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Villarreal
FT
2–1
HT 2–0
Elche
La Liga Sun 8 Mar, 13:00London Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Victor García Verdura 16,301 attendance

Timeline

  1. 31' Tajon Buchanan assist Pape Gueye
  2. 41' Santiago Mouriño assist Santi Comesaña
  3. 43' Alberto Moleiro Yellow Card
  4. 59' Martim Neto for Grady Diangana
  5. 65' Alfonso González for Tajon Buchanan
  6. 65' Gerard Moreno for Alberto Moleiro
  7. 68' Josan for Buba Sangaré
  8. 68' Gonzalo Villar for Aleix Febas
  9. 68' Federico Redondo for Marc Aguado
  10. 74' Martim Neto Yellow Card
  11. 75' Dani Parejo for Santi Comesaña
  12. 75' Renato Veiga for Pau Navarro
  13. 75' Thomas Partey for Pape Gueye
  14. 77' André Silva for Rafa Mir
  15. 82' André Silva assist Martim Neto
  16. 90'+6' André Silva Yellow Card

Match stats

36.9% Possession 63.1%
16 Shots 13
7 On target 6
11 Fouls 16
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 1
6 Saves 5
282 Accurate passes 529

Lineups

Villarreal 4-4-2
1 Júnior
23 Cardona 4 Marín 6 Navarro 15 Mouriño
20 Moleiro 18 Gueye 14 Comesaña 17 Buchanan
9 Mikautadze 19 Pépé
Elche 3-5-2
1 Dituro
21 Pétrot 22 Affengruber 23 Chust
11 Valera 19 Diangana 8 Aguado 14 Febas 42 Sangaré
10 Mir 20 Rodríguez
Villarreal 4-4-2
  1. 1 Luiz Júnior G
  2. 4 Rafa Marín CD-L
  3. 6 Pau Navarro ▼ CD-R
  4. 23 Sergi Cardona LB
  5. 15 Santiago Mouriño RB
  6. 18 Pape Gueye ▼ CM-L
  7. 14 Santi Comesaña ▼ CM-R
  8. 20 Alberto Moleiro ▼ LM
  9. 17 Tajon Buchanan ▼ RM
  10. 9 Georges Mikautadze CF-L
  11. 19 Nicolas Pépé CF-R

Came on

  1. 11 Alfonso González ▲ SUB
  2. 7 Gerard Moreno ▲ SUB
  3. 10 Dani Parejo ▲ SUB
  4. 12 Renato Veiga ▲ SUB
  5. 16 Thomas Partey ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 24 Alfonso Pedraza SUB
  2. 21 Tani Oluwaseyi SUB
  3. 3 Alex Freeman SUB
  4. 25 Arnau Tenas SUB
Elche 3-5-2
  1. 1 Matías Dituro G
  2. 22 David Affengruber CD
  3. 21 Léo Pétrot CD-L
  4. 23 Víctor Chust CD-R
  5. 19 Grady Diangana ▼ CM-L
  6. 14 Aleix Febas ▼ CM-R
  7. 8 Marc Aguado ▼ AM
  8. 11 Germán Valera LM
  9. 42 Buba Sangaré ▼ RM
  10. 10 Rafa Mir ▼ CF-L
  11. 20 Álvaro Rodríguez CF-R

