Villarreal vs Elche

4 September 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Gerard Moreno 26’
  • Giovani Lo Celso 36’
  • Francis Coquelin 89’
  • Morales 90+3’

Match summary

Villarreal won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Elche. Villarreal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gerard Moreno put Villarreal ahead in the 26th minute and Giovani Lo Celso made it 2-0 in the 36th minute, set up by Nicolas Jackson. In the second half, Francis Coquelin made it 3-0 in the 89th minute and Morales made it 4-0 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 4.16 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Elche's 0.22 from 7.

Match stats

Villarreal Elche
18 Shots 7
10 Shots on Target 0
6 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3.58 xG 0.22
3.58 Non-penalty xG 0.22
8 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Villarreal Elche
Kick-off
Gerard Moreno1-0 (Villarreal)
26’
Giovani Lo Celso
Assist: Nicolas Jackson2-0 (Villarreal)
36’
Half-time2-0
Francis Coquelin3-0 (Villarreal)
89’
Morales4-0 (Villarreal)
90+3’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Villarreal
  • Nicolas Jackson
Elche
  • Enzo Roco
  • Raúl Guti
  • Pere Milla

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.16 0.22 26’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), 1-0 26’ 36’ Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal), 2-0 36’ 89’ Francis Coquelin (Villarreal), 3-0 89’ 90+3’ Morales (Villarreal), 4-0 90+3’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.16 0.22 26’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), 1-0 Moreno 26’ 36’ Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal), 2-0 Celso 36’ 89’ Francis Coquelin (Villarreal), 3-0 Coquelin 89’ 90+3’ Morales (Villarreal), 4-0 Morales 90+3’
Villarreal 4.16 xGElche 0.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Elche attacking Villarreal attacking 
26’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 90+3’ Morales (Villarreal), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 90+3’ Morales (Villarreal), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 14’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 26’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 87’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.35 xG, off target 86’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 36’ Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 80’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 12’ Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Francis Coquelin (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 87’ Pau Torres (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 83’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+1’ Pere Milla (Elche), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 14’ Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 72’ Roger (Elche), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 78’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 12’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 22’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 60’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Tete Morente (Elche), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Domingos Quina (Elche), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Carlos Clerc (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Carlos Clerc (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Pedro Bigas (Elche), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 26’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 90+3’ Morales (Villarreal), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 90+3’ Morales (Villarreal), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 26’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 87’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.35 xG, off target 14’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 86’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 36’ Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 80’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 12’ Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Francis Coquelin (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 87’ Pau Torres (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 83’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+1’ Pere Milla (Elche), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 14’ Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 72’ Roger (Elche), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 78’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 12’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 22’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 60’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Tete Morente (Elche), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Domingos Quina (Elche), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Carlos Clerc (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Carlos Clerc (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Pedro Bigas (Elche), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gerónimo Rulli GK900 0.000.000
Kiko Femenía DEF830 0.000.402
Pau Torres DEF901 0.100.351
Raúl Albiol DEF900 0.000.000
Alfonso DEF903 0.220.041
Yeremi Pino MID691 0.340.000
Etienne Capoue MID902 0.660.000
Daniel Parejo MID901 0.090.101
Giovani Lo Celso MID8311 0.280.000
Gerard Moreno FWD6913 1.070.082
Nicolas Jackson FWD5012 0.170.281
Morales Sub4012 1.070.311
Samuel Chukwueze Sub211 0.060.000
Álex Baena Sub210 0.000.441
Aissa Mandi Sub70 0.000.000
Francis Coquelin Sub711 0.110.141

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 69% Avg odds 1.39
Draw 19% Avg odds 4.95
Elche win 12% Avg odds 8.21

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal LWWWD
Elche LWLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Elche 1-0 Villarreal, 16 Jan 22 Next meeting: Elche 3-1 Villarreal, 04 Feb 23  All Villarreal 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.