Elche 1-0 Villarreal: beats 1-0 with a goal scored by L. Boye

ELCHE. Elche overcomes Villarreal 1-0 after L. Boye scored just 1 goal (78').

ELCHE. Elche defeats Villarreal 1-0 after L. Boye scored just 1 goal (78′).

The match was played at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero stadium in Elche on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Valentín Pizarro Gómez with the help of José Antonio Garrido Romero and Iván Masso Granado. The 4th official was Salvador Lax Franco. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 14.8 degrees Celsius or 58.6 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 43%.​

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  Elche

  1

  

  Villarreal

  0

  16 Jan 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Elche was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Villarreal that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Villarreal was more aggressive with 34 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Elche succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Elche shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Villarreal shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Elche received 4 yellow cards (G. Verdu, J. Mojica, D. Gonzalez and P. Milla). On the other side, Villarreal received 3 yellow cards (D. Parejo, E. Capoue and V. Iborra).

After this encounter, Elche will have 19 points to stay in the 16th place. On the other side, Villarreal will stay with 29 points to stay in the 8th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Elche will play away against Real Madrid on the 23rd of January with a 6-0 head to head record in favor of Real Madrid (1 draw).

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  Real Madrid

  2

  

  Elche

  2

  

  23 Jan 2022 Full time

Villarreal will host Mallorca on the 22nd of January with a 9-3 head to head record in favor of Villarreal (5 draws).

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  Villarreal

  3

  

  Mallorca

  0

  

  22 Jan 2022 Full time

Elche: Formation and Lineups

Elche adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez chose to play with the following team: Edgar Badia (7.2), Antonio Barragán (7.0), Enzo Roco, Gonzalo Verdú (6.7), Diego Gonzalez (7.0), Johan Mojica (6.7), Jose Morente (6.4), Omar Mascarell (7.0), Gerard Gumbau (7.3), Pere Milla (6.4), Guido Carrillo (6.9) and Lucas Pérez (6.2).

Substitutes

Elche made 3 changes: L. Perez for L. Boye (66′), Tete Morente for Josan (76′) and G. Gumbau for I. Marcone (84′).

Top player: Gerard Gumbau

The player who no doubt impressed Elche the most was Gerard Gumbau even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 39 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Villarreal: Formation and Lineups

Also Villarreal adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the other side, Unai Emery Etxegoien played with: Gerónimo Rulli (6.5), Juan Foyth (7.0), Raúl Albiol (6.7), Pau Torres (6.4), Pervis Estupiñán (6.6), Moi Gómez (6.8), Étienne Capoue (6.8), Dani Parejo (7.2), Alberto Moreno (6.6), Gerard Moreno (6.4), Yéremi Pino (6.8).

Substitutes

Villarreal made 5 changes: M. Gomez for N. Jackson (69′), P. Estupinan for Alfonso Pedraza (75′), J. Foyth for Mario Gaspar (75′), D. Parejo for V. Iborra (84′) and A. Moreno for D. Raba (84′).

Top player: Dani Parejo

The player who no doubt impressed Villarreal the most was Dani Parejo.

His rating is (7.2) with 49 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.