Elche 1-3 Villarreal (Jan 3, 2026)

ELC

VIL

7'

Alberto Moleiro

Assist: Georges Mikautadze

13'

Georges Mikautadze

Assist: Nicolas Pépé

30'

Martim Neto

Assist: Aleix Febas

39'

Ayoze Pérez

HT 1-2

50'

Germán Valera

61'

Bambo Diaby

David Affengruber

66'

Santiago Comesaña

66'

Pedro Bigas

66'

Aleix Febas

67'

Gerard Moreno

Ayoze Pérez

68'

Sergi Cardona

Nicolas Pépé

71'

Grady Diangana

Marc Aguado

76'

Carlos Macià

Dani Parejo

76'

Tani Oluwaseyi

Georges Mikautadze

79'

Adam El Mokhtari

Rafa Mir

79'

Josán Fernández

Núñez

79'

Rodrigo Mendoza

Martim Neto

80'

Juan Foyth

Santiago Mouriño

83'

Alfonso Pedraza

Assist: Sergi Cardona

88'

Sergi Cardona

FT 1-3

ELC

Team Stats

VIL

Possession

78%

22%

1.32

xG

1.52

15 (2)

Shots (On Target)

12 (4)

32

Touches in Opp Box

19

6

Corners

2

Top Performers

Rating

9.0

Neto

ELC

xG

0.45

Mikautadze

VIL

Chances Created

2

Mikautadze

VIL

Take-ons

3

Valera

ELC

LaLiga Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	19	16	1	2	33	49
2	Real Madrid	19	14	3	2	24	45
3	Villarreal	17	12	2	3	18	38
4	Atlético Madrid	19	11	5	3	17	38
5	Espanyol	18	10	3	5	3	33
6	Real Betis	18	7	7	4	6	28
7	Celta Vigo	18	6	8	4	4	26
8	Athletic Club	19	7	3	9	-8	24
9	Elche	18	5	7	6	1	22
10	Getafe	18	6	3	9	-9	21
11	Sevilla	18	6	2	10	-5	20
12	Osasuna	18	5	4	9	-3	19
13	Alavés	18	5	4	9	-6	19
14	Rayo	18	4	7	7	-7	19
15	Real Sociedad	18	4	6	8	-4	18
16	Mallorca	18	4	6	8	-6	18
17	Girona	18	4	6	8	-17	18
18	Valencia	18	3	7	8	-13	16
19	Levante	17	3	4	10	-9	13
20	Oviedo	18	2	6	10	-19	12

Game Summary

Elche fell to Villarreal, 3 to 1, in LaLiga on Saturday.

Game Info

LaLiga Matchweek 18

January 3, 2026

Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero

Elche, Spain

14° C

Referee Isidro Díaz de Mera

Assistant Ref Dieg Aguado

Assistant Ref Rubén Campo Hernández

Fourth Official Manuel Camacho

Video Referee Carlos del Cerro

ELC

3-5-2

13

5.3

Peña

6

6.8

Bigas

22

61'

6.7

Affengruber

23

6.3

Chust

11

7.4

Valera

14

8.7

Febas

8

71'

6.9

Aguado

16

79'

9.0

Neto

15

79'

7.9

Núñez

79'

6.8

Mir

20

5.7

Rodríguez

1

6.2

Lúcio Reis Júnior

24

8.7

Pedraza

4

7.9

Marín

26

7.9

Navarro

15

80'

7.5

Mouriño

20

8.3

Moleiro

10

76'

6.8

Parejo

14

5.9

Comesaña

68'

7.3

Pépé

76'

8.6

Mikautadze

67'

5.9

Pérez

VIL

4-4-2

ELC

Managers

VIL

Eder Sarabia

Marcelino

ELC

Substitutes

VIL

6.7

4

Diaby

61'

7.0

7

Moreno

67'

6.7

19

Diangana

71'

7.3

23

Cardona

68'

6.7

17

Fernández

79'

6.6

21

Oluwaseyi

76'

6.9

30

Mendoza

79'

7.0

37

Macià

76'

6.7

32

El Mokhtari

79'

6.9

8

Foyth

80'

1

Dituro

25

Tenas

45

Iturbe

32

López

3

Pedrosa

38

Diatta

21

Pétrot

40

Ángel Gaitán Diaz

7

Santiago

18

Donald

29

Ballesteros

2'

G. Valera commits a foul.

3'

A. Febas commits a foul.

4'

G. Valera commits a foul.

7'

A. Moleiro scores a goal. G. Mikautadze assists on the shot.

10'

S. Comesaña commits a foul.

13'

G. Mikautadze scores a goal. N. Pépé assists on the shot.

16'

S. Comesaña misses the shot.

18'

D. Affengruber commits a foul.

19'

G. Mikautadze made a shot on target.

20'

D. Parejo takes a corner.

20'

S. Mouriño commits a foul.

22'

G. Valera misses the shot.

23'

M. Aguado takes a corner.

25'

Núñez made a shot on target.

29'

A. Febas made a shot on target.

30'

M. Neto scores a goal. A. Febas assists on the shot.

32'

A. Pérez made a shot on target.

32'

D. Parejo takes a corner.

32'

A. Pérez made a shot on target.

34'

Á. Rodríguez commits a foul.

