Overview
- Gerard Moreno, Georges Mikautadze and Nicolas Pepe scored inside 23 minutes to put the hosts in control.
- Luka Sucic reduced the deficit early in the second half after Villarreal failed to clear a cross.
- Villarreal now sit eight points behind second-placed Real Madrid following the result.
- The hosts' only home league losses this season have come against Barcelona and Real Madrid.
- Real Sociedad remain seventh in the table with a pack of challengers close behind.