Spanish LALIGA 2

Villarreal B vs Elche, 2023-24 Spanish LALIGA 2, Regular Season

· Spanish LALIGA 2
Villarreal B
    FT
    0 - 1
    Elche
    • 15': Nicolás Castro

    About

    Villarreal B are hosting Elche at Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal, Spain, starting on . The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA 2.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Hand ball by Álex Forés (Villarreal B).
    • 5': Attempt saved. Tete Morente (Elche) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedro Bigas.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Arnau Puigmal (Elche) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Carlos Clerc with a cross.
    • 9': Foul by Rodri Alonso (Villarreal B).
    • 9': Tete Morente (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Foul by Diego Collado (Villarreal B).
    • 10': Josan (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Mendoza (Elche) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josan.
    • 12': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Stefan Lekovic.
    • 13': Adrià Alti (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Foul by Josan (Elche).
    • 13': Josan (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 14': Foul by Rodri Alonso (Villarreal B).
    • 14': Rodrigo Mendoza (Elche) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Nicolás Castro (Elche) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo Mendoza.
    • 15': Goal! Villarreal B 0, Elche 1. Nicolás Castro (Elche) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
    • 17': Foul by Rodri Alonso (Villarreal B).
    • 17': Tete Morente (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Foul by Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche).
    • 18': Rodri Alonso (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Corner, Villarreal B. Conceded by Josan.
    • 23': Aitor Gelardo (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche).
    • 32': Carlo García (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Foul by Arnau Puigmal (Elche).
    • 33': Offside, Elche. Mourad is caught offside.
    • 35': Attempt blocked. Diego Collado (Villarreal B) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Forés.
    • 35': Attempt saved. Álex Forés (Villarreal B) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Mourad (Elche) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josan with a cross.
    • 37': Delay in match (Elche).
    • 40': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 41': Foul by Tete Morente (Elche).
    • 41': Rodri Alonso (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 42': Attempt blocked. Adrià Alti (Villarreal B) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 45': Dani Tasende (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Arnau Puigmal (Elche).
    • 45': Arnau Puigmal (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Villarreal B. Conceded by Carlos Clerc.
    • 45'+5': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Stefan Lekovic.
    • 45'+5': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Mendoza (Elche) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Arnau Puigmal with a cross.
    • 45'+5': Attempt missed. Pedro Bigas (Elche) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
    • 45'+5': First Half ends, Villarreal B 0, Elche 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Villarreal B 0, Elche 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Elche. Diego González replaces Pedro Bigas.
    • 45': Substitution, Villarreal B. Carlos Romero replaces Rodri Alonso.
    • 45': Substitution, Villarreal B. Daniel Requena replaces Aitor Gelardo.
    • 46': Corner, Villarreal B. Conceded by Tete Morente.
    • 48': Delay in match because of an injury Carlo García (Villarreal B).
    • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 49': Offside, Elche. Tete Morente is caught offside.
    • 51': Daniel Requena (Villarreal B) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 51': Foul by Nicolás Castro (Elche).
    • 52': Attempt missed. Jorge Pascual (Villarreal B) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daniel Requena.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Diego Collado (Villarreal B) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Requena.
    • 54': Adrià Alti (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Foul by Nicolás Castro (Elche).
    • 55': Attempt saved. Álex Forés (Villarreal B) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carlos Romero with a through ball.
    • 55': Corner, Villarreal B. Conceded by Carlos Clerc.
    • 56': Corner, Villarreal B. Conceded by Josan.
    • 58': Attempt saved. Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche) left footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolás Castro.
    • 58': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Iker Álvarez.
    • 58': Substitution, Elche. Aleix Febas replaces Arnau Puigmal.
    • 59': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Dani Tasende.
    • 60': Corner, Villarreal B. Conceded by Diego González.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Dani Tasende (Villarreal B) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adrià Alti following a corner.
    • 61': Aleix Febas (Elche) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 61': Foul by Daniel Requena (Villarreal B).
    • 61': Daniel Requena (Villarreal B) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Diego Collado (Villarreal B) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daniel Requena following a fast break.
    • 62': Diego González (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 63': Substitution, Elche. José Salinas replaces Josan.
    • 64': Aleix Febas (Elche) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 64': Foul by Diego Collado (Villarreal B).
    • 65': Foul by Antonio Espigares (Villarreal B).
    • 65': Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': Antonio Espigares (Villarreal B) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Aleix Febas (Elche) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tete Morente.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Tete Morente (Elche) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás Castro.
    • 68': Carlos Romero (Villarreal B) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 68': Foul by John Donald (Elche).
    • 69': Carlo García (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Mourad (Elche).
    • 69': Delay in match because of an injury Carlo García (Villarreal B).
    • 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 70': Substitution, Villarreal B. Tiago Geralnik replaces Carlo García because of an injury.
    • 70': Substitution, Villarreal B. Javi Ontiveros replaces Jorge Pascual.
    • 70': Offside, Villarreal B. Álex Forés is caught offside.
    • 71': Foul by Carlos Romero (Villarreal B).
    • 71': Rodrigo Mendoza (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche).
    • 73': Javi Ontiveros (Villarreal B) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 75': Adrià Alti (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Foul by Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche).
    • 76': Attempt missed. Diego Collado (Villarreal B) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dani Tasende with a cross.
    • 76': Attempt saved. Daniel Requena (Villarreal B) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Forés.
    • 77': Adrià Alti (Villarreal B) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 77': Foul by Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche).
    • 77': Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 78': Substitution, Elche. Borja Garcés replaces Mourad.
    • 78': Substitution, Elche. Sergio Bermejo replaces Rodrigo Mendoza.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Diego Collado (Villarreal B) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álex Forés.
    • 82': Attempt blocked. Álex Forés (Villarreal B) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Requena.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Álex Forés (Villarreal B) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Requena.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Daniel Requena (Villarreal B) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 83': Foul by Dani Tasende (Villarreal B).
    • 83': Tete Morente (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Antonio Espigares (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Foul by Borja Garcés (Elche).
    • 85': Attempt missed. Sergio Bermejo (Elche) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolás Fernández Mercau.
    • 85': Foul by Borja Garcés (Elche).
    • 85': Tiago Geralnik (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 86': Borja Garcés (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 86': Borja Garcés (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Foul by Tiago Geralnik (Villarreal B).
    • 87': Substitution, Villarreal B. Hugo Novoa replaces Antonio Espigares.
    • 89': Adrià Alti (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche).
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Sergio Bermejo (Elche) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleix Febas.
    • 90'+1': Carlos Clerc (Elche) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Adrià Alti (Villarreal B).
    • 90'+2': Carlos Clerc (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Hugo Novoa (Villarreal B).
    • 90'+3': Daniel Requena (Villarreal B) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Borja Garcés (Elche).
    • 90'+3': Offside, Villarreal B. Álex Forés is caught offside.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Villarreal B. Conceded by John Donald.
    • 90'+6': Corner, Villarreal B. Conceded by Nicolás Castro.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Villarreal B 0, Elche 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Villarreal B 0, Elche 1.

