LaLiga strugglers Alaves snatch last-gasp point in six-goal thriller with Sociedad

[p]Coming into the contest with a three-point buffer to the drop zone, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/alaves/hxt57t2q/"]Alaves[/a] made a dream start against their Basque rivals with a breakthrough inside three minutes.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rebbach-abderrahmane/0Oxc76wG/"]Abderrahman Rebbach[/a]’s low delivery into the box looked simple to clear for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/caleta-car-duje/K44QNA2A/"]Duje Caleta-Car[/a], but the Croatian centre-back inexplicably diverted the ball into his own net to gift the visitors an early lead. [/b][/p][p][b]Undeterred by that setback, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-sociedad/jNvak2f3/"]Sociedad[/a] went in pursuit of an immediate response, and Matarazzo’s side drew level in the 14th minute when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sucic-luka/p6f9CgsE/"]Luka Sucic[/a] picked out the bottom corner with a superb 25-yard strike.[/b][/p][p]The end-to-end nature of the match continued as the first half progressed, with both teams finding the net in the space of three minutes.[/p][p][b]First, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diabate-ibrahim/dMR8u64S/"]Ibrahim Diabate[/a] found himself in the right place at the right time to clinically convert a loose ball for Alaves, before La Real restored parity once again as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/turrientes-benat/WtVfJtAm/"]Benat Turrientes[/a]’ spectacular long-range effort struck the post and deflected in off the back of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sivera-antonio/lMLBCMLN/"]Antonio Sivera[/a]. [/b][/p][p]The hosts looked to up the ante before half-time, and they went close to moving ahead when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barrenetxea-muguruza-ander/A3vo4Lf6/"]Ander Barrenetxea[/a] saw a promising effort blocked in the box.[/p][embed guid="8ee68c01-f972-4b47-a599-1269a10aeeb5" url="https://x.com/LaLigaEN/status/2042951652668240360" social-type="twitter" /][p]Having won their last three LaLiga head-to-heads, El Glorioso started the second period on the front foot, seeing plenty of the ball in the final third.[/p][p][b]It was Sociedad, however, who scored the game’s fifth goal on the hour mark, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kubo-takefusa/fqdLdpc3/"]Takefusa Kubo[/a]’s inch-perfect cross was headed home by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oskarsson-orri-steinn/K2gCwDJE/"]Orri Oskarsson[/a] for the Icelandic striker’s sixth goal of the season. [/b][/p][p]Alaves pushed for an equaliser with time ticking into the final 25 minutes, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/boye-lucas/YiAqdTFb/"]Lucas Boye[/a] twice failed to convert from close range, as the hosts’ rearguard held firm under pressure.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinez-toni/rw0nledT/"]Toni Martinez[/a] spurned another glorious chance for the visitors late on, while Sociedad were reduced to 10 men following an ugly challenge from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gomez-sergio/fmGvlHVM/"]Sergio Gomez[/a].[/p][p][b]Keen to make the most of their numerical advantage in the closing stages, Alaves threw everyone forward in the hope of finding a last-gasp leveller, and it duly arrived in the seventh minute of stoppage time when Boye fired a terrific strike into the corner beyond [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/remiro-alejandro/UmDjbtRC/"]Alex Remiro[/a] to snatch a dramatic point at the death.[/b][/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/soler-carlos/tSYxgDUI/"]Carlos Soler[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-sociedad/jNvak2f3/"]Real Sociedad[/a])[/b][/p][image alt="Player ratings" id="e6abf596-df62-475e-b556-fe249aa885aa" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="0b27f6be-a23d-4b56-8ad4-57d21c7db3f4" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/alaves-hxt57t2q/real-sociedad-jNvak2f3/summary/stats/?mid=vshTNauC"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]