Elche 2-2 Almería: result and report

La Liga 2 · Saturday 22 December 2018

Result

Elche 2-2 Almería

La Liga 2 · Saturday 22 December 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Elche · Almería · La Liga 2 predictions

Elche 2-2 Almería: match report

Elche drew with Almería 2-2 in La Liga 2 on Saturday 22 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Javi Flores opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Elche's goals came from Javi Flores (4') and Xavi Torres (74', penalty). Almería scored through Álvaro Giménez (54') and Juan Carlos Real (64').

Discipline: Elche received 6 yellow cards; Almería received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Elche were 15th on 20 points from 18 and Almería 11th on 24 points from 18. Elche went on to finish that season 11th with 55 points, and Almería 10th with 57.

Elche lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Almería in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Benja of Elche (8.4), ahead of Juan Carlos Real (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Elche wins, 3 draws and 3 for Almería.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Javi FloresElche · 1-0
  • 20'Yellow card · ManolínElche
  • 29'Yellow card · J. ArzuraAlmería
  • 40'Yellow card · Iván SánchezElche
  • 54'Goal · Álvaro GiménezAlmería · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · BenjaElche
  • 63'Yellow card · A. GonzálezElche
  • 64'Goal · Juan Carlos RealAlmería · 1-2
  • 74'Penalty goal · Xavi TorresElche · 2-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Javi FloresElche
  • 88'Yellow card · Xavi TorresElche

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Elche 4, draws 3, Almería 3.

Team news

Elche line-up (4-1-4-1)

Francis Uzoho, Alexander González, Gonzalo Verdú, Neyder Lozano, Juan Cruz, Michiel Mahieu, Iván Sánchez, Xavi Torres, Nino, Javi Flores, Benja

Almería line-up (4-4-2)

Rene Roman, José Romera, Lucien Fridolin Owona Ndong, Esteban Saveljich, Iván Martos, José Corpas, César de la Hoz, Joaquín Arzura, Luis Rioja, Juan Carlos Real, Álvaro Giménez