VILLARREAL. Villarreal wipes out Elche 4-0 with goals of G. Moreno (26′), G. Lo Celso (36′), F. Coquelin (89′) and J. L. Morales (90′).

The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias who was helped by Julián Villaseñor Julián and Alejandro Estévez Iglesias. The 4th official was Albert Catalá Ferrán. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.5 degrees Celsius or 77.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Villarreal was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Elche that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Elche had a more offensive attitude with 41 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 0 were on target. Nevertheless, Villarreal was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Villarreal shot 18 times, 10 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Elche shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Villarreal received 1 yellow card (N. Jackson). On the other side, Elche received 3 yellow cards (R. Guti, P. Milla and E. Roco).

Standings

After this encounter, Villarreal will have 10 points like FC Barcelona to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Elche will stay with 1 points like Sevilla, Real Valladolid and Getafe to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Villarreal will play away with Real Betis on the 11th of September with a 13-7 head to head record in favor of Villarreal (6 draws).

Elche will host Athletic Club on the 11th of September with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Athletic Club (4 draws).

Villarreal – Formation

Villarreal adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien decided to play with the following team: Gerónimo Rulli (7.1), Kiko Femenía (7.2), Raúl Albiol (7.8), Pau Torres (7.4), Alfonso Pedraza (7.2), Yéremy Pino (6.6), Étienne Capoue (7.0), Dani Parejo (6.9), Giovani Lo Celso (7.2), Gerard Moreno (7.4) and Nicolas Jackson (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Iker Álvarez, José Luis Morales (7.3), J. Mojica, Samuel Chukwueze (7.0), Manu Trigueros, Jorge Cuenca, Francis Coquelin (7.6), Aïssa Mandi (6.6), Manu Morlanes, Alejandro Baena (6.7) and F. Jörgensen.

Substitutions

Villarreal made 5 changes: N. Jackson for J. L. Morales (46′), Y. Pino for S. Chukwueze (65′), G. Moreno for A. Baena (65′), Kiko for A. Mandi (79′) and G. Lo Celso for F. Coquelin (79′).

Best player: Raúl Albiol​

The player that probably impressed the most for Villarreal was Raúl Albiol even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 70 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6.

Elche – Formation

Also Elche adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez played with: Édgar Badía (6.8), Helibelton Palacios (6.1), Enzo Roco (6.3), Pedro Bigas (6.5), Carlos Clerc (6.8), Tete Morente (6.5), Omar Mascarell (6.2), Raúl Guti (6.2), Alex Collado (6.7), Lucas Boyé (6.8) and Ezequiel Ponce (6.1).

They had on the bench: A. Werner, Gerard Gumbau (6.9), Roger Martí (6.6), John Nwankwo, J. Pastore, Diego González, Josan (6.3), Jesús, F. Fernández, Pere Milla (6.4) and Domingos Quina (6.2).

Substitutions

Elche made 5 changes: R. Guti for G. Gumbau (46′), L. Boye for P. Milla (57′), E. Ponce for R. Marti (57′), A. Collado for D. Quina (70′) and Tete Morente for Josan (70′).

Best player: Gerard Gumbau​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Elche was Gerard Gumbau.

His rating is (6.9) with 35 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 3 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Results of the day

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

• Villarreal – Elche – 4-0
• Valencia – Getafe – 5-1
• Osasuna – Rayo Vallecano – 2-1
• Athletic Club – Espanyol – 0-1