Elche 2-2 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 1 March 2026

Result

Elche 2-2 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 1 March 2026, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Elche 2-2 Espanyol: match report

Elche drew with Espanyol 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 1 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

Kike García opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Elche's goals came from Marc Aguado (42') and Rafa Mir (90', penalty). Espanyol scored through Kike García (7') and Carlos Romero (57').

Discipline: Elche received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Elche were 17th on 25 points from 25 and Espanyol 8th on 35 points from 25. Elche went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Espanyol 11th with 46.

Elche lined up in a 3-5-2 and Espanyol in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marko Dmitrovic of Espanyol (7.7), ahead of Edu Expósito (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Elche wins, 4 draws and 3 for Espanyol.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Kike GarcíaEspanyol · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanEspanyol
  • 42'Goal · Marc AguadoElche · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Urko González de ZárateEspanyol
  • 57'Goal · Carlos RomeroEspanyol · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Edu ExpósitoEspanyol
  • 77'Yellow card · Roberto FernándezEspanyol
  • 90'Penalty goal · Rafa MirElche · 2-2
  • 90+5'Second yellow · Charles PickelEspanyol
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Charles PickelEspanyol
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Rafa MirElche

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Elche 2, draws 4, Espanyol 3.

Team news

Elche line-up (3-5-2)

Matías Dituro, Léo Pétrot, David Affengruber, Pedro Bigas, Tete Morente, Lucas Cepeda, Marc Aguado, Aleix Febas, Germán Valera, Rafa Mir, André Silva

Espanyol line-up (4-4-1-1)

Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Clemens Riedel, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Tyrhys Dolan, Urko González de Zárate, Pol Lozano, Pere Milla, Edu Expósito, Kike García