CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT. Elche beat Espanyol to win 2-1. P. Milla was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Elche to strike first with an early goal of P. Milla at the 6′. Then P. Milla scored again for Elche in the 14′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, R. de Tomas reduced the distance for Espanyol a penalty (45′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the RCDE Stadium stadium in Cornella de Llobregat on Monday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 11,670 spectators. The referee was Jesús Gil Manzano who was helped by Javier Martínez Nicolás and Alejandro Estévez Iglesias. The 4th official was Fernando Bueno Prieto. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Espanyol was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Elche that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Espanyol was putting more pressure with 106 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Elche was able to find the solution to win this match.
Espanyol shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Elche shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Espanyol received 4 yellow cards (K. Bare, A. Pedrosa, R. de Tomas and F. Merida). Regarding the opposition, Elche received 6 yellow cards (H. Palacios, G. Verdu, J. Mojica, G. Gumbau, P. Milla and E. Roco).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Espanyol will stay with 26 points to remain in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Elche will have 19 points to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Espanyol will play away against Cádiz on the 18th of January with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Espanyol (0 draws).
Elche will host Villarreal on the 16th of January with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Villarreal (5 draws).
Espanyol – Formation
Espanyol started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Vicente Moreno Peris decided to play with the following team: Joan Garcia, Aleix Vidal, Sergi Gómez, Leandro Cabrera, Adrià Pedrosa, Manuel Morlanes, Keidi Bare, Adrián Embarba, Javi Puado, Loren Morón and Raúl de Tomás.
The home team had on the bench: Oier Olazábal, Fernando Calero, Miguelón, Óscar Gil, Dídac Vila, Óscar Melendo, Fran Mérida, Daniel Villahermosa, Nicolás Melamed, Landry Dimata, Wu Lei and Jofre.
Substitutions
Espanyol made 5 changes: A. Vidal for O. Gil (58′), L. Moron for N. Melamed (58′), A. Embarba for L. Dimata (67′), K. Bare for F. Merida (85′) and J. Puado for Jofre (85′).
Elche – Formation
Elche started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez played with: Edgar Badia, Helibelton Palacios, Enzo Roco, Pedro Bigas, Gonzalo Verdú, Johan Mojica, Jose Morente, Omar Mascarell, Gerard Gumbau, Pere Milla and Lucas Pérez, Guido Carrillo.
These were the players on the bench: Lluis Andreu, Axel Werner, Antonio Barragán, Josema, Raúl Guti, Javier Pastore, Iván Marcone, Josan, Darío Benedetto, Pablo Piatti and Jony Alamo.
Substitutions
Elche made 4 changes: Tete Morente for Josan (70′), G. Verdu for Josema (78′), L. Perez for P. Piatti (88′) and G. Carrillo for R. Guti (89′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.