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La Liga · Round 9 · Sat 17 Oct, 14:15

Villarreal
0–0
Full time
Elche

Pre-match prediction

62%
21%
17%
Villarreal 62% Draw 21% 17% Elche

✓Based on the confirmed starting lineups, not just each club's overall record.

Expected goals
2.20 – 1.12
Over 2.5 goals
65%
Both teams to score
60%
Model confidence
normal

Most likely scorelines

2-1 10% 1-1 9% 2-0 9% 1-0 8% 3-1 7%

Compared to the betting market (reference only, not used as a model input)

Villarreal
62% vs 67%
Draw
21% vs 19%
Elche
17% vs 15%

Lineups

Reference only — not used by the prediction model. Positions (LB/CB/RB etc.) are a best-effort guess from the source's own left-to-right player order, not a confirmed tactical slot.

Elche 5-3-2
1
Dituro GK
7.9 1527
2
Sangaré LWB
6.0 1501
3
Revivo CB
11
Valera CB
6.3 1474
23
Chust CB
6.7 1474
47
Morcillo RWB
7.1 1535
8
Aguado CM
6.9 1433
12
Villar CM
6.2 1513
18
Lemar CM
1594
21
Cepeda ST
6.7 1518
24
Osorio ST
1507
25
Gulácsi GK
6.8 1492
2
Costa LB
7.3 1539
3
Freeman CB
6.7 1496
8
Foyth CB
7.1 1610
23
Cardona RB
7.0 1606
10
Moleiro LM
6.3 1546
11
Akhomach CM
6.6 1556
14
Comesaña CM
6.9 1668
16
Macia RM
6.8 1497
21
Oluwaseyi ST
6.3 1501
22
Pérez ST
6.4 1545
Villarreal 4-4-2

Villarreal · Bench

Luíz Júnior, A. Diatta, Pau Navarro, Gerard Moreno, G. Mikautadze, Renato Veiga, S. Mouriño, P. Gueye, Carlos Romero, N. Saliba, N. El Jmili

Elche · Bench

F. Redondo, Bigas, E. Ponce, F. Buonanotte, Alejandro Iturbe, Fer Niño, K. Lomónaco, Martim Neto, Josan, Tete Morente, Rubén Sánchez, Ali Houary

Villarreal · last 5 A

Napoli (H) 3-1 W Real Madrid (A) 1-0 L Real Madrid (A) 1-0 L Levante (H) 3-1 W Levante (H) 3-1 W

Elche · last 5 A

Celta Vigo (H) 0-0 D Espanyol (A) 1-3 W Espanyol (A) 1-3 W Real Madrid (H) 2-3 L Real Madrid (H) 2-3 L

Head-to-head

18 Oct 2026 Villarreal 0–0 Elche 17 Oct 2026 Villarreal 0–0 Elche 08 Mar 2026 Villarreal 2–1 Elche 03 Jan 2026 Elche 1–3 Villarreal 04 Feb 2023 Elche 3–1 Villarreal 04 Sep 2022 Villarreal 4–0 Elche 16 Jan 2022 Elche 1–0 Villarreal 22 Sep 2021 Villarreal 4–1 Elche 06 Feb 2021 Elche 2–2 Villarreal 06 Dec 2020 Villarreal 0–0 Elche

News

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