Villarreal duel Elche for acclaim and victory.
It's no vacation for neither Villarreal nor Elche as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Villarreal form and stats
A La Liga draw at home so far for Villarreal. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches. Villarreal are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
Villarreal manager U. Emery Etxegoien and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Mallorca (placed 9th) in the La Liga. Juan Foyth was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Foyth won 9 of 12 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Atalanta that ended 2-2.There will be little rest for Villarreal after this match as they are travelling to Real Madrid for a La Liga game in only three days.
Villarreal has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Elche form and stats
Elche are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the La Liga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Elche played 1-1 against Levante in their previous match. Goalkeeper Kiko Casilla got the top player rating of the team with 8.04/10. Casilla stopped the opponent with five saves.
Prior to that result Elche won their away game at Getafe. The scoreline was 1-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The La Liga trip to Real Sociedad.
It's early days yet, but Elche has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Villarreal wins - draws - Elche wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Pérez Martínez 2 goals |   M. Trigueros Muñoz 1 goals |  A. Groeneveld 1 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Elche missing players
| Villarreal | Elche | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 3.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 7.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6.5 | 7.8 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 20% | 20% |
| Villarreal | Last season | Elche | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 12 | 18 | ||
| 60 | 29 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Conceded | C | 32 | 55 | ||
| 89% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 87% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 58% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 39% | ||
| 29% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 24% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 66% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 53% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 18% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 34% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 38% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Valencia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Athletic Club | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sevilla | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Barcelona | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Mallorca | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Real Betis | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Elche | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Cadiz | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Villarreal | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Levante | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Granada | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 19 | Getafe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| 20 | Deportivo Alavés | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 |