Espanyol — Elche 1:3, 18 September: match result

match finished La Liga · Matchday 7 Friday 18 September · 19:00 UTC

Espanyol 14th · 7 pts LLWDL

1 : 3 1st half 0:2

Elche 18th · 5 pts WLDLL

RCDE Stadium · referee J. A. Gonzalez Esteban

Match predictionSafe

Espanyol to stay within two goals

93% · Espanyol games average 2.9 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Espanyol to stay within two goals”, and the match finished 1:3.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Espanyol 35% draw 25% Elche 40%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Elche win, and the match finished 1:3. Fans backed Elche win — they got it right.

fans 57 votes

Espanyol 39% draw 14% Elche 47%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

F. Redondo Solari 6'

F. Nino 22'

F. Nino assist: R. Revivo 0-1 26'

F. Nino assist: R. Revivo 0-2 29'

R. Sanchez for Buba Sangare 37'

Exposito 45+4'

M. Fernandez Sanchez for U. Gonzalez 46'

Q. Hartman for R. Hinojo 46'

P. Bigas for G. Villar 60'

P. Milla for A. Calatrava 61'

A. Osorio for F. Nino 61'

C. Riedel for U. Nunez 67'

T. Dolan for B. Zaragoza 67'

V. Chust own goal 1-2 72'

Tete Morente for T. Lemar 77'

M. Barzic for R. Revivo 77'

G. Valera assist: Tete Morente 1-3 78'

C. Riedel 82'

L. Cepeda 90+1'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Espanyol 4-2-3-1 · Manolo Gonzalez 4-3-3 · Martin Anselmi Elche

Marko Dmitrović  
José Ángel López  14 Unai Núñez  6 Leandro Cabrera  21 Roger Hinojo  
Edu Expósito  4 Urko González  
Álex Calatrava  28 Javier Hernández  15 Bryan Zaragoza  
Roberto Fernández  

Lucas Cepeda  14 Fernando Niño  11 Germán Valera  
Gonzalo Villar  47 Javi Morcillo  18 Thomas Lemar  
Buba Sangaré  5 Federico Redondo  23 Víctor Chust  3 Roy Revivo  
Matías Dituro  

Espanyol bench

1Angel Fortuno
5Clemens Riedel
20Gabriel Moscardo
31Llorenç Serred
18Marcos Fernández
11Pere Milla
10Pol Lozano
3Quilindschy Hartman
26Rafael Bauzà
24Tyrhys Dolan
16Vanja Drkušić
29Victor Mullerat Tomas

Elche bench

24Abiel Osorio
13Alejandro Iturbe
9Ezequiel Ponce
10Facundo Buonanotte
19Grady Diangana
17Josan
8Marc Aguado
16Martim Neto
26Matia Barzić
6Pedro Bigas
22Rubén Sánchez
20Tete Morente

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

66%Possession34%

22Shots9

4Shots on target6

14Shots off target2

4Blocked shots1

12Shots inside box6

10Shots outside box3

150Attacks75

92Dangerous attacks26

3Corners3

9Offsides2

14Fouls9

2Yellow cards2

0Red cards1

3Saves4

508Passes282

447Accurate passes192

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Espanyol

ElcheThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Espanyol and Elche met on matchday 7 of the La Liga on 18 September at RCDE Stadium. Final score — 1:3.

Espanyol sit 14th on 7 points after 7 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses). Elche sit 18th on 5 points after 7 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 4 losses).

Of the last 2 meetings Espanyol won 1, Elche won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 3:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Espanyol last five Elche

LLWDL form WLDLL

7 Matches 7

2 — 1 — 4 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 2 — 4

10 — 10 Scored — conceded 11 — 17

1 Points per game 0.71

1.43 Goals scored per game 1.57

2 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 1

winless in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Espanyol at home: 4 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 6—6, 1 points per match.

Elche away: 4 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 7—6, 1.25 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Espanyol win 1 draw 0 Elche wins goals 3:2 Espanyol — Elche

01/03/2026	Elche — Espanyol	2:2	La Liga
25/10/2025	Espanyol — Elche	1:0	La Liga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
13	Celta de Vigo	7	1	4	2	8—6	7
14	Espanyol	7	2	1	4	10—10	7
15	Real Sociedad	6	2	1	3	6—11	7
16	Racing de Santander	7	2	1	4	11—21	7
17	Levante	5	1	2	2	7—9	5
18	Elche	7	1	2	4	11—17	5

Full La Liga table