Espanyol vs Elche – Result & match summary
Standout single-match records from this game compared with the rest of the season.
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40 inaccurate passes New season recordMost inaccurate passes by a player in a single match Matías Dituro misplaced more passes than any player in a single game this season.
Events
Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.
Momentum
Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.
Espanyol
Match statistics
Top performers
About the match
Elche defeated Espanyol 3–1 on 18 September 2026 at RCDE Stadium in La Liga.
Lineups
Espanyol: (4-2-3-1) Urko González de Zárate, Leandro Cabrera, Edu Expósito, Roberto Fernández, Marko Dmitrovic, Unai Núñez, Bryan Zaragoza, Roger Hinojo, Álex Calatrava, Javi Hernández, José Ángel López.
Elche: (4-3-3) Matías Dituro, Buba Sangaré, Roy Revivo, Federico Redondo, Germán Valera, Gonzalo Villar, Fer Niño, Thomas Lemar, Lucas Cepeda, Víctor Chust, Javi Morcillo.
Substitutions
Espanyol: Marcos Fernández for Urko González de Zárate, Quilindschy Hartman for Roger Hinojo, Pere Milla for Álex Calatrava, Tyrhys Dolan for Bryan Zaragoza, Clemens Riedel for Unai Núñez.
Elche: Rubén Sánchez for Buba Sangaré, Pedro Bigas for Gonzalo Villar, Abiel Osorio for Fer Niño, Matia Barzic for Roy Revivo, Tete Morente for Thomas Lemar.
Sidelined players
Espanyol: Javi Puado, Kike García, Jofre Carreras, Omar El Hilali.
Match statistics
Espanyol had 66% of the possession, compared with 34% for Elche.
Espanyol registered 23 shots, with 4 on target. Elche had 9 shots, with 6 on target.
Espanyol won 3 corners, while Elche won 3.
Top players
Espanyol: Edu Expósito was the highest-rated player (7.5) and created 6 chances, Bryan Zaragoza had 2 shots on target, and Marko Dmitrovic made 3 saves.
Elche: Fer Niño scored 2 goals, Roy Revivo provided 2 assists, and Germán Valera was the highest-rated player (7.7).