Elche vs Villarreal

La Liga · 3 de jan. de 2026 · 17:30 · Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero

Final score: Elche 1–3 Villarreal

Standings

• Elche: #17 · 42 Pts · 37 P (10W 12D 15L)
• Villarreal: #3 · 69 Pts · 37 P (21W 6D 10L)

Recent form

Elche

• W 21 de dez. de 2025: Elche 4–0 Rayo Vallecano
• W 16 de dez. de 2025: Eibar 0–1 Elche
• L 13 de dez. de 2025: Maiorca 3–1 Elche
• W 7 de dez. de 2025: Elche 3–0 Girona
• W 3 de dez. de 2025: Quintanar del Rey 1–2 Elche

Villarreal

• L 21 de dez. de 2025: Villarreal 0–2 Barcelona
• L 17 de dez. de 2025: Racing Santander 2–1 Villarreal
• L 10 de dez. de 2025: Villarreal 2–3 FC Copenhagen
• W 6 de dez. de 2025: Villarreal 2–0 Getafe
• D 3 de dez. de 2025: Antoniano 0–0 Villarreal

Head-to-head

• 2026-03-08T13:00:00+00:00: Villarreal 2–1 Elche
• 2026-01-03T17:30:00+00:00: Elche 1–3 Villarreal
• 2023-02-04T15:15:00+00:00: Elche 3–1 Villarreal
• 2022-09-04T16:30:00+00:00: Villarreal 4–0 Elche
• 2022-01-16T13:00:00+00:00: Elche 1–0 Villarreal

Lineups

Elche (Formation: 3-5-2)

13. I. Pena, 23. V. Chust, 22. D. Affengruber, 6. P. Bigas, 15. A. Nunez, 16. M. Neto, 8. M. Aguado, 14. A. Febas, 11. G. Valera, 20. A. Rodriguez, 10. R. Mir

Villarreal (Formation: 4-4-2)

1. Luiz Junior, 15. S. Mourino, 26. P. Navarro, 4. R. Marin, 24. A. Pedraza, 19. N. Pepe, 14. S. Comesana, 10. D. Parejo, 20. A. Moleiro, 22. A. Perez, 9. G. Mikautadze

Match events

• 7' Goal Normal Goal — A. Moleiro (Villarreal) (assists: G. Mikautadze)
• 13' Goal Normal Goal — G. Mikautadze (Villarreal) (assists: N. Pepe)
• 30' Goal Normal Goal — M. Neto (Elche) (assists: A. Febas)
• 39' Card Yellow Card — Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal)
• 50' Card Yellow Card — Germán Valera (Elche)
• 61' subst Substitution 1 — D. Affengruber (Elche) (assists: B. Diaby)
• 66' Card Yellow Card — Aleix Febas (Elche)
• 66' Card Yellow Card — Pedro Bigas (Elche)
• 66' Card Yellow Card — Santi Comesaña (Villarreal)
• 67' subst Substitution 1 — A. Perez (Villarreal) (assists: G. Moreno)
• 68' subst Substitution 2 — N. Pepe (Villarreal) (assists: S. Cardona)
• 71' subst Substitution 2 — M. Aguado (Elche) (assists: G. Diangana)
• 76' subst Substitution 3 — G. Mikautadze (Villarreal) (assists: T. Oluwaseyi)
• 76' subst Substitution 4 — D. Parejo (Villarreal) (assists: C. Macia)
• 79' subst Substitution 3 — A. Nunez (Elche) (assists: Josan)
• 79' subst Substitution 4 — M. Neto (Elche) (assists: R. Mendoza)
• 79' subst Substitution 5 — R. Mir (Elche) (assists: A. Boayar)
• 80' subst Substitution 5 — S. Mourino (Villarreal) (assists: J. Foyth)
• 83' Goal Normal Goal — A. Pedraza (Villarreal) (assists: S. Cardona)
• 88' Card Yellow Card — Sergi Cardona (Villarreal)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 2 — 4
• Shots off Goal: 7 — 6
• Total Shots: 15 — 12
• Blocked Shots: 6 — 2
• Shots insidebox: 11 — 10
• Shots outsidebox: 4 — 2
• Fouls: 8 — 11
• Corner Kicks: 6 — 2
• Offsides: 1 — 2
• Ball Possession: 78% — 22%
• Yellow Cards: 3 — 3
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 1 — 1
• Total passes: 775 — 220
• Passes accurate: 707 — 164
• Passes %: 91% — 75%
• expected_goals: 1.31 — 1.52
• goals_prevented: 0 — 0

Injuries

Elche

• Andre Silva — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• H. Fort — Shoulder Injury (Missing Fixture)
• F. Redondo Solari — Red Card (Missing Fixture)

Villarreal

• I. Akhomach — International duty (Missing Fixture)
• T. Buchanan — Yellow Cards (Missing Fixture)
• P. Cabanes — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• L. Costa — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• T. Fernandez — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• P. Gueye — International duty (Missing Fixture)
• W. Kambwala — Hamstring Injury (Missing Fixture)
• T. Partey — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• R. Veiga — Red Card (Missing Fixture)