Espanyol vs Elche

23 October 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Javi Puado 24’
Martin Braithwaite 67’

Pere Milla 11’
Gonzalo Verdú 82’

Match summary

Espanyol and Elche shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Pere Milla put Elche ahead with a header in the 11th minute, set up by Lucas Boyé and Javi Puado equalised from a corner in the 24th minute, set up by Edu Expósito. In the second half, Martin Braithwaite put Espanyol in front in the 67th minute, set up by Óscar Gil and Gonzalo Verdú equalised in the 82nd minute, set up by Gerard Gumbau.

Espanyol had the better of the chances, with 2.19 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Elche's 0.32 from 9.

Match stats

13 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.19 xG 0.32

2.19 Non-penalty xG 0.32

7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Espanyol Elche

Kick-off

11’

Pere Milla
Assist: Lucas Boyé

0-1

Javi Puado
Assist: Edu Expósito

1-1

24’

Half-time1-1

Martin Braithwaite
Assist: Óscar Gil

2-1

67’

82’

Gonzalo Verdú
Assist: Gerard Gumbau

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Espanyol

Vinicius Souza
Aleix Vidal

Elche

Helibelton Palacios
Omar Mascarell
Lucas Boyé

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.

Espanyol 2.19 xGElche 0.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Elche attacking Espanyol 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
Benjamin Lecomte	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Óscar Gil	DEF	77		1	1	0.06	0.64	1
Sergi Gómez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leandro Cabrera	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Brian Oliván	DEF	90			3	0.04	0.12	2
Vinicius Souza	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	3
Sergi Darder	MID	87			1	0.02	0.00	0
Edu Expósito	MID	62		1	0	0.00	0.69	1
Martin Braithwaite	FWD	77	1		4	0.83	0.08	2
Joselu	FWD	90			2	0.52	0.02	1
Javi Puado	FWD	62	1		1	0.69	0.00	0
Keidi Bare	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aleix Vidal	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lazo	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.45	1
Fernando Calero	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás Melamed	Sub	3			1	0.02	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	50			0	0.00	0.00	0
Enzo Roco	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Gonzalo Verdú	DEF	90	1		2	0.03	0.00	0
Pedro Bigas	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Clerc	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar Mascarell	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Raúl Guti	MID	60			2	0.06	0.00	0
Álex Collado	MID	50			0	0.00	0.11	2
Pere Milla	FWD	90	1		1	0.02	0.03	1
Lucas Boyé	FWD	88		1	1	0.08	0.06	2
Josan	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.06	1
Gerard Gumbau	Sub	30		1	1	0.05	0.02	1
Fidel	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.01	1
Tete Morente	Sub	17			1	0.02	0.00	0
Roger	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 59% Avg odds 1.64

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.87

Elche win 16% Avg odds 5.80

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol L D D W L

Elche L L D D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Espanyol 1-2 Elche, 10 Jan 22 Next meeting: Elche 0-1 Espanyol, 19 Feb 23 All Espanyol 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.