Real Madrid 4-1 Elche: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 14 March 2026
Result
Real Madrid 4-1 Elche
La Liga · Saturday 14 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Madrid 4-1 Elche: match report
Real Madrid defeated Elche 4-1 in La Liga on Saturday 14 March 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Antonio Rüdiger opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Antonio Rüdiger (39'), Federico Valverde (44'), Dean Huijsen (66') and Arda Güler (89'). Elche scored through an own goal by Manuel Ángel Morán (85').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Elche received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 63 points from 27 and Elche 17th on 26 points from 27. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Elche 13th with 43.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Elche in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Arda Güler of Real Madrid (8.1), ahead of Federico Valverde (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Real Madrid wins, 3 draws and 0 for Elche.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Antonio Rüdiger
- 44'Goal · Federico Valverde
- 55'Yellow card · Eduardo Camavinga
- 62'Yellow card · Germán Valera
- 66'Yellow card · David Affengruber
- 66'Goal · Dean Huijsen
- 85'Own goal · Manuel Ángel Morán
- 88'Yellow card · Rafa Mir
- 89'Goal · Arda Güler
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Antonio Rüdiger, Dean Huijsen, Fran García, Federico Valverde, Thiago Pitarch, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Eduardo Camavinga, Brahim Díaz, Vinicius Junior
Elche line-up (5-3-2)
Matías Dituro, Buba Sangaré, David Affengruber, Víctor Chust, Léo Pétrot, Germán Valera, Lucas Cepeda, Federico Redondo, Aleix Febas, Martim Neto, André Silva