Deportivo La Coruna
Elche
Match summary
Deportivo La Coruna and Elche drew 1-1. Deportivo La Coruna led 1-0 at half-time.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Deportivo La Coruna ahead in the 21st minute, set up by Lorenzo Amatucci and Marc Aguado equalised with a header in the 76th minute, set up by Gonzalo Villar.
Elche had the better of the chances, with 1.62 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Deportivo La Coruna's 0.34 from 8.
Deportivo La Coruna hosted Elche in La Liga on matchday one, with the encounter ending in a one-all draw after the hosts led at half-time. Elche dominated possession with sixty-one percent and completed six hundred and forty-one passes compared to four hundred and one by their opponents. The visitors also generated eleven total shots, six of which were on target, and achieved an expected goals total of one point six two, contrasting with Deportivo La Coruna who registered eight shots, three on target, and an expected goals figure of zero point three four. Both sides accumulated two yellow cards over the course of the fixture.
The scoring opened in the twenty-first minute when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang converted with a left foot shot to put Deportivo La Coruna ahead. Discipline issues followed shortly after as Ximo Navarro received a yellow card in the twenty-sixth minute, followed by Lorenzo Amatucci receiving a yellow card in stoppage time at the end of the first half. Following multiple substitutions for both teams in the second half, Marc Aguado equalised for Elche in the seventy-sixth minute with a header. Gonzalo Villar was booked in the sixty-seventh minute and Umaru Konare Tounkara received a yellow card in the eighty-seventh minute.
