Villarreal 2:1 Elche: La Liga Match Result

La Liga

Villarreal LLLWWW

2:1

Finished

Kick-off was 8 Mar, 13:00 UTC

Elche LLLDLW

Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica City: Villarreal

In the La Liga game on 8 March 2026, Villarreal beat Elche 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 7:6, corners 4:6.

Key numbers

Possession, % 37 – 63

Shots on target 7 – 6

Shots off target 6 – 6

Expected goals 1.58 – 1.22

⚽ 31' T. Buchanan — Goal ⚽ 41' S. Mourino — Goal 🟨 43' A. Moleiro — Yellow card ⇄ 59' G. Diangana — Substitution ⇄ 65' T. Buchanan — Substitution ⇄ 65' A. Moleiro — Substitution ⇄ 68' Buba Sangare — Substitution ⇄ 68' A. Febas — Substitution ⇄ 68' M. Aguado — Substitution 🟨 74' M. Neto — Yellow card ⇄ 75' S. Comesana — Substitution ⇄ 75' P. Gueye — Substitution ⇄ 76' P. Navarro — Substitution ⇄ 77' R. Mir — Substitution ⚽ 83' Andre Silva — Goal

Match events

31' 1:0 Villarreal Goal T. Buchanan assist: P. Gueye
41' 2:0 Villarreal Goal S. Mourino assist: S. Comesana
43' 2:0 Villarreal Yellow card A. Moleiro
59' 2:0 Elche Substitution G. Diangana off: M. Neto
65' 2:0 Villarreal Substitution T. Buchanan off: A. Gonzalez
65' 2:0 Villarreal Substitution A. Moleiro off: G. Moreno
68' 2:0 Elche Substitution Buba Sangare off: Josan
68' 2:0 Elche Substitution A. Febas off: G. Villar
68' 2:0 Elche Substitution M. Aguado off: F. Redondo Solari
74' 2:0 Elche Yellow card M. Neto
75' 2:0 Villarreal Substitution S. Comesana off: D. Parejo
75' 2:0 Villarreal Substitution P. Gueye off: T. Partey
76' 2:0 Villarreal Substitution P. Navarro off: R. Veiga
77' 2:0 Elche Substitution R. Mir off: Andre Silva
83' 2:1 Elche Goal Andre Silva assist: M. Neto

Statistics

37 Possession, % 63

7 Shots on target 6

6 Shots off target 6

1.58 Expected goals 1.22

4 Big chances 3

4 Corners 6

11 Fouls 16

16 Free kicks 11

1 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 2

9 Goal kicks 10

13 Throw-ins 19

All statistics

7/2330% Aerial duels 16/2370%

49 Backward passes 100

3 Blocked shots 1

16 Clearances 13

3/1323% Crosses 10/2638%

6/1638% Dribbles 5/1338%

1.22 Expected assists 1.48

70 Failed passes 79

6 Goalkeeper saves 5

15 Interceptions 12

15 Key passes 9

18/4243% Long passes 34/5859%

90 Passes into the final third 124

206 Passes in the opposition half 348

159 Passes in own half 286

0.44 Shot accuracy 0.46

3 Shots from outside the box 4

13 Shots inside the box 9

9/1275% Tackles 12/1867%

352 Total passes 608

Line-ups

Villarreal

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Luíz Lúcio Reis Júnior	1
4	Rafael Marín Zamora	4
6	P. Navarro	6
15	Álvaro Santiago Mouriño González	15
23	Sergi Cardona Bermúdez	23
14	Santiago Comesaña Veiga	14
17	Tajon Trevor Buchanan	17
18	Pape Alassane Gueye	18
20	Alberto Moleiro González	20
9	Georges Mikautadze	9
19	Nicolas Pépé	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
25	Arnau Tenas Ureña	25
3	Alexander Michael Freeman	3
24	Alfonso Pedraza	24
10	Dani Parejo	10
12	Renato da Palma Veiga	12
16	Thomas Partey	16
7	Gerard Moreno Balagueró	7
11	Alfonso González Martínez	11
21	Tanitoluwa Oluwatimikhin Oluwaseyi	21

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Elche

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Matías Ezequiel Dituro Curto	1
21	Léo Pétrot	21
22	David Affengruber	22
23	Víctor Chust García	23
42	Boubacar Sangaré	42
8	Marc Aguado Pallares	8
11	Germán Valera Karabinaite	11
14	Aleix Febas Pérez	14
19	Grady George Diangana	19
10	Rafa Mir	10
20	Álvaro Daniel Rodríguez Muñoz	20

Substitutes
#	Player	number
13	Iñaki Peña	13
45	Alejandro Iturbe	45
3	Adrià Giner Pedrosa	3
6	Pedro Bigas Rigo	6
5	Federico Redondo Solari	5
12	Gonzalo Villar del Fraile	12
16	Martim Carvalho Neto	16
17	Josan	17
9	André Silva	9
15	José Antonio Morente Oliva	15
24	Lucas Antonio Cepeda Barturen	24
32	Adam Boyar	32