Elche 1:3 Villarreal: La Liga Match Result

La Liga

Elche LDLWDD

1:3

Finished

Kick-off was 3 Jan, 17:30 UTC

Villarreal WWLWDL

Venue: Estadio Martínez Valero City: Elche

In the La Liga game on 3 January 2026, Villarreal beat Elche 1:3. Match numbers: shots on target 2:4, corners 6:2.

Key numbers

Possession, % 78 – 22

Shots on target 2 – 4

Shots off target 8 – 6

Expected goals 1.32 – 1.74

⚽ 7' A. Moleiro — Goal ⚽ 13' G. Mikautadze — Goal ⚽ 30' M. Neto — Goal 🟨 39' A. Perez — Yellow card 🟨 50' G. Valera — Yellow card ⇄ 61' D. Affengruber — Substitution 🟨 67' S. Comesana — Yellow card 🟨 67' A. Febas — Yellow card 🟨 67' P. Bigas — Yellow card ⇄ 68' A. Perez — Substitution ⇄ 68' N. Pepe — Substitution ⇄ 71' M. Aguado — Substitution ⇄ 75' D. Parejo — Substitution ⇄ 75' G. Mikautadze — Substitution ⇄ 79' A. Nunez — Substitution ⇄ 79' R. Mir — Substitution ⇄ 79' M. Neto — Substitution ⇄ 80' S. Mourino — Substitution ⚽ 83' A. Pedraza — Goal 🟨 88' S. Cardona — Yellow card

Match events

7' 0:1 Villarreal Goal A. Moleiro assist: G. Mikautadze
13' 0:2 Villarreal Goal G. Mikautadze assist: N. Pepe
30' 1:2 Elche Goal M. Neto assist: A. Febas
39' 1:2 Villarreal Yellow card A. Perez
50' 1:2 Elche Yellow card G. Valera
61' 1:2 Elche Substitution D. Affengruber off: B. Diaby
67' 1:2 Villarreal Yellow card S. Comesana
67' 1:2 Elche Yellow card A. Febas
67' 1:2 Elche Yellow card P. Bigas
68' 1:2 Villarreal Substitution A. Perez off: G. Moreno
68' 1:2 Villarreal Substitution N. Pepe off: S. Cardona
71' 1:2 Elche Substitution M. Aguado off: J. Donald
75' 1:2 Villarreal Substitution D. Parejo off: C. Macia
75' 1:2 Villarreal Substitution G. Mikautadze off: T. Oluwaseyi
79' 1:2 Elche Substitution A. Nunez off: Josan
79' 1:2 Elche Substitution R. Mir off: A. Boayar
79' 1:2 Elche Substitution M. Neto off: R. Mendoza
80' 1:2 Villarreal Substitution S. Mourino off: J. Foyth
83' 1:3 Villarreal Goal A. Pedraza assist: S. Cardona
88' 1:3 Villarreal Yellow card S. Cardona

Statistics

78 Possession, % 22

2 Shots on target 4

8 Shots off target 6

1.32 Expected goals 1.74

2 Big chances 6

6 Corners 2

8 Fouls 11

11 Free kicks 8

1 Offsides 2

3 Yellow cards 3

7 Goal kicks 15

27 Throw-ins 14

All statistics

13/2454% Aerial duels 11/2446%

145 Backward passes 22

6 Blocked shots 2

6 Clearances 43

6/3318% Crosses 1/250%

14/2654% Dribbles 7/1644%

1.62 Expected assists 1.01

63 Failed passes 56

1 Goalkeeper saves 1

10 Interceptions 5

11 Key passes 12

26/4163% Long passes 20/4248%

254 Passes into the final third 51

525 Passes in the opposition half 141

277 Passes in own half 81

0.13 Shot accuracy 0.33

4 Shots from outside the box 2

12 Shots inside the box 10

8/1747% Tackles 12/2255%

769 Total passes 220

Line-ups

Elche

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	Iñaki Peña	13
6	Pedro Bigas Rigo	6
22	David Affengruber	22
23	Víctor Chust García	23
8	Marc Aguado Pallares	8
11	Germán Valera Karabinaite	11
14	Aleix Febas Pérez	14
15	Álvaro Núñez Cobo	15
16	Martim Carvalho Neto	16
10	Rafa Mir	10
20	Álvaro Daniel Rodríguez Muñoz	20

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Matías Ezequiel Dituro Curto	1
45	Alejandro Iturbe	45
3	Adrià Giner Pedrosa	3
4	Bambo Diaby Diaby	4
18	John Chetauya Nwankwo Donald Okeh	18
21	Léo Pétrot	21
17	Josan	17
30	Rodrigo Mendoza Martinez Moya	30
7	Yago Santiago	7
19	Grady George Diangana	19
29	Piri	29
32	Adam Boyar	32

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Villarreal

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Luíz Lúcio Reis Júnior	1
4	Rafael Marín Zamora	4
15	Álvaro Santiago Mouriño González	15
24	Alfonso Pedraza	24
26	P. Navarro	26
10	Dani Parejo	10
14	Santiago Comesaña Veiga	14
19	Nicolas Pépé	19
20	Alberto Moleiro González	20
9	Georges Mikautadze	9
22	Ayoze Pérez Gutiérrez	22

Substitutes
#	Player	number
25	Arnau Tenas Ureña	25
8	Juan Marcos Foyth	8
23	Sergi Cardona Bermúdez	23
37	K. Machia	37
38	Alassane Diatta	38
7	Gerard Moreno Balagueró	7
21	Tanitoluwa Oluwatimikhin Oluwaseyi	21
32	H. Lopez	32