Villarreal 0-0 Elche: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How the match unfolded

No goals at Estadio de la Cerámica: Villarreal and Elche cancelled each other out over ninety minutes.

The referee, V. García Verdura, showed 6 yellow cards: 2 to Villarreal and 4 to Elche.

Villarreal: I. Pérez Soto, 4-4-2 · Elche: M. Anselmi, 5-4-1.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

Moneyball's Match Board pick, HT Elche CF +0.50, was right: the half-time score, 0-0 bears it out.

The estimate's most likely result was a Villarreal win at 62%; a draw, at 21%, is what happened. Its single most likely score was 2-1 (10%).

The goals dried up: the estimate expected about 3.3 and the match produced none.

Over 2.5 goals had been put at 63%; with 0 goals the under came in, against the way the estimate leaned.

Both teams to score was 59%; they did not both score, against the estimate.

The pre-match consensus had a Villarreal win at 64%, the same lean as Moneyball.

Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-10-09, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 0.37 for Villarreal and 1.83 for Elche.

Elche left about 1.8 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

Elche created the better chances, 1.83 xG to 0.37, and still did not win. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

The run of play itself went against the pre-match reading: Moneyball expected Villarreal to create more, and Elche did.

Villarreal had 7 shots on target, Elche 1.

Elche's goalkeeper made 5 saves.

Villarreal had 58% of the ball.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Villarreal came into it with 12 La Liga matches played, scoring 1.4 and conceding 1.3 a match, with 1.96 expected goals for and 1.12 against, and had won 33% of their matches.

Elche came into it with 12 La Liga matches played, scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.7 a match, with 1.32 expected goals for and 1.53 against, and had won 17% of their matches.

Villarreal vs Elche: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Matías Dituro (Elche), rated 8.1 by Sportmonks.

Villarreal

• Sergi Cardona 7.7
• Logan Costa 7.3
• Alex Freeman 7.3
• Juan Foyth 7.1
• Ilias Akhomach 7.1

Elche

• Matías Dituro 8.1
• Víctor Chust 7.6
• Thomas Lemar 7.2
• Roy Revivo 7.2
• Federico Redondo 7.0

The lowest-rated starter was Gonzalo Villar at 6.3. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Villarreal: FC Barcelona vs Villarreal Sunday 22 November 2026 · La Liga
• Elche: Levante vs Elche Monday 23 November 2026 · La Liga

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Villarreal vs Elche

What was the score in Villarreal vs Elche?

Villarreal 0-0 Elche (half-time 0-0), La Liga, Saturday 17 October 2026.

Who scored in Villarreal vs Elche?

Nobody: the match finished 0-0.

Did Moneyball predict Villarreal vs Elche correctly?

Moneyball's Match Board pick, HT Elche CF +0.50, was right: the half-time score, 0-0 bears it out.

Who was man of the match in Villarreal vs Elche?

Matías Dituro, rated 8.1 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Villarreal vs Elche?

V. García Verdura.