Villarreal 0-0 Elche · La Liga
Villarreal drew 0-0 with Elche in the La Liga. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Villarreal and Elche met in the La Liga at Estadio de la Ceramica in Villarreal on Saturday, 17 October 2026.
How the match went
Villarreal saw more of the ball, 58% of it. Villarreal had 20 shots with 7 on target, Elche 7 with 1 on target. There were 15 corners in total, 10 to Villarreal and 5 to Elche. Villarreal conceded 12 fouls, Elche 7. The referee showed 6 yellow cards (2 for Villarreal, 4 for Elche).
Line-ups
Villarreal started in a 4-4-2: Péter Gulácsi, Alexander Freeman, Juan Foyth, Logan Costa, Sergi Cardona, Ilias Akhomach, Santi Comesaña, Carlos Maciá, Tani Oluwaseyi, Ayoze Pérez, Alberto Moleiro.
Elche started in a 5-4-1: Matías Dituro, Buba Sangaré, Javi Morcillo, Víctor Chust, Roy Revivo, Germán Valera, Lucas Cepeda, Gonzalo Villar, Marc Aguado, Thomas Lemar, Abiel Osorio.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Villarreal 0-0 Elche.
- 63'VAR: penalty awarded to Elche.
- 90'Full-time. Villarreal 0-0 Elche.
Full commentary (67 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Villarreal vs Elche.
- 1'Attempt saved. A. Moleiro (Villarreal), right-footed shot. xG 0.58.
- 3'Attempt missed. I. Akhomach (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 7'Attempt blocked. T. Oluwaseyi (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 8'Attempt saved. T. Oluwaseyi (Villarreal), right-footed shot. xG 0.38.
- 11'Attempt blocked. A. Moleiro (Villarreal), right-footed shot. xG 0.24.
- 18'Attempt missed. L. Cepeda (Elche), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.01.
- 20'Corner, Elche.
- 23'Corner, Villarreal.
- 24'Offside, Villarreal.
- 25'Corner, Villarreal.
- 26'Corner, Villarreal.
- 28'Substitution, Elche: F. Redondo comes on for M. Aguado.
- 30'Attempt saved. A. Pérez (Villarreal), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.06.
- 32'Offside, Villarreal.
- 35'Attempt saved. T. Oluwaseyi (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 35'Attempt missed. G. Villar (Elche), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 38'Yellow card for G. Villar (Elche) for foul.
- 40'Attempt blocked. A. Pérez (Villarreal), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.07.
- 40'Corner, Villarreal.
- 41'Attempt missed. L. Costa (Villarreal), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 42'Corner, Villarreal.
- 43'Attempt missed. T. Oluwaseyi (Villarreal), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
- 43'Attempt blocked. S. Comesaña (Villarreal), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 45'1 minute of added time.
- 45+1'Cleared off the line! A. Moleiro (Villarreal), right-footed shot. xG 0.18.
- 45'Half-time. Villarreal 0-0 Elche.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 47'Corner, Villarreal.
- 52'Corner, Villarreal.
- 55'Attempt missed. A. Osorio (Elche), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 57'Attempt blocked. A. Moleiro (Villarreal), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 57'Attempt blocked. I. Akhomach (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 58'Corner, Villarreal.
- 58'Attempt saved. I. Akhomach (Villarreal), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 58'Attempt blocked. I. Akhomach (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 60'Corner, Elche.
- 60'Attempt saved. T. Lemar (Elche), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 63'VAR: penalty awarded to Elche.
- 65'Substitution, Elche: F. Niño comes on for A. Osorio.
- 65'Substitution, Elche: M. Neto comes on for T. Lemar.
- 65'Substitution, Elche: T. Morente comes on for L. Cepeda.
- 66'Substitution, Villarreal: N. Saliba comes on for C. Macia.
- 66'Substitution, Villarreal: P. Gueye comes on for T. Oluwaseyi.
- 66'Substitution, Villarreal: G. Mikautadze comes on for S. Comesaña.
- 69'Corner, Villarreal.
- 71'Yellow card for T. Morente (Elche) for foul.
- 75'Yellow card for R. Revivo (Elche) for foul.
- 75'Substitution, Villarreal: G. Moreno comes on for I. Akhomach.
- 77'Attempt missed. J. Morcillo (Elche), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 78'Attempt saved. N. Saliba (Villarreal), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 78'Corner, Villarreal.
- 79'Attempt missed. L. Costa (Villarreal), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
- 79'Attempt blocked. L. Costa (Villarreal), header from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 81'Yellow card for A. Freeman (Villarreal) for foul.
- 83'Substitution, Elche: R. Sánchez comes on for B. Sangaré.
- 84'Substitution, Villarreal: N. E. J. B. Hamou comes on for A. Pérez.
- 88'Corner, Elche.
- 88'Attempt missed. F. Niño (Elche), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 90'Corner, Elche.
- 90'Attempt blocked. T. Morente (Elche), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
- 90'Corner, Elche.
- 90'7 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Yellow card for V. Chust (Elche) for argument.
- 90+1'Yellow card for J. Foyth (Villarreal) for argument.
- 90+6'Attempt missed. G. Moreno (Villarreal), header. xG 0.05.
- 90'Full-time. Villarreal 0-0 Elche.