ELCHE. Elche overcomes Celta de Vigo 1-0 after D. Benedetto scored just 1 goal (49′).

The match was played at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero stadium in Elche on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was José Luis Munuera Montero who had the assistance of Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín and Antonio Ramón Martínez Moreno. The 4th official was Pedro Eugenio Muñoz Piedra. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.9 degrees Celsius or 82.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Celta de Vigo was in firm control of the ball 55% while Elche was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Celta de Vigo was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Elche was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Elche shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Celta de Vigo shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Elche received 4 yellow cards (Josan, A. Barragan, O. Mascarell and K. Casilla). On the opposite side, Celta de Vigo received 3 yellow cards (N. Araujo, H. Mallo and S. Mina).

Standings

After this match, Elche will have 9 points like Espanyol to stay in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Celta de Vigo will stay with 7 points like Cádiz to stay in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Elche will play away against Rayo Vallecano on the 17th of October with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Elche (0 draws).

Celta de Vigo will host Sevilla on the 17th of October with a 12-8 head to head statistic in favor of Sevilla (4 draws).

Elche – Formation

Elche started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Francisco Escriba Segura decided to play with the following team: Kiko Casilla (7.3), Antonio Barragán (6.8), Gonzalo Verdú (7.3), Enzo Roco (7.5), Josan (6.2), Raúl Guti (6.8), Omar Mascarell (7.4), Fidel (6.6), Johan Mojica (7.2), Lucas Pérez (6.2) and Darío Benedetto (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Gerard Gumbau, Lucas Boyé (6.6), Pablo Piatti (7.1), Pere Milla (6.6), Javier Pastore, Edgar Badia, Josema (6.5), Helibelton Palacios, Guido Carrillo, Jose Morente, Diego Gonzalez and Iván Marcone.

Elche could not rely on the presence of D. Gonzalez (injured) and Josema (injured).

Substitutions

Elche made 5 changes: G. Verdu for D. Gonzalez (51′), D. Gonzalez for Josema (56′), Josan for P. Piatti (57′), L. Perez for L. Boye (57′) and D. Benedetto for P. Milla (83′).

Best player: Darío Benedetto​

The player that probably impressed the most for Elche was Darío Benedetto.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 16 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

Celta de Vigo – Formation

Celta de Vigo started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

On the other side, Eduardo Germán Coudet played with: Matías Dituro (7.1), Hugo Mallo (7.5), Néstor Araujo (6.9), Jeison Murillo (6.7), Javi Galán (6.4), Renato Tapia (7.2), Brais Méndez (6.4), Fran Beltrán (6.7), Nolito (6.8), Santi Mina (6.8) and Iago Aspas (7.0).

They had on the bench: Rubén Blanco, Denis Suárez (6.9), Okay Yokuşlu (7.1), Thiago Galhardo (6.2), Kevin Vazquez, Joseph Aidoo, Jose Fontán, Augusto Solari (7.0), Carlos Dominguez, Miguel Baeza and Franco Cervi (6.9).

Celta de Vigo could not rely on the presence of D. Suarez (injured), T. Galhardo (injured) and O. Yokuslu (injured).

Substitutions

Celta de Vigo made 5 changes: Nolito for F. Cervi (61′), F. Beltran for D. Suarez (61′), B. Mendez for T. Galhardo (71′), J. Murillo for A. Solari (71′) and R. Tapia for O. Yokuslu (89′).

Best player: Hugo Mallo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Celta de Vigo was Hugo Mallo.

His rating is (7.5) with 39 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Getafe – Real Sociedad – 1-1
• Espanyol – Real Madrid – 2-1
• Granada – Sevilla – 1-0
• Villarreal – Real Betis – 2-0
• Elche – Celta de Vigo – 1-0