Almería 5-3 Elche: result and report

La Liga 2 · Sunday 12 May 2019

Result

Almería 5-3 Elche

La Liga 2 · Sunday 12 May 2019, 10:00 UTC · half-time 3-2

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Almería 5-3 Elche: match report

Almería defeated Elche 5-3 in La Liga 2 on Sunday 12 May 2019. It was 3-2 at half-time.

Nacho Gil opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Almería's goals came from Álvaro Giménez (15'), Álvaro Giménez (43'), Álvaro Giménez (45+2', penalty), Juan Carlos Real (59') and Sergio Aguza (90+1'). Elche scored through Nacho Gil (3', penalty), Nino (9') and Iván Sánchez (69', penalty).

Discipline: Almería received 1 yellow card; Elche received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Almería were 12th on 49 points from 36 and Elche 11th on 50 points from 37. Almería went on to finish that season 10th with 57 points, and Elche 11th with 55.

Almería lined up in a 4-4-2 and Elche in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Álvaro Giménez of Almería (9.7), ahead of Iván Sánchez (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Almería wins, 3 draws and 2 for Elche.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Penalty goal · Nacho GilElche · 0-1
  • 9'Goal · NinoElche · 0-2
  • 15'Yellow card · Gonzalo VillarElche
  • 15'Goal · Álvaro GiménezAlmería · 1-2
  • 37'Yellow card · Nacho GilElche
  • 43'Goal · Álvaro GiménezAlmería · 2-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · NinoElche
  • 45+2'Penalty goal · Álvaro GiménezAlmería · 3-2
  • 46'Yellow card · ManolínElche
  • 59'Goal · Juan Carlos RealAlmería · 4-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Gonzalo VerdúElche
  • 69'Penalty goal · Iván SánchezElche · 4-3
  • 85'Yellow card · Sergio AguzaAlmería
  • 90+1'Goal · Sergio AguzaAlmería · 5-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Almería 0, draws 3, Elche 2.

Team news

Almería line-up (4-4-2)

Rene Roman, Juan Ibiza, Adrian, Esteban Saveljich, Iván Martos, César de la Hoz, Luis Rioja, José Corpas, David Rocha, Juan Carlos Real, Álvaro Giménez

Elche line-up (4-4-1-1)

Edgar Badia, Tekio, Neyder Lozano, Gonzalo Verdú, Juan Cruz, Manuel Sánchez, Gonzalo Villar, Iván Sánchez, Nacho Gil, Nino, Ignacio Pastor