Barcelona vs Elche

18 December 2021 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Javier Alberola Rojas

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Ferrán Jutglà 16’
Gavi 19’
Nico González 85’

Tete Morente 62’
Pere Milla 63’

Match summary

Barcelona beat Elche 3-2, with a late winner. Barcelona led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ferrán Jutglà put Barcelona ahead with a header in the 16th minute, set up by Ousmane Dembélé and Gavi made it 2-0 in the 19th minute, set up by Clement Lenglet. In the second half, Tete Morente pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 62nd minute, set up by Lucas Boyé, Pere Milla equalised with a header in the 63rd minute, set up by Tete Morente, and Nico González won it in the 85th minute, set up by Gavi.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 2.97 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Elche's 1.27 from 5.

Match stats

19 Shots 5

8 Shots on Target 3

5 Corners 0

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.96 xG 1.27

2.96 Non-penalty xG 1.27

12 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Barcelona Elche

Kick-off

Ferrán Jutglà
Assist: Ousmane Dembélé

1-0

16’

Gavi
Assist: Clement Lenglet

2-0

19’

Half-time2-0

62’

Tete Morente
Assist: Lucas Boyé

2-1

63’

Pere Milla
Assist: Tete Morente

2-2

Nico González
Assist: Gavi

3-2

85’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Barcelona

Eric Garcia

Elche

Enzo Roco
Pere Milla
Gerard Gumbau

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Barcelona 2.97 xGElche 1.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Elche attacking Barcelona attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.19	1
Eric Garcia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ronald Araújo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Busquets	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	MID	90			1	0.02	0.18	2
Frenkie de Jong	MID	76			1	0.48	0.00	0
Gavi	MID	90	1	1	4	0.82	0.27	2
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	90		1	1	0.07	0.68	3
Ferrán Jutglà	FWD	72	1		4	1.02	0.00	0
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli	FWD	89			4	0.26	0.59	2
Nico González	Sub	18	1		3	0.28	0.00	0
Riqui Puig	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Balde	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Edgar Badía	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Helibelton Palacios	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Enzo Roco	DEF	90			1	0.38	0.00	0
Diego González	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Johan Mojica	DEF	83			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josan	MID	46			0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar Mascarell	MID	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Iván Marcone	MID	46			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fidel	MID	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Boyé	FWD	90		1	1	0.26	0.06	1
Lucas Pérez	FWD	90			1	0.21	0.38	1
Tete Morente	Sub	44	1	1	1	0.06	0.62	2
Gerard Gumbau	Sub	44			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pere Milla	Sub	30	1		1	0.36	0.00	0
Raúl Guti	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josema	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 74% Avg odds 1.30

Draw 17% Avg odds 5.51

Elche win 9% Avg odds 10.97

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona D W W L D

Elche D L D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Barcelona 3-0 Elche, 24 Feb 21 Next meeting: Elche 1-2 Barcelona, 06 Mar 22 All Barcelona vs Elche meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.