Elche 2-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 3 January 2015
Result
Elche 2-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 3 January 2015, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Elche 2-2 Villarreal: match report
Elche drew with Villarreal 2-2 in La Liga on Saturday 3 January 2015. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Luciano Vietto opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Elche's goals came from Jonathas (26') and Víctor Rodríguez (35'). Villarreal scored through Luciano Vietto (12') and Ikechukwu Uche (17').
Discipline: Elche received 4 yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Elche were 20th on 10 points from 16 and Villarreal 7th on 30 points from 16. Elche went on to finish that season 15th with 37 points, and Villarreal 6th with 60.
Elche lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Elche wins, 1 draw and 1 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Elche's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Villarreal's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 12'Goal · Luciano Vietto
- 17'Goal · Ikechukwu Uche
- 26'Goal · Jonathas
- 29'Yellow card · Mario Pasalic
- 35'Goal · Víctor Rodríguez
- 38'Yellow card · Jonathas
- 48'Yellow card · Sergio Pelegrín
- 49'Yellow card · Jaume Costa
- 74'Yellow card · Domingo Cisma
Head-to-head
Team news
Elche expected line-up (4-4-2)
Przemyslaw Tyton, Damián Suárez, David Lombán, Enzo Roco, Domingo Cisma, Pedro Mosquera, Víctor Rodríguez, Fayçal Fajr, Jonathas, Mario Pašalić
Villarreal expected line-up (4-3-3)
Sergio Asenjo, Gabriel Paulista, Mario Gaspar, Jaume Costa, Víctor Ruiz, Bruno, Denis Cheryshev, Jonathan dos Santos, Manu Trigueros, Luciano Vietto, Ikechukwu Uche