Elche 1–3 Villarreal
Elche
1–3HT 1–2
Villarreal
Elche played Villarreal in the La Liga on 3 January 2026 at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero. The match finished 1–3.
Goals and cards
- 7'A. Moleiro (assist by G. Mikautadze)
- 13'G. Mikautadze (assist by N. Pepe)
- 30'M. Neto (assist by A. Febas)
- 39'Ayoze Pérez — Yellow card
- 50'Germán Valera — Yellow card
- 66'Aleix Febas — Yellow card
- 66'Pedro Bigas — Yellow card
- 66'Santi Comesaña — Yellow card
- 83'A. Pedraza (assist by S. Cardona)
- 88'Sergi Cardona — Yellow card
Line-ups
Elche 3-5-2
- I. Pena
- V. Chust
- D. Affengruber
- P. Bigas
- A. Nunez
- M. Neto
- M. Aguado
- A. Febas
- G. Valera
- A. Rodriguez
- R. Mir
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Dituro
- A. Pedrosa
- B. Diaby
- Y. Santiago
- Josan
- J. Donald
- G. Diangana
- L. Petrot
- Piri
- R. Mendoza
- A. Boayar
- A. Iturbe
- COACHES: Eder Sarabia
Villarreal 4-4-2
- Luiz Junior
- S. Mourino
- P. Navarro
- R. Marin
- A. Pedraza
- N. Pepe
- S. Comesana
- D. Parejo
- A. Moleiro
- A. Perez
- G. Mikautadze
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. Tenas
- G. Moreno
- J. Foyth
- T. Oluwaseyi
- S. Cardona
- H. Lopez
- C. Macia
- A. Diatta
- J. Gaitan
- COACHES: Marcelino
Match statistics
| Elche | Villarreal | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shots on goal | 4 |
| 7 | Shots off goal | 6 |
| 15 | Total shots | 12 |
| 6 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 11 | Shots inside box | 10 |
| 4 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 8 | Fouls | 11 |
| 6 | Corners | 2 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 78% | Possession | 22% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 1 |
| 775 | Total passes | 220 |
| 707 | Accurate passes | 164 |
| 91% | Pass accuracy | 75% |
| 1.31 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.52 |
| -0.27 | goals_prevented | -0.27 |