First Division - Day 26

Betis 2 - Real Sociedad 3

Betis: Adán; Rafa Navarro, Mandi, Pezzella, Tosca, Durmisi; Brasanac (Ryan Donk 87’), Petros (Joaquín 67’), Dani Ceballos, Jonas Martin (Sanabria 22’); Rubén Castro. 5-4-1.
Real Sociedad: Rulli; Odriozola, Raúl Navas, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri; Xabi Prieto, Illarramendi, Zurutuza (Granero 82’), Canales (Oyarzabal 67’); Carlos Vela, Jon Bautista (Kévin Rodrigues 77’). 4-4-2.

Goals:
0-1. 10. Jon Bautista. Controlled Illarramendi pass and steered shot past Adán.
1-1. 16. Mandi. Acrobatic scissors kick past Rulli from Dani Ceballos centre.
1-2. 26. Xabi Prieto. Picked up Odriozola pass and curled shot across keeper.
2-2. 65. Sanabria. Steered header wide of keeper from Rubén Castro cross.
2-3. 72. Xabi Prieto. Far post header back past Adán from Oyarzabal centre.

Yellow cards: Yuri 40’, Pezzella 55’, Illarramendi 78’, Joaquín 79’, Ryan Donk 93', Dani Ceballos 94'.

Real Sociedad moved up to fourth spot pending Atlético’s game on Sunday after beating Betis 2-3 in the Friday night match. Jon Bautista took advantage of a rare start to open the scoring for the Basque side, the youngster controlling a long pass from Illarramendi with his shoulder before turning a shot past Adán. Six minutes later though Mandi equalized with an acrobatic scissors kick following a short corner, and substitute Sanabria wasted a chance to give the locals the lead soon afterwards. Midway through the first half though Xabi Prieto restored the lead with an angled shot from the edge of the area, and Adán had to be at his best to keep out Yuri a minute later. After the restart Sanabria hit the bar before levelling it once again with a header from a Rubén Castro cross, but with twenty minutes to go Xabi Prieto headed the winner after Oyarzabal crossed in from the left wing.