Valencia vs Elche

10 January 2026 · La Liga · 2025/26 · Referee Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Pepelu 87’ (pen)
  • Grady Diangana 75’

Match summary

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

Grady Diangana put Elche ahead in the 75th minute, set up by Adrià Pedrosa and Pepelu equalised from the penalty spot in the 87th minute.

Valencia had the better of the chances, with 2.04 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Elche's 0.24 from 5.

Match stats

39% Possession 61%
16 Shots 5
4 Shots on target 1
8 Corners 6
95 Attacks 94
54 Dangerous attacks 39
311 Passes 510
77% Pass accuracy 86%
13 Tackles 18
14 Fouls 14
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
3 Offsides 5

Key events

Valencia Elche
Kick-off
Dimitri FoulquierThierry CorreiaInjury
17’
Lucas BeltránShot on target
40’
Dimitri FoulquierShot on target
45’
Half-time0-0
Second half underway
60’
David AffengruberPedro BigasInjury
60’
Adam BoayarYago Santiago
64’
Álvaro NúñezFoul
Arnaut DanjumaAndré Almeida
65’
Umar SadiqLucas Beltrán
65’
73’
Víctor ChustFoul
74’
Grady DianganaMartim Neto
74’
Adrià PedrosaÁlvaro Núñez
75’
Grady DianganaLeft foot shot0-1 (Elche)
Javi GuerraFilip Ugrinic
77’
Largie RamazaniDiego López
77’
83’
Federico RedondoAleix Febas
PepeluPenalty1-1 (Valencia)
87’
Largie RamazaniShot on target
88’
PepeluFoul
90+4’
90+5’
Adrià PedrosaFoul
Largie RamazaniArgument
90+5’
Full-time1-1

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.04 0.24 75’ Grady Diangana (Elche), 0-1 75’ 87’ Pepelu (Valencia), 1-1 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.04 0.24 75’ Grady Diangana (Elche), 0-1 Diangana 75’ 87’ Pepelu (Valencia), 1-1 Pepelu 87’
Valencia 2.04 xGElche 0.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Elche attacking Valencia attacking 
87’ Pepelu (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 46’ André Almeida (Valencia), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 13’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.16 xG, off target 45’ Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 70’ David Affengruber (Elche), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 73’ Leo Petrot (Elche), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 88’ Largie Ramazani (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 40’ Lucas Beltrán (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 38’ Lucas Beltrán (Valencia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ Pepelu (Valencia), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 18’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Pepelu (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 84’ Adam El Mokhtari (Elche), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 45’ César Tárrega (Valencia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+2’ César Tárrega (Valencia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Grady Diangana (Elche), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 84’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Leo Petrot (Elche), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 47’ Pepelu (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Copete (Valencia), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Pepelu (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 46’ André Almeida (Valencia), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 13’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.16 xG, off target 45’ Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 70’ David Affengruber (Elche), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 73’ Leo Petrot (Elche), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 88’ Largie Ramazani (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 40’ Lucas Beltrán (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 38’ Lucas Beltrán (Valencia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ Pepelu (Valencia), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 84’ Adam El Mokhtari (Elche), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 18’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Pepelu (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 45’ César Tárrega (Valencia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+2’ César Tárrega (Valencia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Grady Diangana (Elche), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 84’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Leo Petrot (Elche), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 47’ Pepelu (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Copete (Valencia), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
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Lineups

Valencia 4-2-3-1 Starting XI
Dimitrievski
Correia 17’
Tárrega
Copete
Gayà
Ugrinic 77’
Pepelu
López 77’
Almeida 65’
Rioja
Beltrán 65’
Elche 4-1-4-1 Starting XI
Dituro
Pétrot
Bigas 60’
Chust
Núñez 74’
Aguado
Santiago 60’
Febas 83’
Neto 74’
Valera
Rodríguez

Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Stole Dimitrievski GK900 0.000.000
Thierry Correia DEF160 0.000.000
César Tárrega DEF902 0.070.000
Copete DEF901 0.010.041
José Gayá DEF900 0.000.021
Pepelu MID9014 0.850.031
Filip Ugrinic MID810 0.000.011
Diego López MID811 0.040.000
André Almeida MID691 0.580.161
Luis Rioja MID903 0.200.153
Lucas Beltrán FWD692 0.100.131
Dimitri Foulquier Sub741 0.130.021
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld Sub210 0.000.000
Umar Sadiq Sub210 0.000.071
Largie Ramazani Sub91 0.070.000
Javier Guerra Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 47% Avg odds 2.02
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.19
Elche win 24% Avg odds 3.95

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

Form going into the game

Valencia DDLDL
Elche LWLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Elche 0-2 Valencia, 23 Apr 23 Next meeting: Elche 1-0 Valencia, 11 Apr 26  All Valencia vs Elche meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Timeline, lineups and team statistics from Sportmonks. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.