Elche vs Villarreal

La Liga Spain Regular Season - 18 Jan 3 2026 17:30 Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero
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Elche Team Elche Home team
finished 1-3 Match Finished Kickoff · January 3 2026 at 17:30
Villarreal Team Villarreal Away team
Fixture events

Events improve post-match history and future player/team analysis.

20
7'
G
Goal · Normal Goal Villarreal · A. Moleiro · Assists: G. Mikautadze
13'
G
Goal · Normal Goal Villarreal · G. Mikautadze · Assists: N. Pepe
30'
G
Goal · Normal Goal Elche · M. Neto · Assists: Aleix Febas
39'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Villarreal · A. Perez · Foul
50'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Elche · Germán Valera · Foul
61'
SUB
subst · Substitution 1 Elche · D. Affengruber · Assists: B. Diaby
66'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Elche · Aleix Febas · Argument
66'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Elche · P. Bigas · Argument
66'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Villarreal · S. Comesana · Argument
67'
SUB
subst · Substitution 1 Villarreal · A. Perez · Assists: G. Moreno
68'
SUB
subst · Substitution 2 Villarreal · N. Pepe · Assists: S. Cardona
71'
SUB
subst · Substitution 2 Elche · Marc Aguado · Assists: G. Diangana
76'
SUB
subst · Substitution 3 Villarreal · G. Mikautadze · Assists: T. Oluwaseyi
76'
SUB
subst · Substitution 4 Villarreal · D. Parejo · Assists: C. Macia
79'
SUB
subst · Substitution 3 Elche · A. Nunez · Assists: Josan
79'
SUB
subst · Substitution 4 Elche · M. Neto · Assists: R. Mendoza
79'
SUB
subst · Substitution 5 Elche · R. Mir · Assists: Adam Boayar
80'
SUB
subst · Substitution 5 Villarreal · S. Mourino · Assists: J. Foyth
83'
G
Goal · Normal Goal Villarreal · A. Pedraza · Assists: S. Cardona
88'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Villarreal · S. Cardona · Time wasting
Head to head
5
recent form
Elche vs Villarreal
API team snapshot
API comparison
47%
last five form
80%
63%
Attack
56%
63%
Defense
69%
17
Played
16
5/7/5
W/D/L
11/2/3
1.4
Goals for avg
1.9
1.2
Goals against avg
0.9
5
Clean sheets
7
3-5-2
Common formation
4-4-2

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Home 10%
Draw 45%
Away 45%
API adviceDouble chance : draw or Villarreal
Model edgeVillarreal · Win or draw

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Elche vs Villarreal in La Liga already has enough context for a first read: recent form is 4-0-2 vs 2-1-3, H2H sample contains 5 matches, and 12 fixture-linked injuries are visible. The full AI analysis weighs home/away context, goal trends, squads, transfers, provider signals, API prediction signals and missing-data risk before assigning informational probabilities.

Recent form6/6
Head to head5
Squads24/24
Injuries12
Predictions1
Provider signals0
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Match preview

Elche face Villarreal in La Liga (Spain) on January 3 2026 at 17:30. The match is part of Regular Season - 18 and is listed at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in Elche. Current match status is Match Finished. This page brings together team links, recent form, H2H, squads, injuries, data coverage and AI analysis signals for pre-match research.

Competition La Liga · Spain
Kickoff Jan 3 2026 17:30
Venue Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche

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Elche · 24 vs Villarreal · 24

API comparison

Comparison percentages from API-Football predictions; use them as input signals, not guaranteed outcomes.

Elche vs Villarreal
53%
Attack vs
47%
45%
Defense vs
55%
50%
Head to head vs
50%
37%
Form vs
63%
39%
Goals vs
61%
48.3%
Total vs
51.7%
66%
Poisson vs
34%

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