Elche vs FC Barcelona – Result & match summary
Events
Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.
Momentum
Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.
Elche
Match statistics
Top performers
About the match
FC Barcelona defeated Elche 5–0 on 23 August 2026 at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in La Liga.
Lineups
Elche: (5-4-1) Matías Dituro, Buba Sangaré, Federico Redondo, Marc Aguado, Germán Valera, Gonzalo Villar, Fer Niño, Tete Morente, David Affengruber, Víctor Chust, Ali Houary.
FC Barcelona: (4-2-3-1) Joan García, Gavi, Fermín López, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Karim Adeyemi, Andreas Christensen, Gerard Martín, Marc Bernal, Eric García, Xavi Espart.
Substitutions
Elche: Facundo Buonanotte for Ali Houary, Lucas Cepeda for Tete Morente, Martim Neto for Marc Aguado, Ezequiel Ponce for Fer Niño, Pedro Bigas for Federico Redondo.
FC Barcelona: Pedri for Gavi, Anthony Gordon for Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo for Karim Adeyemi, João Cancelo for Raphinha, Jules Koundé for Marc Bernal.
Sidelined players
Elche: Abiel Osorio.
Match statistics
Elche had 46% of the possession, compared with 54% for FC Barcelona.
Elche registered 7 shots, with 2 on target. FC Barcelona had 11 shots, with 7 on target.
Elche won 3 corners, while FC Barcelona won 1.
Top players
Elche: Ezequiel Ponce was the highest-rated player (7.1) and had 1 shot on target, Germán Valera created 2 chances, and Matías Dituro made 2 saves.
FC Barcelona: Raphinha scored 2 goals, Anthony Gordon provided 2 assists, and Fermín López was the highest-rated player (8.8).