Elche 1-3 Villarreal: result and report

Elche 1-3 Villarreal

La Liga · Saturday 3 January 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

Elche · Villarreal · La Liga predictions

Elche were beaten by Villarreal 1-3 in La Liga on Saturday 3 January 2026. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Alberto Moleiro opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Elche's goal came from Martim Neto (30'). Villarreal scored through Alberto Moleiro (7'), Georges Mikautadze (13') and Alfonso Pedraza (83').

Discipline: Elche received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Elche were 9th on 22 points from 17 and Villarreal 4th on 35 points from 16. Elche went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Villarreal 3rd with 72.

Elche lined up in a 3-5-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfonso Pedraza of Villarreal (8.0), ahead of Alberto Moleiro (7.9).

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

Going into the match Elche's last five read W-L-W-L-D and Villarreal's L-W-W-W-W.