Timeline
- 28' Federico Redondo for Marc Aguado
- 38' Gonzalo Villar Yellow Card
- 65' José Antonio Morente for Lucas Cepeda
- 65' Martim Neto for Thomas Lemar
- 65' Fer Niño for Abiel Osorio
- 66' Georges Mikautadze for Santi Comesaña
- 66' Pape Gueye for Tani Oluwaseyi
- 66' Nathan Saliba for Carlos Macià
- 71' José Antonio Morente Yellow Card
- 75' Roy Revivo Yellow Card
- 75' Gerard Moreno for Ilias Akhomach
- 81' Alex Freeman Yellow Card
- 83' Rubén Sánchez for Buba Sangaré
- 84' Nizar El Jmili Ben Hamou for Ayoze Pérez
- 90'+1' Víctor Chust Yellow Card
- 90'+1' Juan Foyth Yellow Card
Match stats
57.6%
Possession
42.4%
20
Shots
7
7
On target
1
12
Fouls
7
2
Yellow cards
4
0
Red cards
0
6
Offsides
0
1
Saves
6
458
Accurate passes
310
Lineups
Villarreal
4-4-2
25
Gulácsi
23
Cardona
2
Costa
8
Foyth
3
Freeman
21
Oluwaseyi
16
Macià
14
Comesaña
11
Akhomach
10
Moleiro
22
Pérez
Elche
5-4-1
1
Dituro
11
Valera
3
Revivo
23
Chust
47
Morcillo
2
Sangaré
18
Lemar
8
Aguado
12
Villar
21
Cepeda
24
Osorio
Villarreal
4-4-2
- 25 Péter Gulácsi G
- 2 Logan Costa CD-L
- 8 Juan Foyth CD-R
- 23 Sergi Cardona LB
- 3 Alex Freeman RB
- 16 Carlos Macià ▼ CM-L
- 14 Santi Comesaña ▼ CM-R
- 21 Tani Oluwaseyi ▼ LM
- 11 Ilias Akhomach ▼ RM
- 10 Alberto Moleiro CF-L
- 22 Ayoze Pérez ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 7 Gerard Moreno ▲ SUB
- 18 Pape Gueye ▲ SUB
- 24 Nathan Saliba ▲ SUB
- 27 Nizar El Jmili Ben Hamou ▲ SUB
- 9 Georges Mikautadze ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 6 Pau Navarro SUB
- 20 Carlos Romero SUB
- 1 Luiz Júnior SUB
- 12 Renato Veiga SUB
- 5 Alassane Diatta SUB
- 28 Joselillo SUB
- 15 Santiago Mouriño SUB
Elche
5-4-1
- 1 Matías Dituro G
- 23 Víctor Chust CD
- 3 Roy Revivo CD-L
- 47 Javier Morcillo CD-R
- 11 Germán Valera LB
- 2 Buba Sangaré ▼ RB
- 8 Marc Aguado ▼ CM-L
- 12 Gonzalo Villar CM-R
- 18 Thomas Lemar ▼ LM
- 21 Lucas Cepeda ▼ RM
- 24 Abiel Osorio ▼ F
Came on
- 14 Fer Niño ▲ SUB
- 16 Martim Neto ▲ SUB
- 5 Federico Redondo ▲ SUB
- 22 Rubén Sánchez ▲ SUB
- 20 José Antonio Morente ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 13 Alejandro Iturbe SUB
- 6 Pedro Bigas SUB
- 29 Ali Houary SUB
- 15 Kevin Lomónaco SUB
- 10 Facundo Buonanotte SUB
- 17 Josan SUB
- 9 Ezequiel Ponce SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Villarreal 0, Elche 0.
- 90'+8' Second Half ends, Villarreal 0, Elche 0.
- 90'+6' Attempt missed. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nizar with a cross.
- 90'+2' Offside, Villarreal. Nizar is caught offside.
- 90'+2' Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1' Juan Foyth (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+1' Víctor Chust (Elche) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+1' Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1' Foul by Fer Niño (Elche).
- 90' Corner, Elche. Conceded by Nathan Saliba.
- 90' Attempt blocked. Tete Morente (Elche) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Germán Valera.
- 90' Corner, Elche. Conceded by Juan Foyth.
Recent form
Villarreal
W
L
W
W
L
- L Real Betis 2-1 LALIGA
- W at Málaga 3-1 LALIGA
- W Levante 3-1 LALIGA
- L at Real Madrid 1-0 LALIGA
- W Napoli 3-1 UEFA Champions League
Elche
D
W
L
D
L
- L Real Sociedad 3-2 LALIGA
- D at Athletic Club 1-1 LALIGA
- L Real Madrid 3-2 LALIGA
- W at Espanyol 3-1 LALIGA
- D Celta Vigo 0-0 LALIGA
Head to head
VIL leads series 3-2
- 8 Mar 2026 Villarreal 2–1 Elche 2025-26 LALIGA
- 3 Jan 2026 Elche 1–3 Villarreal 2025-26 LALIGA
- 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
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