36'

M. Neto misses the shot.

37'

A. Febas misses the shot.

39'

A. Pérez commits a foul.

39'

A. Pérez receives a yellow card.

41'

P. Bigas misses the shot.

41'

P. Navarro commits a foul.

42'

Á. Rodríguez misses the shot.

42'

S. Mouriño is caught offside.

45'

Núñez takes a corner.

45'

A. Moleiro commits a foul.

45'

A. Moleiro commits a foul.

45'

A. Pérez misses the shot.

45'

I. Peña is caught offside.

47'

A. Pérez commits a foul.

49'

S. Comesaña commits a foul.

49'

G. Valera commits a foul.

50'

G. Valera receives a yellow card.

51'

G. Mikautadze misses the shot.

52'

P. Bigas misses the shot.

57'

S. Mouriño misses the shot.

60'

Á. Rodríguez made a shot on target.

60'

G. Valera commits a foul.

61'

B. Diaby enters the game. D. Affengruber leaves the game.

61'

A. Pérez commits a foul.

63'

R. Mir made a shot on target.

64'

Núñez takes a corner.

66'

S. Comesaña commits a foul.

66'

S. Comesaña receives a yellow card.

66'

P. Bigas receives a yellow card.

66'

A. Febas receives a yellow card.

67'

G. Moreno enters the game. A. Pérez leaves the game.

68'

S. Cardona enters the game. N. Pépé leaves the game.

69'

A. Moleiro misses the shot.

71'

G. Diangana enters the game. M. Aguado leaves the game.

75'

G. Diangana made a shot on target.

76'

C. Macià enters the game. D. Parejo leaves the game.

76'

T. Oluwaseyi enters the game. G. Mikautadze leaves the game.

78'

G. Valera made a shot on target.

78'

Núñez takes a corner.

79'

T. Oluwaseyi commits a foul.

79'

A. El Mokhtari enters the game. R. Mir leaves the game.

79'

J. Fernández enters the game. Núñez leaves the game.

79'

R. Mendoza enters the game. M. Neto leaves the game.

80'

J. Foyth enters the game. S. Mouriño leaves the game.

83'

A. Pedraza scores a goal. S. Cardona assists on the shot.

87'

V. Chust commits a foul.

88'

C. Macià is caught offside.

88'

S. Cardona receives a yellow card.

89'

A. El Mokhtari takes a corner.

90'

Á. Rodríguez misses the shot.

90'

S. Comesaña misses the shot.

90'

R. Mendoza made a shot on target.

90'

J. Fernández takes a corner.

All

1st

2nd

ELC

Attacking Stats

VIL

Possession

78%

22%

1.32

xG | Expand

1.52

15

Shots

12

2

Shots on Target

4

13

Shots off Target

8

6

Shots Blocked

2

0

Hit Woodwork

0

2

Big Chances Missed

4

981

Touches

429

32

Touches in Opp Box

19

14/26 (54%)

Take-ons

7/15 (47%)

6

Corners

2

ELC

Passing Stats

VIL

1.61

xA | Expand

1.01

2

Big Chances Created

7

11

Chances Created

12

711/782 (91%)

Passes

170/228 (75%)

10

Key Passes

9

45

Long Ball Passes

44

293

Final Third Passes

73

6/28 (21%)

Crosses

1/2 (50%)

0/0 (0%)

Through Balls

4/7 (57.1%)

1

Offsides

2

ELC

Defending Stats

VIL

17

Tackles

23

8

Tackles Won

12

0

Last Man Tackles

0

10

Interceptions

5

8

Clearances

44

49

Recoveries

47

0

Errors Leading to Shot

0

Errors Leading to Goal

0

Penalties Conceded

0

1

Goalkeeper Saves

1

ELC

Other Stats

VIL

3

Yellow Cards

3

0

Red Cards

0

8

Fouls

11

53

Duels Won

50

11

Aerials Won

12

6

Corners Won

2

136

Possessions Lost

103

11

Times Dispossessed

9

ELC

VIL

Player	Rating	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Shots on Target	xG
Martim Neto M. Neto #16	9.0	78	1	0	1	0.27
Aleix Febas A. Febas #14	8.7	90	0	1	0	0.12
Núñez Núñez #15	7.9	78	0	0	0	0.07
Germán Valera G. Valera #11	7.4	90	0	0	0	0.06
Marc Aguado M. Aguado #8	6.9	70	0	0	0	0.00
Rodrigo Mendoza R. Mendoza #30	6.9	12	0	0	0	0.02
Pedro Bigas P. Bigas #6	6.8	90	0	0	0	0.38
Rafa Mir R. Mir #10	6.8	78	0	0	1	0.09
Bambo Diaby B. Diaby #4	6.7	30	0	0	0	0.00
Grady Diangana G. Diangana #19	6.7	20	0	0	0	0.06
Adam El Mokhtari A. El Mokhtari #32	6.7	12	0	0	0	0.00
Josán Fernández J. Fernández #17	6.7	12	0	0	0	0.00
David Affengruber D. Affengruber #22	6.7	60	0	0	0	0.00
Víctor Chust V. Chust #23	6.3	90	0	0	0	0.00
Álvaro Rodríguez Á. Rodríguez #20	5.7	90	0	0	0	0.25