Elche
Real Madrid
Match summary
Real Madrid took a 3-2 win at Elche, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Real Madrid led 2-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Dituro's own goal put Real Madrid ahead in the 25th minute and Kylian Mbappe-Lottin made it 0-2 in the 33rd minute, set up by Yan Diomande. In the second half, Abiel Osorio pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 71st minute, set up by Lucas Cepeda, Fernando Niño equalised in the 83rd minute, set up by Josan, and Carlos Espí won it in stoppage time, set up by Kylian Mbappe-Lottin.
The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 3.56 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Elche's 1.05 from 11.
Elche hosted Real Madrid on matchday six of La Liga, enjoying fifty-six percent possession and registering fifty-four two passes compared to four hundred and thirty by the visitors. Despite having more of the ball, Elche managed eleven shots and three on target against twenty shots and four on target from Real Madrid. The visitors generated an expected goals figure of three point five six, noticeably higher than Elche's one point zero five. Discipline was heavily tested as Elche committed twenty-one fouls, resulting in four yellow cards, while Real Madrid received two yellow cards after committing eight fouls.
The scoring opened in the twenty-fifth minute when Elche goalkeeper Matías Dituro put through his own net to give Real Madrid the lead. Kylian Mbappé doubled the advantage in the thirty-third minute with a right footed shot, leaving the half-time score at zero to two. Following numerous substitutions in the second half, Abiel Osorio pulled a goal back for Elche with a header in the seventy-first minute. Fer Niño then equalised for the hosts in the eighty-third minute with a right footed shot. Finally, Carlos Espí scored a right footed shot in the ninety-first minute to secure a three to two victory for Real Madrid.
