In this week 21 match, on Sun Jan 16th, Villarreal will travel to Elche to battle Elche in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Elche is fresh off their 2-1 win against Espanyol. Pere Milla scored the first goal for Elche in the 6th minute, then Pere Milla added another in the 14th minute on a feed from Johan Mojica. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Villarreal is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Atlético Madrid. Ángel Correa struck first for Atlético Madrid in the 10th minute, then Pau Torres tied it up for Villarreal in the 29th minute . Villarreal should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On Wed Sep 22nd, Villarreal hosted Elche in their last match together. Villarreal won by a score of 4 to 1 in front of just over eight thousand spectators. Jesus Pino Santos struck first for Villarreal in the 5th minute, then Johan Mojica tied it up for Elche in the 19th minute on a feed from Josan.
Villarreal is fortunate enough to have Gerard Moreno in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored six goals. Elche’s most prolific scorer has been Pere Milla. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez’s Elche squad will be without Darío Benedetto, Lucas Pérez, Lucas Boyé, Fidel, Iván Marcone, Diego Gonzalez and Francisco Javier Rodriguez Vilchez, while Paco Alcácer and Rubén Peña are unavailable to play for Unai Emery Etxegoien’s team.