Villarreal vs Elche

22 September 2021 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Yeremi Pino 5’
Manu Trigueros 39’
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld 60’
Alberto Moreno 90+4’

Johan Mojica 19’

Match summary

Villarreal won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Elche. Villarreal led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Yeremi Pino put Villarreal ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Paco Alcácer, Johan Mojica equalised in the 19th minute, set up by Josan, and Manu Trigueros put Villarreal back in front in the 39th minute, set up by Yeremi Pino. In the second half, Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld made it 3-1 in the 60th minute and Alberto Moreno made it 4-1 in stoppage time, set up by Boulaye Dia.

The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 2.85 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Elche's 1.10 from 9.

Match stats

14 Shots 9

9 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.78 xG 1.10

2.78 Non-penalty xG 1.10

8 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Villarreal Elche

Kick-off

Yeremi Pino
Assist: Paco Alcácer

1-0

5’

19’

Johan Mojica
Assist: Josan

1-1

Manu Trigueros
Assist: Yeremi Pino

2-1

39’

Half-time2-1

Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld

3-1

60’

Alberto Moreno
Assist: Boulaye Dia

4-1

90+4’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Villarreal

Alfonso

Elche

Diego González
Fidel

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.

Villarreal 2.85 xGElche 1.10 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Elche attacking Villarreal 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
Sergio Asenjo	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aissa Mandi	DEF	90			1	0.45	0.02	1
Pau Torres	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Alfonso	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Etienne Capoue	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Daniel Parejo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.16	2
Manu Trigueros	MID	78	1		1	0.07	0.09	1
Yeremi Pino	FWD	56	1	1	1	0.77	0.07	1
Paco Alcácer	FWD	78		1	0	0.00	0.90	2
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld	FWD	89	1		4	0.91	0.00	0
Estupiñán	Sub	41			2	0.08	0.00	0
Moi Gómez	Sub	34			0	0.00	0.10	1
Francis Coquelin	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.15	2
Boulaye Dia	Sub	12		1	2	0.15	0.30	1
Alberto Moreno	Sub	1	1		1	0.30	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kiko Casilla	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Enzo Roco	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diego González	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Antonio Barragán	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josan	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.18	2
Johan Mojica	MID	90	1		2	0.18	0.00	0
Iván Marcone	MID	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fidel	MID	67			0	0.00	0.29	2
Gerard Gumbau	MID	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Guido Carrillo	FWD	90			2	0.54	0.07	1
Lucas Pérez	FWD	72			1	0.27	0.00	0
Javier Pastore	Sub	23			1	0.01	0.01	1
Omar Mascarell	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raúl Guti	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Darío Benedetto	Sub	18			1	0.01	0.05	1
Pere Milla	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 65% Avg odds 1.48

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.24

Elche win 13% Avg odds 7.51

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal L D D D D

Elche D L D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Elche 2-2 Villarreal, 06 Feb 21 Next meeting: Elche 1-0 Villarreal, 16 Jan 22 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.