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La Liga Matchday 9 Sat 17 Oct

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Home Villarreal
Full-time 0:0
Away Elche

Player of the match Matías Dituro 8.4

GolVolt ratingSkip it 0.7/10 more watchable than 7% of La Liga matches No goals. How we rate

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The match in 30 seconds

  1. 1.8 xG

    Elche kept a clean sheet against 1.8 xG.

  2. 11 → 9

    Villarreal climb 2 places in the table. Elche stay in place 18.

How the match went

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90+6' · 0:0Villarreal 9%draw 88%Elche 2%

Key stats

58% Possession 42%
1.84 xG (expected goals) 0.34
20 Shots 7
7 On target 1
4 Big chances 0
10 Corners 5
All stats (23)

Preview and report

Live · goal

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data

  1. Minute 14 0–0

    Villarreal take the lead against Elche

    Villarreal scored the first goal in the La Liga match against Elche in the 13th minute and took the lead. The scorer is not given in the match record. The match in round 9 is under way, and in the 14th minute the score had not yet been updated.

Live · half-time · 0–0

Villarreal – Elche: goalless at the break despite 11 shots from the hosts

Villarreal and Elche go in at half-time at 0–0. The hosts had 11 shots in the first half, 4 of them on target, while the visitors did not have a single shot on target.

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Number of the match 11 That is how many shots Villarreal had in the first half, against just 2 for Elche.

Villarreal with more of the ball and the shots. Villarreal led in possession 54% to 46%. Shots were 11 to 2, shots on target 4 to 0, and corners 5 to 1. Even so, neither side scored.

Goals in both sides' recent matches. A goalless first half contrasts with both teams' recent games. In 8 of Villarreal's last 10 matches both sides scored, and for Elche it was the same in 7 of 10 games.

Before the match

Villarreal, 11th in the table, host 18th-placed Elche in Matchweek 9 of La Liga

Villarreal, on 8 points after eight games, host Elche in Matchweek 9 of La Liga. Elche have 6 points and sit 18th. Elche have not won away at Villarreal since May 2013.

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data and the sources listed below the article

Number of the match 108 minutes That is how long Elche's current run without a goal in La Liga has lasted, the third longest in the league.

Head-to-head record in the league

In the history of league meetings, Villarreal have won nine, Elche seven, and seven matches ended in a draw.

Goals at both ends and Elche's run

Both teams scored in eight of Villarreal's last ten games. The same goes for seven of Elche's last ten. At the same time, Elche have not scored in La Liga for 108 minutes, the third longest such run in the league.

Injuries and top scorers

Villarreal are without Nicolas Pépé and Tajon Buchanan, both injured. Elche are missing Yago Santiago and Buba Sangaré, also injured. Villarreal's top league scorer is Pape Gueye with three goals in eight games, and Elche's is Fer Niño with five goals in eight games.

Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

No goals.

  • Dramaweight 50% Open to the end. Drama: 0.6 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Keeper Dituro: 6 saves. Heroes: 7.2 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.0 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% No goals.An average number of chances. Quality of play: 4.4 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Skip it

GolVolt rating 0.7more watchable than 7% of La Liga matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

Similar matches

A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.

Highlights

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How the match went

6 cards2 VAR

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 28' SubstitutionRedondo for Aguado
  2. 38' Gonzalo Villaryellow card · foul
  3. Half-time · 0:0
  4. 61' Penalty cancelled
  5. 63' Penalty cancelled
  6. 65' 3 substitutionsMorente for CepedaMartim Neto for LemarNiño for Osorio
  7. 66' 3 substitutionsGueye for OluwaseyiMikautadze for ComesañaSaliba for Macià
  8. 71' Tete Morenteyellow card · foul
  9. 75' Roy Revivoyellow card · foul
  10. 75' SubstitutionMoreno for Akhomach
  11. 81' Alex Freemanyellow card · foul
  12. 83' SubstitutionSánchez for Sangaré
  13. 84' SubstitutionEl Jmili for Pérez
  14. 90+1' Víctor Chustyellow card · dissent
  15. 90+1' Juan Foythyellow card · dissent
  16. Full-time · 0:0

Match stats

Shooting

1.84 xG (expected goals) 0.34
20 Shots 7
7 On target 1
4 Big chances 0
5 Off target 5
8 Blocked 1
16 Inside the box 1
4 Outside the box 6
4 Big chances missed 0

Play

58% Possession 42%
10 Corners 5
521 Passes 388
87% Pass accuracy 80%
14 Key passes 5
118 Attacks 66
71 Dangerous attacks 23

Defence

11 Tackles 15
10 Interceptions 8
1 Saves 6

Discipline

12 Fouls 7
6 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-4-2 –5-4-1
Bench

Villarreal

Elche

Match sheet

Coaches
Iñigo Pérez Villarreal Martin Anselmi Elche
Stadium
Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · Elche Matías Dituro 8.37
  2. 2. place · Villarreal Sergi Cardona 7.71
  3. 3. place · Elche Víctor Chust 7.59
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Absences

Villarreal · 2 out

  • Nicolas Pépé Injured

    since 9 Oct · until 26 Oct · 2 matches missed · Eye Injury

  • Tajon Buchanan Injured

    since 5 Oct · until 26 Oct · 2 matches missed · Hamstring Injury

Elche · 1 out

  • Yago Santiago Injured

    since 25 May · until 1 Nov · 13 matches missed · Knee Injury

Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.

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