La Liga
Elche 3-1 Villarreal
Elche vs Villarreal finished 3-1 in La Liga. Key event: 2' Ezequiel Ponce (assist Lucas Boyé · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.2%, 45.1%). Head to head: H2H last 7: 1-3-3. Home form: L D D L L; Away form: L W L D W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match context 4 facts
Home form
L D D L L
2 pts, goals 2-7, 0.40 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match
Away form
L W L D W
7 pts, goals 6-6, 1.20 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match
Elche · season record
0 W · 6 D · 13 L
2022/2023: 19 recorded matches, goals 12–39; before 04 Feb 2023 UTC. Not official standings.
Villarreal · season record
9 W · 4 D · 6 L
2022/2023: 19 recorded matches, goals 21–14; before 04 Feb 2023 UTC. Not official standings.
Shot map 32 shots · 4 goals
Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.
Attempt
Goal
Marker size = xG
Timeline 51 events
2'
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shot
Ezequiel Ponce
ELC assist Lucas Boyé · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.2%, 45.1%
2'
•
shot
Pere Milla
ELC xG 0.35 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.5%, 61.1%
3'
⚽
Goal
Pere Milla
1–0 ELC Goal
7'
•
shot
Lucas Boyé
ELC assist Gerard Gumbau · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 92.6%, 32.2%
8'
•
shot
Etienne Capoue
VIL assist Álex Baena · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.4%, 66.8%
11'
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shot
Enzo Roco
ELC assist Gerard Gumbau · xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 89.3%, 64.8%
11'
•
shot
Gerard Moreno
VIL assist Johan Mojica · xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.7%, 52.4%
14'
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shot
Álex Baena
VIL assist Juan Foyth · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.9%, 44.7%
15'
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shot
Lucas Boyé
ELC assist Pere Milla · xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.7%, 57%
18'
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shot
Juan Foyth
VIL assist Raúl Albiol · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.6%, 27.1%
20'
Yellow
Helibelton Palacios
ELC Yellow card
21'
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shot
Gerard Moreno
VIL assist Álex Baena · xG 0.4 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.1%, 61.1%
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23'
Goal
Gerard Moreno
1–1VIL assist Alex Baena
25'
Yellow
José Ángel Carmona
ELC Yellow card
27'
shot
Yeremi Pino
VIL assist Gerard Moreno · xG 0.34 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 54%
28'
shot
Álex Baena
VIL assist Daniel Parejo · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 73.7%, 58.7%
30'
shot
José Ángel Carmona
ELC assist Pere Milla · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 73.1%, 35.4%
37'
Yellow
Omar Mascarell
ELC Yellow card
44'
shot
Yeremi Pino
VIL assist Álex Baena · xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.7%, 62.4%
45+3'
Goal
Pere Milla
2–1ELC Penalty
46'
Sub
Diego González
ELC on for Helibelton Palacios
47'
shot
Ezequiel Ponce
ELC assist Gerard Gumbau · xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.2%, 56.3%
52'
Goal
Pere Milla
3–1ELC Penalty
58'
Sub
Fidel
ELC on for Pere Milla · Injury substitution
59'
Yellow
Alex Baena
VIL Yellow card
61'
shot
Samuel Chukwueze
VIL assist Juan Foyth · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74%, 47.2%
62'
Sub
Francis Coquelin
VIL on for Étienne Capoue
63'
Sub
Manu Trigueros
VIL on for Alex Baena
63'
Sub
José Luis Morales
VIL on for Yéremy Pino
71'
shot
Diego González
ELC assist Gerard Gumbau · xG 0.24 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 93.9%, 41.5%
71'
Sub
Randy Nteka
ELC on for Ezequiel Ponce
71'
Sub
Lautaro Blanco
ELC on for Carlos Clerc
74'
Yellow
Jorge Cuenca
VIL Yellow card
79'
Sub
Fernando Niño
VIL on for Dani Parejo
85'
Yellow
Fidel
ELC Yellow card
87'
Sub
Gonzalo Verdú
ELC on for Gerard Gumbau · Injury substitution
90'
Sub
Diego Collado
VIL on for Samuel Chukwueze
92'
shot
Lucas Boyé
ELC assist Randy Nteka · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.6%, 28.9%
Head-to-head H2H last 9: 1-5-3
Villarreal leads the last 9 head-to-head meetings: 5 wins, 1 loss, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 08 Mar 2026 · Villarreal vs Elche · 2 - 1.
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Team statistics 17 metrics
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Lineups
Villarreal
4-3-3 · Manager Quique Setién 1
P
Pepe Reina
GK
8
J
Juan Foyth
DEF
3
R
Raúl Albiol · Captain
DEF
5
J
Jorge Cuenca
DEF
12
J
Johan Mojica
DEF
6
É
Étienne Capoue
MID
10
D
Dani Parejo
MID
16
A
Alex Baena
MID
11
S
Samuel Chukwueze
FWD
7
G
Gerard Moreno
FWD
21
Y
Yéremy Pino
FWD
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19
F
Francis Coquelin
MID
14
M
Manu Trigueros
MID
22
J
José Luis Morales
FWD
34
F
Fernando Niño
FWD
27
D
Diego Collado
FWD
31
I
Iker Álvarez
GK
18
A
Alberto Moreno
DEF
2
K
Kiko Femenía
DEF
23
A
Aïssa Mandi
DEF
39
R
Ramón Terrats
DEF
Elche
3-4-3 · Manager Pablo Machin 13
É
Édgar Badía · Captain
GK
14
H
Helibelton Palacios
DEF
3
E
Enzo Roco
DEF
7
L
Lisandro Magallán
DEF
40
J
José Ángel Carmona
MID
21
O
Omar Mascarell
MID
20
G
Gerard Gumbau
MID
23
C
Carlos Clerc
MID
19
E
Ezequiel Ponce
FWD
9
L
Lucas Boyé
FWD
10
P
Pere Milla
FWD
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4
D
Diego González
DEF
16
F
Fidel
MID
2
L
Lautaro Blanco
DEF
18
R
Randy Nteka
MID
5
G
Gonzalo Verdú
DEF
1
A
Axel Werner
GK
24
P
Pol Lirola
DEF
17
J
Josan
MID
22
N
Nicolás Fernández
DEF
8
R
Raúl Guti
MID