Villarreal 2–1 Elche
Villarreal
2–1HT 2–0
Elche
Villarreal played Elche in the La Liga on 8 March 2026 at Estadio de la Ceramica. The match finished 2–1.
Goals and cards
- 31'T. Buchanan (assist by P. Gueye)
- 41'S. Mourino (assist by S. Comesana)
- 43'Alberto Moleiro — Yellow card
- 74'Martim Neto — Yellow card
- 83'Andre Silva (assist by M. Neto)
- 90+6'André Silva — Yellow card
Line-ups
Villarreal 4-4-2
- Luiz Junior
- S. Mourino
- P. Navarro
- R. Marin
- S. Cardona
- T. Buchanan
- S. Comesana
- P. Gueye
- A. Moleiro
- N. Pepe
- G. Mikautadze
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. Tenas
- D. Parejo
- G. Moreno
- R. Veiga
- T. Partey
- A. Pedraza
- A. Gonzalez
- A. Freeman
- T. Oluwaseyi
- COACHES: Marcelino
Elche 3-5-2
- M. Dituro
- V. Chust
- D. Affengruber
- L. Petrot
- Buba Sangare
- A. Febas
- M. Aguado
- G. Diangana
- G. Valera
- A. Rodriguez
- R. Mir
- SUBSTITUTES
- I. Pena
- A. Iturbe
- Andre Silva
- Josan
- M. Neto
- F. Redondo Solari
- P. Bigas
- Tete Morente
- G. Villar
- A. Pedrosa
- L. Cepeda
- COACHES: Eder Sarabia
Match statistics
| Villarreal | Elche | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Shots on goal | 6 |
| 6 | Shots off goal | 6 |
| 16 | Total shots | 13 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 13 | Shots inside box | 9 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 11 | Fouls | 16 |
| 4 | Corners | 6 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 37% | Possession | 63% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 6 | Saves | 5 |
| 352 | Total passes | 608 |
| 282 | Accurate passes | 529 |
| 80% | Pass accuracy | 87% |
| 1.58 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.22 |
| 0.69 | goals_prevented | 0.69 |