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Sunday 8 March 2026 · 13:00 · HT 2-0 · Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal · Referee Victor Garcia Verdura

Villarreal v Elche: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Villarreal's last 10 home games and Elche's last 10 away games in the LaLiga before kick-off, both teams scored in 13 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 12 of 20, with 9.3 corners per match (league 9.7) and 4.0 cards (league 4.6).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Villarreal v Elche, full match

37%

Possession

63%

1.62

Expected goals (xG)

1.29

16

Shots

13

7

Shots on target

6

4

Corners

6

11

Fouls

16

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

31'

Goal

Tajon Buchanan VIL

41'

Goal

Santiago Mouriño VIL

43'

Yellow card

Alberto Moleiro VIL

74'

Yellow card

Martim Neto ELC

82'

Goal

André Silva ELC

90+6'

Yellow card

André Silva ELC

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Villarreal's last 10 home games and Elche's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

65%

13/20 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

85%

17/20 games · League 78%

Over 2.5 goals

60%

12/20 games · League 50%

Over 3.5 goals

45%

9/20 games · League 26%

Over 9.5 corners

42%

8/19 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 cards

65%

13/20 games · League 63%

Villarreal clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 24%

Elche clean sheet

0%

0/10 games · League 24%

Villarreal fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 24%

Elche fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 24%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.0

League 2.7

Corners (19 games)

9.3

League 9.7

Cards

4.0

League 4.6

Lineups

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

Villarreal

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Luiz Júnior

DEFENDERS

4

6

15

23

MIDFIELDERS

14

17

18

20

FORWARDS

9

Georges Mikautadze

19

Nicolas Pépé

SUBSTITUTES

25

3

24

10

12

16

7

11

21

Elche

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Matías Dituro

DEFENDERS

11

21

22

23

42

MIDFIELDERS

8

Marc Aguado

14

Aleix Febas

19

Grady Diangana

FORWARDS

10

Rafa Mir

20

Álvaro Rodriguez

SUBSTITUTES

13

45

3

6

5

12

16

17

24

9

15

32

Referee: Victor Garcia Verdura

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

Cards per game

3.5

League 4.6

Yellow cards per game

3.4

Red cards per game

0.21

Fouls per game

24.1

League 25.1

Penalties per game

0.16

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

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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

VIL

ELC

Match

League

Win

62%

16/26

19%

5/26

37%

Draw

12%

3/26

42%

11/26

27%

14/52

26%

Loss

27%

7/26

38%

10/26

37%

Bet

VIL

ELC

League

Clean sheet

31%

8/26

23%

6/26

25%

Win to nil

31%

8/26

15%

4/26

20%

To score

85%

22/26

85%

22/26

75%

Fail to score

15%

4/26

15%

4/26

25%

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

Villarreal

Last 5 games before this match

28 Feb

Barcelona

(A)

1-4

L

22 Feb

Valencia

(H)

2-1

W

18 Feb

Levante UD

(A)

1-0

W

14 Feb

Getafe

(A)

1-2

L

9 Feb

Espanyol

(H)

4-1

W

Elche

Last 5 games before this match

1 Mar

Espanyol

(H)

2-2

D

20 Feb

Athletic Club

(A)

1-2

L

13 Feb

Osasuna

(H)

0-0

D

7 Feb

Real Sociedad

(A)

1-3

L

31 Jan

Barcelona

(H)

1-3

L

Head to head

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

Villarreal 1 win · 0 draws · Elche 0 wins

Both scored 1/1 · Over 2.5 goals 1/1 · 4.0 goals, 8.0 corners, 6.0 cards per meeting

3 Jan '26

Elche

(A)

3-1

W

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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Villarreal v Elche: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Villarreal

Elche

Referee: Victor Garcia Verdura

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

Villarreal

Elche

Head to head

LaLiga table