Real Sociedad vs 11.10.26 14:153 – 2Full Time
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Match report
Real Sociedad hold on for 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna
Real Sociedad beat Deportivo La Coruna 3-2 at Anoeta Stadium in La Liga on Matchday 8, a five-goal contest in which the hosts built a three-goal lead and then had to survive a fierce late fightback. The win lifted them from eighth to sixth in the table, on 13 points.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Jon Martín opened the scoring in the 29th minute, converting an assist from Carlos Soler. Arsen Zakharyan added a second five minutes later, and Real Sociedad led 2-0 at the break. Gonçalo Guedes made it 3-0 in the 54th minute from Barrenetxea's pass, and the contest looked settled.
Deportivo changed that within quarter of an hour. Mario Soriano pulled one back in the 61st minute, set up by Riki Rodríguez, and Pablo Marín's red card for the hosts in the 66th gave the visitors a numerical advantage. Peke converted a penalty in the 69th minute to make it 3-2, and Deportivo pressed for an equaliser.
The visitors could not find it. Lorenzo Amatucci was sent off in the 90th minute, levelling the numbers at the death, and Real Sociedad held on. Deportivo finished the round eighth on 10 points, having started it seventh.
Peke scored from the penalty spot in the 69th minute to restart Deportivo's comeback and earned the highest rating of any player on the pitch, 8.49. Mario Soriano, who scored the first goal of the fightback, was rated 7.99.
Deportivo La Coruna had 21 shots to Real Sociedad's 12, yet still left Anoeta without a point.
Real Sociedad beat Deportivo La Coruna 3–2 (half-time 2–0).
Real Sociedad met Deportivo La Coruna in the La Liga (Regular Season - 8). Kick-off was Sunday, 11 October 2026, 14:15 UTC at Anoeta Stadium. Referee: Miguel Sesma Espinosa. Attendance: 33,158.
Team pages: Real Sociedad · Deportivo La Coruna · La Liga
Key moments
- 29' Goal: Jon Martín (assist: Carlos Soler) — 1–0
- 34' Goal: Arsen Zakharyan — 2–0
- 54' Goal: Gonçalo Guedes (assist: Barrenetxea) — 3–0
- 61' Goal: Mario Soriano (assist: Riki Rodríguez) — 3–1
- 66' Red card: Pablo Marín
- 69' Goal (penalty): Peke — 3–2
- 90' Red card: Lorenzo Amatucci
Starting line-ups
Real Sociedad (4-4-2)
Deportivo La Coruna (4-4-2)
- 13 Leo Román
- 12 Giacomo Quagliata
- 22 Bright Ede
- 20 José Giménez
- 23 Ximo Navarro
- 10 Peke
- 8 Diego Villares
- 21 Mario Soriano
- 11 David Mella
- 32 B. Nsongo
- 19 Luismi Cruz
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Real Sociedad 58%, the draw 23%, Deportivo La Coruna 19%. It finished Real Sociedad 3–2 Deportivo La Coruna.
A slight rating edge to Real Sociedad, little else — Real Sociedad are a shade stronger on our strength rating, and Deportivo La Coruna's hot finishing due to cool plus their control of the ball on top give Real Sociedad a clear lead. The draw at 23% is nudged down by the same factors that shape the win chances.
Why Real Sociedad at 58%?
Real Sociedad sit 76 points higher on our strength rating — 1679 to 1603. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge at home won 50.3% of 10,384 such games. Deportivo La Coruna scored +0.37 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.1% of 1,453 games, vs 27.9% for visitors finishing normally. Real Sociedad hold 6 more possession points (50 to 44 in recent games) across a 76-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 60–120-point rating gap won 42.6% of 8,622 such games where the class table expected 40.6%.
Why only 58%?
Real Sociedad scored +0.30 goals per game beyond chance-quality — home sides this hot gave some of it back. Opponents of hot-finishing home sides won 28.6% of 1,474 games, vs 27.6% against normal finishing.
Why is the draw only 23%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.8%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 25,145. The cool-off factor takes 2.4 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Deportivo La Coruna are newly promoted — game 8 of their first ten at this level, where our rating knows them least. Promoted sides are said to struggle, but our rating already carries most of it: across 3,012 first-ten games since 2016 they won 26.8% where the rating expected 28.1% — inside the noise band, below it in six of the ten full seasons we hold and about level last season. Out: Jon Aramburu, a star player, and Orri Óskarsson, a rotation player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Real Sociedad vs Deportivo La Coruna final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this La Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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