ELCHE. Real Madrid prevailed over Elche. Elche lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero stadium in Elche on Tuesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. In front of 30,383 spectators. The referee was Jesús Gil Manzano assisted by Guadalupe Porras Ayuso and Javier Martínez Nicolás. The 4th official was Pol Gòdia Solé. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 11 Total 20
- 3 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 11
- 2 Shots blocked 5
- 99 Attack 94
- 52 Dangerous attack 61
- 72 Ball safe 61
- 8 Free Kicks 21
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 21 Total 8
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Elche was in firm control of the ball 56% while Real Madrid was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Real Madrid was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Madrid won the match.
Elche shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Real Madrid shot 20 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Elche received 4 yellow cards (Gonzalo Villar, Josan, Marc Aguado and Lucas Cepeda). On the opposite side, Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards (Yan Diomande and Ibrahima Konaté).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Elche stays with 2 points to occupy the 20th place in the table. On the opposite side, Real Madrid has 15 points (2nd).
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Elche will play away against Espanyol on the 18th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Real Madrid will play away against Atlético de Madrid on the 20th of September with a 0-0 head to head record.
Elche – Formation
Elche
68'
90'
71'
Elche started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Martin Anselmi decided to play with the following team: Matías Dituro , Buba Sangaré , Federico Redondo , Víctor Chust , Roy Revivo , Germán Valera , Martim Neto , Marc Aguado , Gonzalo Villar , Tete Morente and Abiel Osorio .
The home team had on the bench: Facundo Buonanotte, Fer Niño , Javi Morcillo, Pedro Bigas, Ezequiel Ponce, Alejandro Iturbe, Josan , Thomas Lemar , Grady Diangana, Lucas Cepeda , Rubén Sánchez and Matia Barzic.
Substitutions
Elche made 5 changes: Marc Aguado for Lucas Cepeda (58′), Germán Valera for Thomas Lemar (58′), Martim Neto for Fer Niño (68′), Buba Sangaré for Rubén Sánchez (68′) and Tete Morente for Josan (80′).
Player of the match: Abiel Osorio
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Elche was Abiel Osorio.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 9.
Real Madrid – Formation
Real Madrid
Real Madrid started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho played with: Thibaut Courtois , Trent Alexander-Arnold , Ibrahima Konaté , Dean Huijsen , Marc Cucurella , Federico Valverde , Aurélien Tchouaméni , Yan Diomande , Arda Güler , Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappé .
They had on the bench: Jude Bellingham , Bernardo Silva, Antonio Rüdiger, Raúl Asencio, Eduardo Camavinga, Endrick, Andriy Lunin, Álvaro Carreras, Carlos Espí , Brahim Díaz , Denzel Dumfries and Thiago Pitarch.
Substitutions
Real Madrid made 5 changes: Arda Güler for Jude Bellingham (68′), Vinicius Junior for Brahim Díaz (68′), Aurélien Tchouaméni for Endrick (86′), Trent Alexander-Arnold for Carlos Espí (87′) and Yan Diomande for Denzel Dumfries (90′).
Player of the match: Kylian Mbappé
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Madrid was Kylian Mbappé.
His rating is with 1 goal, 39 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Rayo Vallecano – Espanyol – 2-1
- Deportivo Alavés – Valencia – 0-1
- Elche – Real Madrid – 2-3