Came on

  1. 5 Federico Redondo ▲ SUB
  2. 12 Gonzalo Villar ▲ SUB
  3. 16 Martim Neto ▲ SUB
  4. 9 André Silva ▲ SUB
  5. 17 Josan ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (6)
  1. 6 Pedro Bigas SUB
  2. 13 Iñaki Peña SUB
  3. 15 José Antonio Morente SUB
  4. 45 Alejandro Iturbe SUB
  5. 24 Lucas Cepeda SUB
  6. 3 Adrià Pedrosa SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Villarreal 2, Elche 1.
  2. 90'+6' André Silva (Elche) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 90'+6' Second Half ends, Villarreal 2, Elche 1.
  4. 90'+4' Offside, Villarreal. Nicolas Pépé is caught offside.
  5. 90'+3' Corner, Elche. Conceded by Luiz Júnior.
  6. 90'+2' Josan (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  7. 90'+2' Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
  8. 90' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  9. 90' Gonzalo Villar (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  10. 90' Foul by Thomas Partey (Villarreal).
  11. 89' Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  12. 89' Foul by Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche).
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  1. 85' Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
  2. 85' David Affengruber (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  3. 85' Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  4. 85' Foul by André Silva (Elche).
  5. 84' Attempt missed. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross following a corner.
  6. 84' Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Matías Dituro.
  7. 84' Attempt saved. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Matías Dituro (Elche). Assisted by Dani Parejo.
  8. 82' Goal! Villarreal 2, Elche 1. André Silva (Elche) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Martim Neto with a cross following a corner.
  9. 82' Corner, Elche. Conceded by Rafa Marín.
  10. 81' Foul by Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal).
  11. 81' David Affengruber (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  12. 80' Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  13. 80' Foul by Léo Pétrot (Elche).
  14. 79' Attempt saved. André Silva (Elche) header from very close range is saved in the top right corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal).
  15. 79' Corner, Elche. Conceded by Santiago Mouriño.
  16. 77' Substitution, Elche. André Silva replaces Rafa Mir.
  17. 77' Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  18. 77' Foul by Federico Redondo (Elche).
  19. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Thomas Partey replaces Pape Gueye.
  20. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Renato Veiga replaces Pau Navarro because of an injury.
  21. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Santi Comesaña.
  22. 74' Martim Neto (Elche) is shown the yellow card.
  23. 74' Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  24. 74' Foul by Martim Neto (Elche).
  25. 73' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  26. 73' Delay in match because of an injury Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
  27. 72' Attempt missed. David Affengruber (Elche) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Josan with a cross following a corner.
  28. 72' Corner, Elche. Conceded by Pau Navarro.
  29. 71' Attempt missed. Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Victor Chust with a cross following a corner.
  30. 71' Corner, Elche. Conceded by Luiz Júnior.
  31. 70' Attempt saved. Victor Chust (Elche) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal).
  32. 70' Corner, Elche. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
  33. 68' Attempt missed. Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  34. 68' Substitution, Elche. Federico Redondo replaces Marc Aguado.
  35. 68' Substitution, Elche. Gonzalo Villar replaces Aleix Febas.
  36. 68' Substitution, Elche. Josan replaces Buba Sangaré.
  37. 67' Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  38. 67' Foul by Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche).
  39. 67' Attempt blocked. Aleix Febas (Elche) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  40. 66' Offside, Elche. Rafa Mir is caught offside.
  41. 65' Substitution, Villarreal. Gerard Moreno replaces Alberto Moleiro.
  42. 65' Substitution, Villarreal. Alfon González replaces Tajon Buchanan.
  43. 64' Rafa Mir (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  44. 64' Foul by Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal).
  45. 63' Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  46. 63' Foul by Marc Aguado (Elche).
  47. 59' Substitution, Elche. Martim Neto replaces Grady Diangana.
  48. 57' Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  49. 57' Foul by Grady Diangana (Elche).
  50. 56' Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  51. 56' Foul by Rafa Marín (Villarreal).
  52. 56' Attempt blocked. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  53. 56' Attempt saved. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Matías Dituro (Elche). Assisted by Alberto Moleiro.
  54. 55' Attempt missed. Rafa Marín (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Alberto Moleiro.
  55. 54' Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Germán Valera.
  56. 54' Attempt blocked. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Santi Comesaña.
  57. 53' Matías Dituro (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  58. 53' Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
  59. 52' Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by David Affengruber.
  60. 51' Attempt saved. Rafa Mir (Elche) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Marc Aguado.
  61. 50' Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  62. 50' Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
  63. 45' Second Half begins Villarreal 2, Elche 0.
  64. 45'+2' First Half ends, Villarreal 2, Elche 0.
  65. 45' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  66. 44' Attempt missed. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pape Gueye.
  67. 43' Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  68. 43' Foul by Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal).
  69. 43' Aleix Febas (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  70. 41' Goal! Villarreal 2, Elche 0. Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Santi Comesaña.
  71. 40' Attempt saved. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Matías Dituro (Elche). Assisted by Alberto Moleiro.
  72. 38' Attempt missed. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tajon Buchanan.
  73. 38' Attempt blocked. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alberto Moleiro.
  74. 36' Attempt saved. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Matías Dituro (Elche). Assisted by Georges Mikautadze.
  75. 34' Attempt missed. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Santiago Mouriño.
  76. 33' Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  77. 33' Foul by Rafa Mir (Elche).
  78. 31' Goal! Villarreal 1, Elche 0. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Pape Gueye.
  79. 30' Attempt saved. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Matías Dituro (Elche). Assisted by Sergi Cardona.
  80. 27' Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  81. 27' Foul by Aleix Febas (Elche).
  82. 26' Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Grady Diangana.
  83. 26' Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  84. 26' Foul by David Affengruber (Elche).
  85. 25' Attempt missed. Buba Sangaré (Elche) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Aleix Febas with a cross.
  86. 21' Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  87. 21' Foul by Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche).
  88. 20' Attempt missed. Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rafa Mir with a cross.
  89. 20' Attempt missed. Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rafa Mir.
  90. 19' Rafa Marín (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  91. 19' Foul by Buba Sangaré (Elche).
  92. 18' Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  93. 18' Foul by Buba Sangaré (Elche).
  94. 16' Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  95. 16' Foul by Buba Sangaré (Elche).
  96. 16' Attempt saved. Rafa Mir (Elche) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Álvaro Rodríguez.
  97. 15' Germán Valera (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  98. 15' Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
  99. 13' Grady Diangana (Elche) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  100. 13' Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
  101. 9' Attempt missed. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tajon Buchanan.
  102. 2' Attempt saved. Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Germán Valera with a cross.
  103. 1' Foul by Victor Chust (Elche).
  104. 1' Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  105. First Half begins.
  106. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Villarreal L W W L W

  • W Espanyol 4-1 LALIGA
  • L at Getafe 2-1 LALIGA
  • W at Levante 1-0 LALIGA
  • W Valencia 2-1 LALIGA
  • L at Barcelona 4-1 LALIGA

Elche D L D L L

  • L Barcelona 3-1 LALIGA
  • L at Real Sociedad 3-1 LALIGA
  • D Osasuna 0-0 LALIGA
  • L at Athletic Club 2-1 LALIGA
  • D Espanyol 2-2 LALIGA

Head to head

VIL leads series 3-2

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  • 4 Feb 2023 Elche 3–1 Villarreal 2022-23 LaLiga
  • 4 Sep 2022 Villarreal 4–0 Elche 2022-23 LaLiga
  • 16 Jan 2022 Elche 1–0 Villarreal 2021-22 LaLiga
  • 22 Sep 2021 Villarreal 4–1 Elche 2021-22 LaLiga