
Counter-Attacking Masterclass: Madrid Edges Clásico Thriller
The away side absorbed sustained possession and delivered two lethal counter-attacks to secure a decisive 2–1 rivalry victory.
Ludistat
Referee
Javier Alberola Rojas
La Liga: Real Sociedad beat Levante 2–1. Goals: Orri Steinn Óskarsson 6', Nacho Pérez Gómez 22', Benat Turrientes 27'.
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
| When | Real Sociedad | Levante |
|---|---|---|
| 6′ · Orri Steinn Óskarsson | 1 | 0 |
| 22′ · Nacho Pérez Gómez | 1 | 1 |
| 27′ · Benat Turrientes | 2 | 1 |
| 90′ | 2 | 1 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Real Sociedad | Levante | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.54 | 0.70 |
| xG per shot | 0.149 | 0.117 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.54 | +0.30 |
| Real Sociedad win | 77% | |
| Draw | 15% | |
| Levante win | 8% |
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Sociedad | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Levante | 1 | 0 | 1 |
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Real Sociedad | Levante | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.54 | 0.70 |
| xG per shot | 0.149 | 0.117 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.54 | +0.30 |
| Real Sociedad win | 77% | |
| Draw | 15% | |
| Levante win | 8% |
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
| Real Sociedad | Levante | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| Off target | 11 | 4 |
| Blocked | 3 | 0 |
| Inside the box | 14 | 4 |
| Outside the box | 3 | 2 |
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
| Real Sociedad | Levante | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 62% | 38% |
| Passes | 615 | 365 |
| Completed | 565 | 305 |
| Pass accuracy | 92% | 84% |
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
| Real Sociedad | Levante | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 14 | 13 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 1 | 0 |
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beñat Turrientes | Real Sociedad | 8.2 | 71 |
| O. Óskarsson | Real Sociedad | 7.7 | 85 |
| Barrenetxea | Real Sociedad | 7.2 | 28 |
| Jon Gorrotxategi | Real Sociedad | 7.2 | 90 |
| Gonçalo Guedes | Real Sociedad | 7.0 | 85 |
| Héctor Fort | Real Sociedad | 7.0 | 62 |
| Nacho Pérez | Levante | 6.9 | 90 |
| L. Sučić | Real Sociedad | 6.8 | 62 |
| T. Fernández | Levante | 6.8 | 80 |
| M. Sarr | Real Sociedad | 6.7 | 90 |
| Reque | Levante | 6.7 | 80 |
| Jon Martín | Real Sociedad | 6.6 | 90 |
| Sergio Gómez | Real Sociedad | 6.6 | 90 |
| A. Mandi | Levante | 6.5 | 90 |
| Ifeanyi Ndukwe | Levante | 6.5 | 90 |
| J. Ochieng | Real Sociedad | 6.4 | 5 |
| Paco Cortés | Levante | 6.4 | 10 |
| J. Aramburu | Real Sociedad | 6.3 | 28 |
| A. Zakharyan | Real Sociedad | 6.3 | 5 |
| Jon Ander Olasagasti | Levante | 6.3 | 90 |
| Álex Remiro | Real Sociedad | 6.3 | 90 |
| Iván Romero | Levante | 6.2 | 62 |
| Y. Herrera | Real Sociedad | 6.2 | 19 |
| Víctor García | Levante | 6.2 | 45 |
| P. Ratkov | Levante | 6.1 | 62 |
| Etta Eyong | Levante | 6.1 | 28 |
| Manu Sánchez | Levante | 6.0 | 90 |
| Mikel Oyarzabal | Real Sociedad | 6.0 | 90 |
| Brugui | Levante | 6.0 | 45 |
| Yanis Musuayi | Levante | 5.9 | 10 |
| A. Tape | Levante | 5.7 | 28 |
| M. Ryan | Levante | 5.5 | 90 |
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
Álex Remiro
M. Ryan| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Sociedad | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Levante | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Coach: P. Matarazzo
Bench
7BarrenetxeaF
21Y. HerreraM
14T. KuboF
13Unai MarreroG
15Pablo MarínM
3Aihen MuñozD
12J. OchiengF
16Jon PachecoD
18Carlos SolerM
23A. ZakharyanM
5ZubeldiaD
2J. AramburuDCoach: Luís Castro
Bench
27Paco CortésF
14Jorge CabelloD
1Pablo CuñatG
21Etta EyongF
17Víctor GarcíaD
11Yanis MusuayiF
32PrimoG
20Oriol ReyM
33M. SantosD
5Hugo SoteloM
16A. TapeD
22J. ToljanD| 1Álex RemiroG | 90 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22Héctor FortD | 62 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6Jon MartínD | 90 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 91 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19M. SarrD | 90 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17Sergio GómezD | 90 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11Gonçalo GuedesM | 85 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2J. AramburuD | 28 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5ZubeldiaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23A. ZakharyanM | 5 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18Carlos SolerM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16Jon PachecoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12J. OchiengF | 5 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3Aihen MuñozD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15Pablo MarínM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13Unai MarreroG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14T. KuboF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21Y. HerreraM | 19 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7BarrenetxeaF | 28 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24L. SučićM | 62 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4Jon GorrotxategiM | 90 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 1 | 77 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8Beñat TurrientesM | 71 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10Mikel OyarzabalF | 90 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9O. ÓskarssonF | 85 | 7.7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 | |
| 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | |
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |