On Sep 4th, Villarreal plays host to Elche in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 5th placed Villarreal, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Getafe. Neither Getafe nor Villarreal could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Villarreal is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 17th placed Elche is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Real Sociedad. Brais Méndez scored the first goal for Real Sociedad in the 20th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Elche couldn’t manage to score, and Real Sociedad took the shutout win. Elche looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Ezequiel Ponce has been the most prolific scorer on Elche in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Álex Baena has been the most prolific scorer on Villarreal in the last 5 matches with two goals
Arnaut Danjuma, Alberto Moreno and Manu Trigueros are unavailable to play for Unai Emery Etxegoien’s team, while Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez’s squad will be without Lucas Boyé, Fidel and Gonzalo Cacicedo Verdu.