Pepelu’s 87' equaliser earns Valencia 1-1 draw with Elche

Match report

Valencia and Elche drew 1-1 in La Liga matchday 19 on Saturday, 10 January 2026 at Estadio de Mestalla. Pepelu (87' pen) scored for Valencia, while G. Diangana (75') found the net for Elche. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Valencia had 39% of the ball and 16 shots (4 on target) against Elche’s 5 (1 on target). Pepelu (Valencia) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Valencia 19th in the La Liga table on 4 points and Elche 18th on 5.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Valencia

19th · 4 points · P 7 W 1 D 1 L 5

Form

Elche

18th · 5 points · P 7 W 1 D 2 L 4

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
17	Levante	6	-4	5
18	Elche	7	-6	5
19	Valencia	7	-9	4
20	Malaga	7	-9	3

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 11 Apr 2026, Elche 1-0 Valencia

Full Valencia vs Elche head-to-head

Match events

17'substitutionT. CorreiaOff: D. Foulquier
60'substitutionP. BigasOff: D. Affengruber
60'substitutionY. SantiagoOff: A. Boayar
64'yellow cardAlvaro NúñezYellow Card
65'substitutionL. BeltranOff: U. Sadiq
65'substitutionA. AlmeidaOff: A. Danjuma
73'yellow cardVíctor ChustYellow Card
74'substitutionA. NunezOff: A. Pedrosa
74'substitutionM. NetoOff: G. Diangana
75'goalG. DianganaAssist: A. Pedrosa
77'substitutionF. UgrinicOff: J. Guerra
77'substitutionD. LopezOff: L. Ramazani
83'substitutionA. FebasOff: F. Redondo Solari
87'penaltyPepeluPenalty
90+4'yellow cardPepeluYellow Card
90+5'yellow cardLargie RamazaniYellow Card
90+5'yellow cardAdrià PedrosaYellow Card

Lineups

Valencia

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Carlos Corberan

Starting XI

Substitutes

Elche

Formation 4-1-4-1 · Coach Eder Sarabia

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

39%Possession61%
1.96Expected goals (xG)0.16
16Total shots5
4Shots on target1
9Shots off target2
3Blocked shots2
11Shots inside the box3
5Shots outside the box2
8Corners6
3Offsides5
14Fouls14
2Yellow cards3
–Red cards–
0Goalkeeper saves3
312Passes510
240Accurate passes437
77%Pass accuracy86%
0.86Goals prevented0.86

Player statistics

Valencia

Valencia player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Stole DimitrievskiG	90	6.3			19 · 63%
3José CopeteD	90	7.2		1 (0)	31 · 81%	1	3	7/14
5César TárregaD	90	6.2		2 (0)	34 · 79%		4	6/14
12Thierry CorreiaD	17	6.9			5 · 100%			1/1
14José Luis GayàD	90	6.7			29 · 76%	1	1	2/4
10André AlmeidaM	65	6.5		1 (0)	18 · 83%	1		0/4
11Luis RiojaM	90	6.7		2 (0)	23 · 61%	3		3/5
16Diego LópezM	77	6.7		1 (0)	13 · 62%			5/7
18PepeluMTop rated	90	8.3	1	2 (1)	51 · 84%	1	3	5/7
23Filip UgrinićM	77	6.6			34 · 85%	1	2	3/5
15Lucas BeltránF	65	6.9		2 (1)	14 · 71%	1		6/13
13Cristian RiveroG	–	–
28Vicent AbrilG	–	–
20Dimitri FoulquierD	73	6.5		1 (1)	19 · 68%	1		2/5
21Jesús VázquezD	–	–
24Eray CömertD	–	–
32Alejandro Panach OlmoD	–	–
8Javier GuerraM	13	6.7			6 · 100%
22Baptiste SantamariaM	–	–
6Umar SadiqF	25	6.7			5 · 100%	1		3/10
7Arnaut DanjumaF	25	6.3			8 · 62%			1/3
17Largie RamazaniF	13	7.2		1 (1)	3 · 33%			3/5
19Dani RabaF	–	–

Elche

Elche player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Matías DituroG	90	8.2				62 · 66%
6Pedro BigasD	60	7.2				61 · 93%			2/4
15Alvaro NúñezD	74	6.9				36 · 86%		1	2/8
21Léo PétrotD	90	6.5				48 · 88%		1	2/5
23Víctor ChustD	90	6.9				81 · 88%		4	7/12
7Yago SantiagoM	60	6.3				18 · 94%		1	2/7
8Marc AguadoM	90	6.6				43 · 84%		1	3/5
11Germán ValeraM	90	6.3				25 · 88%		2	4/8
14Aleix FebasM	83	7.2				49 · 88%	1	2	7/9
16Martim NetoM	74	6.7				27 · 96%	1		0/3
20Álvaro RodriguezF	90	7.3				20 · 65%		2	12/20
13Iñaki PeñaG	–	–
45Alejandro IturbeG	–	–
3Adrià PedrosaD	16	6.5		1		7 · 100%	1	1	2/5
4Bambo DiabyD	–	–
22David AffengruberD	30	6.2			1 (0)	15 · 93%		1	3/5
5Federico RedondoM	16	6.7						1	1/1
17JosanM	–	–
30Rodrigo MendozaM	–	–
19Grady DianganaF	16	7.3	1		1 (1)	4 · 75%			1/1
32Adam BoayarF	30	6.9			1 (0)	14 · 100%	1	1	2/4