Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, March 8, 2026
Elche LLDLD 1
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Villarreal WLWWL 2
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ELC011
VIL202
Estadio de la Cerámica · 16,301 att. · ESPN Deportes · ESPN+

Team Stats

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

Highlights

01:11 Villarreal vs. Elche - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 00:22 Luiz Júnior denies Elche with save Watch on ESPN 00:57 Tajon Buchanan scores in the 31' Watch on ESPN 00:56 Santiago Mouriño slots in the goal for Villarreal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

VIL leads series 3-2

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Luiz JúniorG
  2. 4Rafa MarínCD-L
  3. 6Pau NavarroCD-R
  4. 23Sergi CardonaLB
  5. 15Santiago MouriñoRB
  6. 18Pape GueyeCM-L
  7. 14Santi ComesañaCM-R
  8. 20Alberto MoleiroLM
  9. 17Tajon BuchananRM
  10. 9Georges MikautadzeCF-L
  11. 19Nicolas PépéCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Alfonso PedrazaSUB
  2. 11Alfonso GonzálezSUB
  3. 21Tani OluwaseyiSUB
  4. 7Gerard MorenoSUB
  5. 10Dani ParejoSUB
  6. 12Renato VeigaSUB
  7. 3Alex FreemanSUB
  8. 16Thomas ParteySUB
  9. 25Arnau TenasSUB

ELC · 3-5-2

  1. 1Matías DituroG
  2. 22David AffengruberCD
  3. 21Léo PétrotCD-L
  4. 23Víctor ChustCD-R
  5. 19Grady DianganaCM-L
  6. 14Aleix FebasCM-R
  7. 8Marc AguadoAM
  8. 11Germán ValeraLM
  9. 42Buba SangaréRM
  10. 10Rafa MirCF-L
  11. 20Álvaro RodríguezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Pedro BigasSUB
  2. 13Iñaki PeñaSUB
  3. 5Federico RedondoSUB
  4. 12Gonzalo VillarSUB
  5. 16Martim NetoSUB
  6. 15José Antonio MorenteSUB
  7. 9André SilvaSUB
  8. 45Alejandro IturbeSUB
  9. 17JosanSUB
  10. 24Lucas CepedaSUB
  11. 3Adrià PedrosaSUB

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 43' Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Substitution, Elche. Martim Neto replaces Grady Diangana.
  5. 65' Substitution, Villarreal. Alfon González replaces Tajon Buchanan.
  6. 65' Substitution, Villarreal. Gerard Moreno replaces Alberto Moleiro.
  7. 68' Substitution, Elche. Josan replaces Buba Sangaré.
  8. 68' Substitution, Elche. Gonzalo Villar replaces Aleix Febas.
  9. 68' Substitution, Elche. Federico Redondo replaces Marc Aguado.
  10. 74' Martim Neto (Elche) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Santi Comesaña.
  12. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Renato Veiga replaces Pau Navarro because of an injury.
  13. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Thomas Partey replaces Pape Gueye.
  14. 77' Substitution, Elche. André Silva replaces Rafa Mir.
  15. 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.
  16. 90'+6' André Silva (Elche) is shown the yellow card.

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