1 with 29 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 19. He performed 5 crosses.

Real Betis – Formation

Real Betis started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti played with: Rui Silva (7.7), Aitor Ruibal (7.8), Germán Pezzella (7.3), Chadi Riad (7.1), Abner Vinícius (6.7), Sergi Altimira (6.8), Marc Roca (7.3), Ayoze Pérez (6.4), Isco (7.5), Abde Ezzalzouli (6.7) and Willian José (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Héctor Bellerín, Juan Miranda, Borja Iglesias, Luiz Henrique, William Carvalho (6.8), Rodri Sánchez (6.8), Andrés Guardado, Sokratis, Francisco Vieites, Assane Diao (7.1) and Juan Cruz.

Substitutions

Real Betis made 3 changes: Willian José for Assane Diao (59′), Abde Ezzalzouli for Rodri Sánchez (72′) and Sergi Altimira for William Carvalho (73′).

Player of the match: Aitor Ruibal​

The most impressive player for Real Betis was Aitor Ruibal.

His rating is 7.8 with 33 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 17. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Las Palmas – Cádiz – 1-1
• Almería – Mallorca – 0-0
• Real Sociedad – Real Betis – 0-0
• Real Madrid – Villarreal – 4-1