La Liga · Sat, 11 Apr 2026 ·
Elche vs Valencia — 1 - 0
Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero · Referee: F. Maeso
Match report
Elche beat Valencia 1-0
Elche beat Valencia 1-0 in La Liga matchday 31 on Saturday, 11 April 2026 at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero. L. Cepeda scored the only goal of the game for Elche in the 73rd minute. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Elche had 57% of the ball and 8 shots (2 on target) against Valencia’s 22 (8 on target). Luis Rioja (Valencia) was the top-rated player with 8.7. The result leaves Elche 18th in the La Liga table on 5 points and Valencia 19th on 4.
In the headlines this week
Form, table and head-to-head
Match events
- 59'yellow cardBuba SangareYellow Card
- 60'substitutionL. RiojaOff: D. Lopez
- 61'substitutionU. SadiqOff: H. Duro
- 63'yellow cardGuido RodríguezYellow Card
- 64'substitutionBuba SangareOff: J. Donald
- 64'substitutionAndre SilvaOff: A. Rodriguez
- 72'substitutionG. VillarOff: A. Pedrosa
- 72'substitutionM. NetoOff: L. Cepeda
- 73'goalL. CepedaAssist: A. Febas
- 75'substitutionE. ComertOff: Pepelu
- 75'substitutionJ. GayaOff: J. Vazquez
- 81'substitutionL. BeltranOff: A. Danjuma
- 82'substitutionG. ValeraOff: V. Chust
Lineups
Elche
Formation 3-4-1-2 · Coach Eder Sarabia
Starting XI
- 1M. DituroG
- 42Buba SangareD
- 22D. AffengruberD
- 21L. PetrotD
- 15Tete MorenteM
- 14A. FebasM
- 12G. VillarM
- 11G. ValeraM
- 16M. NetoF
- 10R. MirF
- 9Andre SilvaF
Substitutes
- 13I. PenaG
- 45A. IturbeG
- 17JosanM
- 23V. ChustD
- 18J. DonaldD
- 5F. Redondo SolariM
- 20A. RodriguezF
- 3A. PedrosaD
- 24L. CepedaF
- 31D. DelgadoD
Valencia
Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Carlos Corberan
Starting XI
- 1S. DimitrievskiG
- 12T. RendallD
- 5C. TarregaD
- 24E. ComertD
- 14J. GayaD
- 11L. RiojaM
- 23F. UgrinicM
- 2G. RodriguezM
- 17L. RamazaniM
- 15L. BeltranF
- 6U. SadiqF
Substitutes
- 13C. RiveroG
- 20Renzo SaraviaD
- 22B. SantamariaM
- 7A. DanjumaF
- 19D. RabaF
- 16D. LopezF
- 8J. GuerraM
- 18PepeluM
- 9H. DuroF
- 10A. AlmeidaM
- 21J. VazquezD
- 26RuboD
Match statistics
- 57%Possession43%
- 0.59Expected goals (xG)2.54
- 8Total shots22
- 2Shots on target8
- 5Shots off target7
- 1Blocked shots7
- 6Shots inside the box16
- 2Shots outside the box6
- 5Corners9
- 4Offsides3
- 15Fouls18
- 1Yellow cards1
- –Red cards–
- 7Goalkeeper saves2
- 441Passes313
- 373Accurate passes265
- 85%Pass accuracy85%
- -0.05Goals prevented-0.05
Player statistics
Elche
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matías DituroG | 90 | 8.5 | ||
| 21Léo PétrotD | 90 | 7.5 | ||
| 22David AffengruberD | 90 | 7.7 | ||
| 42Buba SangareD | 64 | 6.3 | ||
| 11Germán ValeraM | 82 | 7.0 | ||
| 12Gonzalo VillarM | 72 | 7.3 | ||
| 14Aleix FebasM | 90 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| 15Tete MorenteM | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 9André SilvaF | 64 | 6.5 | ||
| 10Rafa MirF | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 16Martim NetoF | 72 | 6.9 | ||
| 13Iñaki PeñaG | – | – | ||
| 45Alejandro IturbeG | – | – | ||
| 3Adrià PedrosaD | 18 | 6.9 | ||
| 18John DonaldD | 26 | 6.6 | ||
| 23Víctor ChustD | 8 | 6.3 | ||
| 31David DelgadoD | – | – | ||
| 5Federico RedondoM | – | – | ||
| 17JosanM | – | – | ||
| 20Álvaro RodriguezF | 26 | 6.9 | ||
| 24Lucas CepedaF | 18 | 8.2 | 1 |
Valencia
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stole DimitrievskiG | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| 5César TárregaD | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 12Thierry CorreiaD | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 14José Luis GayàD | 75 | 6.7 | ||
| 24Eray CömertD | 75 | 6.2 | ||
| 2Guido RodríguezM | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| 11Luis RiojaMTop rated | 60 | 8.7 | ||
| 17Largie RamazaniM | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 23Filip UgrinićM | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 6Umar SadiqF | 61 | 6.3 | ||
| 15Lucas BeltránF | 81 | 6.5 | ||
| 13Cristian RiveroG | – | – | ||
| 20Renzo SaraviaD | – | – | ||
| 21Jesús VázquezD | 15 | 6.9 | ||
| 26Rubén IranzoD | – | – | ||
| 8Javier GuerraM | – | – | ||
| 10André AlmeidaM | – | – | ||
| 18PepeluM | 15 | 6.9 | ||
| 22Baptiste SantamariaM | – | – | ||
| 7Arnaut DanjumaF | 9 | 6.7 | ||
| 9Hugo DuroF | 29 | 6.3 | ||
| 16Diego LópezF | 30 | 6.7 | ||
| 19Dani RabaF | – | – |