Espanyol 1-3 Elche: result and report

La Liga · Friday 18 September 2026

Result

Espanyol 1-3 Elche

La Liga · Friday 18 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · RCDE Stadium, Cornella de Llobregat · half-time 0-2

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Espanyol 1-3 Elche: match report

Espanyol were beaten by Elche 1-3 in La Liga on Friday 18 September 2026 at RCDE Stadium. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Fer Niño opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Espanyol's goal came from an own goal by Víctor Chust (72'). Elche scored through Fer Niño (26'), Fer Niño (29') and Germán Valera (78').

Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Elche received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Espanyol were 8th on 7 points from 6 and Elche 20th on 2 points from 6. In the current table Espanyol are 14th on 11 points and Elche are 17th on 10 points.

Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Elche in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Fer Niño of Elche (8.1), ahead of Roy Revivo (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Espanyol wins, 5 draws and 2 for Elche.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Red card · Federico RedondoElche
  • 22'Yellow card · Fer NiñoElche
  • 26'Goal · Fer NiñoElche · 0-1
  • 29'Goal · Fer NiñoElche · 0-2
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Edu ExpósitoEspanyol
  • 72'Own goal · Víctor ChustEspanyol · 1-2
  • 78'Goal · Germán ValeraElche · 1-3
  • 82'Yellow card · Clemens RiedelEspanyol
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Lucas CepedaElche

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
14Espanyol113261314-111LDLLW
17Elche112451418-410WDDWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Espanyol 3, draws 5, Elche 2.

Team news

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Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marko Dmitrovic, José Ángel López, Unai Núñez, Leandro Cabrera, Roger Hinojo, Edu Expósito, Urko González de Zárate, Álex Calatrava, Javi Hernández, Bryan Zaragoza, Roberto Fernández

Elche line-up (4-3-3)

Matías Dituro, Buba Sangaré, Federico Redondo, Víctor Chust, Roy Revivo, Gonzalo Villar, Javi Morcillo, Thomas Lemar, Lucas Cepeda, Fer Niño, Germán Valera

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