Villarreal vs Elche 2025-26 LALIGA

Villarreal

31': Tajon Buchanan
41': Santiago Mouriño

FT
2 - 1

Elche

82': André Silva

Introduction

Villarreal are hosting Elche at Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal, Spain, starting on . The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
31': Goal! Villarreal 1, Elche 0. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Pape Gueye.
41': Goal! Villarreal 2, Elche 0. Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Santi Comesaña.
43': Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Second Half begins Villarreal 2, Elche 0.
59': Substitution, Elche. Martim Neto replaces Grady Diangana.
65': Substitution, Villarreal. Alfon González replaces Tajon Buchanan.
65': Substitution, Villarreal. Gerard Moreno replaces Alberto Moleiro.
68': Substitution, Elche. Josan replaces Buba Sangaré.
68': Substitution, Elche. Gonzalo Villar replaces Aleix Febas.
68': Substitution, Elche. Federico Redondo replaces Marc Aguado.
74': Martim Neto (Elche) is shown the yellow card.
75': Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Santi Comesaña.
75': Substitution, Villarreal. Renato Veiga replaces Pau Navarro because of an injury.
75': Substitution, Villarreal. Thomas Partey replaces Pape Gueye.
77': Substitution, Elche. André Silva replaces Rafa Mir.
82': Goal! Villarreal 2, Elche 1. André Silva (Elche) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Martim Neto with a cross following a corner.
90'+6': André Silva (Elche) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica
Location: Villarreal, Spain
Attendance: 16,301

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+46	Barcelona	27	67	4
+33	Real Madrid	27	63	4
+21	Atlético Madrid	27	54	5
+18	Villarreal	27	54	7

Full Table

Statistics

ELC		VIL
16	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
6	Corner Kicks	4
5	Saves	6
63.1	Possession	36.9
13	SHOTS	16
6	ON GOAL	7
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
529	Accurate Passes	282
608	Passes	352
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
10	Accurate Crosses	3
26	Crosses	13
0.4	Cross %	0.2
58	Long Balls	42
34	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	3
12	Effective Tackles	9
18	Tackles	12
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
12	Interceptions	15
13	Effective Clearances	16
13	Clearances	16

Line-Ups

Villarreal (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Luiz Júnior (GK)
4	Rafa Marín
6	Pau Navarro
23	Sergi Cardona
15	Santiago Mouriño
18	Pape Gueye
14	Santi Comesaña
20	Alberto Moleiro
17	Tajon Buchanan
9	Georges Mikautadze
19	Nicolas Pépé

Substitutes:

Alfonso Pedraza, Alfonso González, Tani Oluwaseyi, Gerard Moreno, Dani Parejo, Renato Veiga, Alex Freeman, Thomas Partey, Arnau Tenas.

Elche (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Matías Dituro (GK)
22	David Affengruber
21	Léo Pétrot
23	Víctor Chust
19	Grady Diangana
14	Aleix Febas
8	Marc Aguado
11	Germán Valera
42	Buba Sangaré
10	Rafa Mir
20	Álvaro Rodríguez

Substitutes:

Pedro Bigas, Iñaki Peña, Federico Redondo, Gonzalo Villar, Martim Neto, José Antonio Morente, André Silva, Alejandro Iturbe, Josan, Lucas Cepeda, Adrià Pedrosa.

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