    Statistics

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    17 Fouls 13
    5 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    4 Corner Kicks 8
    7 Saves 2
    55.3 Possession 44.7
    13 SHOTS 14
    3 ON GOAL 6
    0.2 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    407 Accurate Passes 316
    484 Passes 389
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    6 Accurate Crosses 1
    20 Crosses 17
    0.3 Cross % 0.1
    50 Long Balls 59
    20 Accurate Long Balls 25
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
    5 Blocked Shots 4
    16 Effective Tackles 9
    21 Tackles 19
    0.8 Tackle % 0.5
    12 Interceptions 9
    22 Effective Clearances 19
    22 Clearances 19

    Game Information

    Competition: Spanish LALIGA 2

    Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica
    Location: Villarreal, Spain
    Attendance: 3,715

    LALIGA 2 Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Racing Santander 16 +13 37
    2 Mirandés 16 +5 28
    3 Sporting Gijón 16 +7 26
    4 Granada 16 +5 26
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    VLB Villarreal B (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Iker (GK)
    12 Stefan Lekovic
    29 Antonio Espigares Yellow Card
    3 Dani Tasende
    2 Adrià Altimira
    8 Carlo García
    14 Aitor Gelardo
    7 Diego Collado
    21 Rodri Alonso
    9 Alex Fores
    11 Jorge Pascual Medina
    Villarreal B Substitutes:
    Abraham del Moral, Pau Navarro, Lanchi, Carlos Romero, Tiago Geralnik, Hugo Novoa, Andrés Ferrari, Miguel Ángel Morro, Javi Ontiveros, Dani Requena, Marcos Sánchez.

    ELC Elche (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    13 Matías Dituro (GK)
    6 Pedro Bigas
    23 Carlos Clerc
    17 Josan Yellow Card
    21 Nicolás Castro
    30 Rodrigo Mendoza
    5 John Donald
    11 José Antonio Morente
    8 Arnau Puigmal Yellow Card
    22 Nicolás Fernández Yellow Card
    19 Mourad El Ghezouani
    Elche Substitutes:
    Sergio Bermejo Lillo, Febas , Rafael Núñez, David López, Manuel Nieto, Diego González, Borja Garcés, Cristian , Jhegson Méndez, José Salinas, Miguel San Román.

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