FOOTBALL·ANALYTICLaLiga 2025/26⇄

LaLiga 2025/26 · Matchday 18 · Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero

Elche1:3Villarreal

3 January 2026 · 27,078 in the ground · Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

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Elche3-5-2
Villarreal4-4-2
Peña5.5Bigas6.0Affengruber6.7Chust6.1Valera6.4Febas6.9Aguado6.4Neto7.1Núñez6.5Mir6.9Rodríguez6.6Júnior6.7Pedraza7.5Marín7.4Navarro7.1Mouriño6.4Moleiro7.6Parejo6.5Comesaña5.7Pepe7.3Mikautadze8.3Pérez6.4
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′elchevillarreal

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 7′MoleiroGoal · 0.32 xG · 0.32 xG
  • 13′MikautadzeGoal · 0.13 xG · 0.13 xG
  • 30′NetoGoal · 0.07 xG · 0.07 xG
  • 83′PedrazaGoal · 0.18 xG · 0.18 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Elche 0:0 Villarreal0'kickoff
7' Moleiro — xG 0.32 · Goal9' Mir — xG 0.01 · Missed13' Mikautadze — xG 0.13 · Goal16' Comesaña — xG 0.12 · Missed19' Mikautadze — xG 0.02 · Blocked22' Valera — xG 0.05 · Missed25' Núñez — xG 0.05 · Blocked29' Febas — xG 0.08 · Blocked30' Neto — xG 0.07 · Goal32' Pérez — xG 0.06 · Saved32' Pérez — xG 0.05 · Blocked36' Neto — xG 0.19 · Missed37' Febas — xG 0.04 · Missed41' Bigas — xG 0.11 · Missed42' Rodríguez — xG 0.05 · Missed45 + 3' Pérez — xG 0.42 · Missed51' Mikautadze — xG 0.28 · Missed52' Bigas — xG 0.27 · Missed57' Mouriño — xG 0.03 · Missed60' Rodríguez — xG 0.02 · Blocked63' Mir — xG 0.09 · Saved69' Moleiro — xG 0.03 · Missed75' Diangana — xG 0.06 · Blocked78' Valera — xG 0.02 · Blocked83' Pedraza — xG 0.18 · Goal90' Rodríguez — xG 0.18 · Missed90 + 3' Comesaña — xG 0.11 · Missed90 + 4' Mendoza — xG 0.02 · Blocked

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Elche 0:0 Villarreal
1.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′7' Moleiro — GOAL13' Mikautadze — GOAL30' Neto — GOAL83' Pedraza — GOAL1.311.75

Territory

Where each side actually occupied the pitch, summed from every player’s heatmap

Elche attacking right · Villarreal attacking left · where both glow, the pitch was contested

The duel

Elche vs Villarreal

78%
Possession
22%
1.32
Expected goals
1.74
16
Shots
12
2
Shots on target
4
2
Big chances created
6
706
Passes completed
164
254
Into final third
51
55
Duels won
48
8/17 (47%)
Tackles won
12/22 (55%)
6
Corners
2
8
Fouls
11

No physical or tracking data for league matches — that tier is FIFA-only. Everything above is from the public match feed.