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Saturday 3 January 2026 · 17:30 · HT 1-2 · Estadio Martínez Valero, Elche · Referee Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos

Elche v Villarreal: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Elche's last 9 home games and Villarreal's last 7 away games in the LaLiga before kick-off, both teams scored in 8 of 16, over 2.5 goals in 7 of 16, with 7.2 corners per match (league 9.7) and 4.7 cards (league 4.6).

Overview

Lineups

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Form

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Match stats

Elche v Villarreal, full match

78%

Possession

22%

1.31

Expected goals (xG)

1.52

15

Shots

12

2

Shots on target

4

6

Corners

2

8

Fouls

11

3

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

7'

Goal

Alberto Moleiro VIL

13'

Goal

Georges Mikautadze VIL

30'

Goal

Martim Neto ELC

39'

Yellow card

Ayoze Pérez VIL

50'

Yellow card

Germán Valera ELC

66'

Yellow card

Pedro Bigas ELC

66'

Yellow card

Aleix Febas ELC

66'

Yellow card

Santi Comesaña VIL

83'

Goal

Alfonso Pedraza VIL

88'

Yellow card

Sergi Cardona VIL

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Elche's last 9 home games and Villarreal's last 7 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

8/16 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

88%

14/16 games · League 78%

Over 2.5 goals

44%

7/16 games · League 50%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

4/16 games · League 26%

Over 9.5 corners

25%

4/16 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 cards

69%

11/16 games · League 63%

Elche clean sheet

56%

5/9 games · League 24%

Villarreal clean sheet

29%

2/7 games · League 24%

Elche fail to score

11%

1/9 games · League 24%

Villarreal fail to score

14%

1/7 games · League 24%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.7

Corners

7.2

League 9.7

Cards

4.7

League 4.6

Lineups

Listed by position group. A pitch view comes once exact positions are available.

Elche

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Iñaki Peña

DEFENDERS

6

11

15

22

23

MIDFIELDERS

8

Marc Aguado

14

Aleix Febas

16

Martim Neto

FORWARDS

10

Rafa Mir

20

Álvaro Rodriguez

SUBSTITUTES

1

45

3

4

18

21

7

17

30

19

29

32

Villarreal

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Luiz Júnior

DEFENDERS

4

15

24

26

MIDFIELDERS

10

14

19

20

FORWARDS

9

Georges Mikautadze

22

Ayoze Pérez

SUBSTITUTES

25

8

23

32

37

38

7

21

Referee: Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos

20 games in the LaLiga this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.3

League 4.6

Yellow cards per game

5.0

Red cards per game

0.50

Fouls per game

24.8

League 25.1

Penalties per game

0.25

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

All Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos's stats ›

Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

ELC

VIL

Match

League

Win

29%

5/17

69%

11/16

37%

Draw

41%

7/17

13%

2/16

27%

9/33

26%

Loss

29%

5/17

19%

3/16

37%

Bet

ELC

VIL

League

Clean sheet

29%

5/17

44%

7/16

27%

Win to nil

24%

4/17

44%

7/16

22%

To score

82%

14/17

88%

14/16

73%

Fail to score

18%

3/17

13%

2/16

27%

Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Elche

Last 5 games before this match

21 Dec

Rayo Vallecano

(H)

4-0

W

13 Dec

Mallorca

(A)

1-3

L

7 Dec

Girona FC

(H)

3-0

W

28 Nov

Getafe

(A)

0-1

L

23 Nov

Real Madrid

(H)

2-2

D

Villarreal

Last 5 games before this match

21 Dec

Barcelona

(H)

0-2

L

6 Dec

Getafe

(H)

2-0

W

30 Nov

Real Sociedad

(A)

3-2

W

22 Nov

Mallorca

(H)

2-1

W

8 Nov

Espanyol

(A)

2-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Elche and Villarreal haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

LaLiga table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Barcelona

38

31

1

6

95

36

+59

94

L

W

L

W

2

Real Madrid

38

27

5

6

77

35

+42

86

W

L

W

3

Villarreal

38

22

6

10

72

46

+26

72

W

L

D

W

4

Atlético Madrid

38

21

6

11

62

44

+18

69

L

W

L

W

5

Real Betis

38

15

8

59

48

+11

60

W

L

W

D

W

6

Celta Vigo

38

14

12

53

48

+5

54

W

D

L

W

7

Getafe

38

15

6

17

32

38

-6

51

W

L

W

D

L

8

Rayo Vallecano

38

12

14

12

41

44

-3

50

W

D

W

9

Valencia

38

13

10

15

46

55

-9

49

W

D

W

L

10

Real Sociedad

38

11

13

14

59

61

-2

46

D

L

D

L

11

Espanyol

38

12

10

16

43

55

-12

46

D

W

L

12

Athletic Club

38

13

6

19

43

58

-15

45

L

D

L

W

13

Elche

38

10

13

15

49

57

-8

43

D

W

L

D

L

14

Deportivo Alavés

38

11

10

17

44

56

-12

43

L

W

D

L

15

Sevilla

38

12

7

19

46

60

-14

43

L

W

16

Osasuna

38

11

9

18

44

50

-6

42

L

17

Mallorca

38

11

9

18

47

57

-10

42

W

L

D

W

18

Levante UD

38

11

9

18

47

61

-14

42

L

W

L

19

Girona FC

38

9

14

15

39

55

-16

41

D

L

D

L

20

Real Oviedo

38

6

11

21

26

60

-34

29

L

D

L

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Elche v Villarreal: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Elche

Villarreal

Referee: Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Elche

Villarreal

Head to head

LaLiga table