Elche vs Espanyol 2021-22 LaLiga

Elche

23': Lucas Boyé
84': Darío Benedetto

FT
2 - 2

Espanyol

51': Manu Morlanes
52': Raúl de Tomás

Introduction

Elche are hosting Espanyol at Martínez Valero, Elche, Spain, starting on . The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
23': Goal! Elche 1, Espanyol 0. Lucas Boyé (Elche) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
34': Gonzalo Verdú (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Wu Lei.
45': Substitution, Espanyol. Manu Morlanes replaces David López.
51': Goal! Elche 1, Espanyol 1. Manu Morlanes (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raúl de Tomás.
52': Goal! Elche 1, Espanyol 2. Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrià Pedrosa with a cross.
63': Substitution, Elche. Tete Morente replaces Omar Mascarell.
64': Substitution, Elche. Gerard Gumbau replaces Lucas Pérez.
64': Substitution, Elche. Darío Benedetto replaces Javier Pastore.
67': Substitution, Espanyol. Yangel Herrera replaces Sergi Darder.
74': Diego López (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
75': Substitution, Espanyol. Aleix Vidal replaces Óscar Melendo because of an injury.
82': Substitution, Espanyol. Fran Mérida replaces Óscar Gil because of an injury.
82': Substitution, Elche. Pere Milla replaces Antonio Barragán.
83': Substitution, Elche. Helibelton Palacios replaces Raúl Guti.
84': Goal! Elche 2, Espanyol 2. Darío Benedetto (Elche) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
86': Helibelton Palacios (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+4': Pedro Bigas (Elche) is shown the yellow card.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Elche 2, Espanyol 2.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Martínez Valero
Location: Elche, Spain
Attendance: 13,449

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+29	Barcelona	17	43	2
+18	Real Madrid	17	39	2
+18	Villarreal	15	35	2
+14	Atlético Madrid	17	34	3

Full Table

Statistics

ESP		ELC
9	Fouls	15
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
7	Corner Kicks	3
5	Saves	5
42.4	Possession	57.6
20	SHOTS	12
7	ON GOAL	7
0.4	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
341	Accurate Passes	494
403	Passes	553
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
4	Accurate Crosses	3
20	Crosses	21
0.2	Cross %	0.1
58	Long Balls	52
27	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
3	Blocked Shots	2
8	Effective Tackles	13
12	Tackles	18
0.7	Tackle %	0.7
10	Interceptions	7
17	Effective Clearances	18
17	Clearances	18

Line-Ups

Elche (4-2-2-2)

No.	Name
1	Kiko Casilla (GK)
6	Pedro Bigas
5	Gonzalo Verdú
22	Johan Mojica
19	Antonio Barragán
21	Omar Mascarell
8	Raúl Guti
9	Lucas Boyé
12	Lucas Pérez
15	Javier Pastore
16	Fidel

Substitutes:

Pere Milla, Darío Benedetto, Josema, Helibelton Palacios, Pablo Piatti, Diego González, Josan, Guido Carrillo, Edgar Badía, Enzo Roco, José Antonio Morente, Gerard Gumbau.

Espanyol (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
13	Diego López (GK)
4	Leandro Cabrera
24	Sergi Gómez
3	Adrià Pedrosa
12	Óscar Gil
14	Óscar Melendo
10	Sergi Darder
15	David López
11	Raúl de Tomás
7	Wu Lei
23	Adri Embarba

Substitutes:

Fran Mérida, Nicolás Melamed, Aleix Vidal, Manu Morlanes, Álvaro Vadillo, Lorenzo Morón, Dídac Vilà, Fernando Calero, Joan García, Landry Dimata, Rubén Sánchez, Yangel Herrera.

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