Valencia vs Elche

11 December 2021 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Santiago Jaime Latre

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Gonçalo Guedes 23’
  • Cristiano Piccini 86’
  • Lucas Boyé 75’

Match summary

Valencia saw off Elche 2-1, with a late winner. Valencia led 1-0 at half-time.

Gonçalo Guedes put Valencia ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Jasper Cillessen, Lucas Boyé equalised from a corner in the 75th minute, set up by Lucas Pérez, and Cristiano Piccini won it from a corner in the 86th minute, set up by Mouctar Diakhaby.

The chances backed that up: Valencia created 1.69 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Elche's 1.18 from 8.

Match stats

Valencia Elche
21 Shots 8
8 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 1
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.68 xG 1.13
1.68 Non-penalty xG 1.13
7 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Valencia Elche
Kick-off
Gonçalo Guedes
Assist: Jasper Cillessen1-0 (Valencia)
23’
Half-time1-0
75’
Lucas Boyé
Assist: Lucas Pérez1-1 (Elche)
Cristiano Piccini
Assist: Mouctar Diakhaby2-1 (Valencia)
86’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Valencia
  • Dimitri Foulquier
  • Daniel Wass
  • Maxi Gómez
Elche
  • Enzo Roco
  • Tete Morente

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.69 1.18 23’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), 1-0 23’ 75’ Lucas Boyé (Elche), 1-1 75’ 86’ Cristiano Piccini (Valencia), 2-1 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.69 1.18 23’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), 1-0 Guedes 23’ 75’ Lucas Boyé (Elche), 1-1 Boyé 75’ 86’ Cristiano Piccini (Valencia), 2-1 Piccini 86’
Valencia 1.69 xGElche 1.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Elche attacking Valencia attacking 
88’ Guido Carrillo (Elche), set piece, 0.57 xG, saved 16’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 22’ Lucas Pérez (Elche), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 4’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 75’ Lucas Boyé (Elche), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 15’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 28’ Hélder Costa (Valencia), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 15’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 71’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 43’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 55’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 88’ Lucas Boyé (Elche), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 38’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 18’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 62’ Hélder Costa (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 72’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 86’ Cristiano Piccini (Valencia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 51’ Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Pere Milla (Elche), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Hélder Costa (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 71’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 25’ Tete Morente (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 62’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Lucas Pérez (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 19’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 44’ Cristiano Piccini (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Lucas Pérez (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 88’ Guido Carrillo (Elche), set piece, 0.57 xG, saved 16’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 22’ Lucas Pérez (Elche), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 4’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 75’ Lucas Boyé (Elche), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 15’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 28’ Hélder Costa (Valencia), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 15’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 71’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 43’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 55’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 88’ Lucas Boyé (Elche), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 38’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 18’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Cristiano Piccini (Valencia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 72’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 62’ Hélder Costa (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Pere Milla (Elche), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Hélder Costa (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 71’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Lucas Pérez (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 25’ Tete Morente (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 19’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 44’ Cristiano Piccini (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Lucas Pérez (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jasper Cillessen GK9010 0.000.021
Dimitri Foulquier DEF901 0.040.071
Mouctar Diakhaby DEF9010 0.000.051
Hugo Guillamón DEF900 0.000.000
Toni Lato DEF190 0.000.000
Hélder Costa MID833 0.200.162
Carlos Soler MID901 0.110.285
Daniel Wass MID832 0.070.000
Hugo Duro MID906 0.870.111
Maxi Gómez FWD901 0.090.051
Gonçalo Guedes FWD8314 0.220.512
Cristiano Piccini Sub7112 0.070.121
Koba Koindredi Sub70 0.000.000
Denis Cheryshev Sub71 0.020.000
Marcos de Sousa Sub70 0.000.000
Yunus Musah Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 58% Avg odds 1.64
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.75
Elche win 16% Avg odds 5.84

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

Form going into the game

Valencia WDDDW
Elche LDLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Valencia 1-0 Elche, 30 Jan 21 Next meeting: Elche 0-1 Valencia, 19 Mar 22  All Valencia 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.