Villarreal beat Elche 2-1

Match report

Villarreal beat Elche 2-1 in La Liga matchday 27 on Sunday, 8 March 2026 at Estadio de la Ceramica. T. Buchanan (31') and S. Mourino (41') scored for Villarreal, while Andre Silva (83') found the net for Elche. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Villarreal had 37% of the ball and 16 shots (7 on target) against Elche’s 13 (6 on target). Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) was the top-rated player with 8.0. The result leaves Villarreal 9th in the La Liga table on 8 points and Elche 18th on 5.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Villarreal

9th · 8 points · P 7 W 2 D 2 L 3

Form

Elche

18th · 5 points · P 7 W 1 D 2 L 4

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
8	Real Sociedad	7	-4	10
9	Villarreal	7	+1	8
10	Athletic Club	6	+1	8
17	Levante	6	-4	5
18	Elche	7	-6	5
19	Valencia	7	-9	4

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 17 Oct 2026, Villarreal – Elche

Full Villarreal vs Elche head-to-head

Match events

31'goalT. BuchananAssist: P. Gueye
41'goalS. MourinoAssist: S. Comesana
43'yellow cardAlberto MoleiroYellow Card
59'substitutionG. DianganaOff: M. Neto
65'substitutionA. MoleiroOff: G. Moreno
65'substitutionT. BuchananOff: A. Gonzalez
68'substitutionBuba SangareOff: Josan
68'substitutionM. AguadoOff: F. Redondo Solari
68'substitutionA. FebasOff: G. Villar
74'yellow cardMartim NetoYellow Card
75'substitutionS. ComesanaOff: D. Parejo
75'substitutionP. GueyeOff: T. Partey
76'substitutionP. NavarroOff: R. Veiga
77'substitutionR. MirOff: Andre Silva
83'goalAndre SilvaAssist: M. Neto
90+6'yellow cardAndré SilvaYellow Card

Lineups

Villarreal

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Marcelino

Starting XI

Substitutes

Elche

Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Eder Sarabia

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

37%Possession63%
1.58Expected goals (xG)1.22
16Total shots13
7Shots on target6
6Shots off target6
3Blocked shots1
13Shots inside the box9
3Shots outside the box4
4Corners6
1Offsides1
11Fouls16
1Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
6Goalkeeper saves5
352Passes608
282Accurate passes529
80%Pass accuracy87%
0.69Goals prevented0.69

Player statistics

Villarreal

Villarreal player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Luiz JúniorG	90	7.6				23 · 57%
4Rafa MarínD	90	7.0			1 (0)	42 · 81%			5/6
6Pau NavarroD	75	7.2				23 · 91%		4	4/6
15Santiago MouriñoDTop rated	90	8.0	1		1 (1)	41 · 80%	1		4/11
23Sergi CardonaD	90	6.7				36 · 78%	1	4	8/15
14Santi ComesañaM	75	7.0		1		37 · 84%	2		0/7
17Tajon BuchananM	65	7.9	1		1 (1)	16 · 75%	2		1/2
18Pape GueyeM	75	7.7		1	4 (2)	36 · 86%	2	3	6/8
20Alberto MoleiroM	65	6.6			2 (0)	25 · 80%	4	1	2/9
9Georges MikautadzeF	90	6.7			1 (1)	16 · 81%	1		5/11
19Nicolas PépéF	90	7.3			2 (2)	32 · 81%	1		3/5
25Arnau TenasG	–	–
3Alexander FreemanD	–	–
24Alfonso PedrazaD	–	–
10Dani ParejoM	15	6.3				9 · 89%	1		0/1
12Renato VeigaM	15	6.3				1 · 100%			0/1
16Thomas ParteyM	15	6.5				8 · 75%			1/3
7Gerard MorenoF	25	6.2			1 (0)	4 · 75%			1/5
11Alfon GonzálezF	25	6.5				3 · 67%
21Tani OluwaseyiF	–	–

Elche

Elche player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Matías DituroG	90	7.9				64 · 86%			2/2
21Léo PétrotD	90	7.0				80 · 85%		2	6/8
22David AffengruberD	90	7.0			1 (0)	77 · 90%		3	6/7
23Víctor ChustD	90	6.5			1 (1)	63 · 87%	1	2	4/9
8Marc AguadoM	68	6.6				54 · 94%	1		0/2
11Germán ValeraM	90	7.2				66 · 92%	1	1	6/6
14Aleix FebasM	68	6.7				36 · 86%	1	4	5/9
19Grady DianganaM	59	6.2				28 · 82%		1	2/7
42Buba SangareM	68	6.3			1 (0)	29 · 90%		3	3/10
10Rafa MirF	77	6.5			2 (2)	18 · 89%	2		2/3
20Álvaro RodriguezF	90	6.2			5 (1)	14 · 71%	1	1	9/19
13Iñaki PeñaG	–	–
45Alejandro IturbeG	–	–
3Adrià PedrosaD	–	–
6Pedro BigasD	–	–
5Federico RedondoM	22	6.7				25 · 96%			0/1
12Gonzalo VillarM	22	6.6				12 · 92%			2/2
16Martim NetoM	31	7.7		1		20 · 70%	1	1	1/2
17JosanM	22	6.7				15 · 73%	1		1/1
9André SilvaF	13	7.7	1		2 (2)	7 · 57%			1/2
15Tete MorenteF	–	–
24Lucas CepedaF	–	–