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Elche CF v Villarreal : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 3rd Jan, 17:30 BST, Martínez Valero, Elche

Villarreal pay La Liga competitors Elche CF a visit on Saturday evening, as Marcelino García Toral guides his team into an away clash with Eder Sarabia Armesto & co. at the Martínez Valero. Stats power the predictions below for 17 individual betting markets, and switching between them will display bespoke analysis, including head to head (H2H), form and a whole lot more besides. The best odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to see it all.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our predictive algorithm suggests there is a 74% probability of Elche and Villarreal delivering a minimum of 2 goals in this La Liga clash. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are central to that calculation , and the bookies favour that outcome too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at 1.25.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Elche are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 41% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.30.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Elche
41%
3.30
12%
3.25
Draw
26%
3.503.60
Villarreal
33%
2.10
8%
2.15
Draw 1-1
12%
6.506.50
Elche 1-0
10%
11.009.00
Elche 2-1
9%
12.00
8%
10.00
Villarreal 1-0
8%
8.50
13%
7.50
Villarreal 2-1
8%
9.00
6%
8.00
Elche 2-0
7%
17.00
11%
13.00
Draw 0-0
7%
12.00
9%
10.00
Draw 2-2
6%
13.00
13%
11.00
Villarreal 2-0
5%
11.00
16%
9.50
Elche 3-1
4%
26.00
10%
19.00
Elche 3-0
3%
34.00
17%
26.00
Villarreal 3-1
3%
17.00
13%
13.00
Elche 3-2
3%
29.00
15%
23.00
Villarreal 3-2
2%
23.00
12%
19.00
Villarreal 3-0
2%
19.00
12%
15.00
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
1.80
6%
1.80
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
2.00
5%
1.95
Home 1st Goal
50%
2.20
8%
2.25
Away 1st Goal
46%
1.73
4%
1.80
No 1st Goal
4%
12.00
9%
10.00
BTTS - Yes
55%
1.67
5%
1.70
BTTS - No
45%
2.10
5%
2.10
BTTS - Home Win
20%
6.00
14%
5.50
BTTS - Draw
19%
4.33
4%
4.33
BTTS - Away Win
16%
4.003.90
Home/draw
67%
1.70
6%
1.70
Away/draw
59%
1.33
6%
1.33
Home/away
74%
1.291.29
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
1.25
3%
1.25
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
4.00
7%
3.60
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
3.00
12%
2.90
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
1.40
5%
1.36
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
5.50
8%
5.50
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1.14
1%
1.12
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
11.00
15%
11.00
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1.05
1%
1.03
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1.051.04
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
11.0010.00
Home DNB
59%
2.38
10%
2.30
Away DNB
51%
1.53
6%
1.55
Elche win to nil
22%
6.50-
Villarreal win to nil
17%
3.75
10%
-
Elche / Elche
16%
5.50
8%
4.80
Elche / Villarreal
4%
23.0019.00
Elche / Draw
6%
15.0012.00
Draw / Elche
11%
7.50
6%
7.00
Draw / Villarreal
15%
5.50
10%
5.50
Draw / Draw
15%
5.505.25
Villarreal / Elche
3%
29.00
15%
23.00
Villarreal / Villarreal
24%
3.40
10%
3.20
Villarreal / Draw
6%
13.0012.00
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Win / draw / win La Liga table

Elche have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league. Elche are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 5 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Elche have conceded 9 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Elche have played 9 games at home, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Villarreal lay in 4th place on 35 points in the La Liga league table having played 16 matches. Villarreal are unbeaten in 13 games against teams below them in the league and kept 7 clean sheets out of 13 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 30 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Villarreal have conceded 8 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Villarreal have played 7 away games, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Elche
Villarreal
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Barcelona1815123146 
Feb 1
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-2A
Mar 1
2
Real Madrid1813322042 
d
 
2-2F
Mar 15
Jan 25
l
 
3-1A
3
A.Madrid1811431737 
Apr 22
d
 
1-1A
May 24
l
 
2-0A
4
Villarreal1611231635 
Jan 3
Mar 8
-
-
5
Espanyol16934430 
Mar 1
l
 
1-0A
Feb 8
w
 
0-2F
6
Real Betis177731028 
d
 
1-1A
May 13
d
 
2-2F
Jan 18
7
Celta17584123 
w
 
2-1F
May 3
Apr 19
d
 
1-1F
8
A.Bilbao17728-723 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 22
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
9
Elche17575322 
-
-
Mar 8
Jan 3
10
Sevilla17629-220 
Jan 18
d
 
2-2A
May 13
w
 
1-2F
11
Getafe17629-920 
May 17
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
Feb 15
12
Osasuna17539-318 
Feb 15
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1A
Feb 1
13
Mallorca17467-518 
Mar 22
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1F
May 10
14
Alaves17539-618 
May 10
l
 
3-1A
Jan 10
Mar 15
15
R.Vallecano17467-718 
w
 
4-0F
Apr 5
w
 
4-0F
May 17
16
R.Sociedad17458-417 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 8
Mar 22
w
 
2-3F
17
Valencia17377-1016 
Apr 12
Jan 10
Feb 22
w
 
0-2F
18
Girona17368-1815 
w
 
3-0F
May 24
w
 
5-0F
Apr 5
19
Real Oviedo172510-1911 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 19
w
 
2-0F
Apr 22
20
Levante162410-1210 
w
 
2-0F
Jan 25
May 3
-
Win / draw / win form
3
Villarreal have won 3 consecutive away league games
Elche 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
14
Draw
5
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Elche4 - 0R.Vallecano
Elche3 - 0Girona
Elche2 - 2Real Madrid
Elche1 - 1R.Sociedad
Elche0 - 0A.Bilbao
Elche2 - 1Celta
Elche1 - 0Real Oviedo
Elche2 - 0Levante
Elche1 - 1Real Betis
Elche2 - 0Malaga
Elche1 - 3Levante
Elche2 - 2Albacete
Elche1 - 0Racing Ferrol
Elche2 - 0Eldense
Elche3 - 1Castellon
Elche2 - 1Cartagena
Elche2 - 0Tenerife
Elche2 - 0Eibar
Elche1 - 0Zaragoza
Elche3 - 0R.Santander
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HElche4 - 0R.Vallecano
AElche1 - 3Mallorca
HElche3 - 0Girona
AElche0 - 1Getafe
HElche2 - 2Real Madrid
HElche1 - 1R.Sociedad
AElche1 - 3Barcelona
AElche0 - 1Espanyol
HElche0 - 0A.Bilbao
AElche1 - 3Alaves
HElche2 - 1Celta
AElche1 - 1Osasuna
HElche1 - 0Real Oviedo
AElche2 - 2Sevilla
HElche2 - 0Levante
AElche1 - 1A.Madrid
HElche1 - 1Real Betis
AElche4 - 0Deportivo
HElche2 - 0Malaga
AElche1 - 2Huesca
Villarreal 4TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
R.Sociedad2 - 3Villarreal
Espanyol0 - 2Villarreal
Valencia0 - 2Villarreal
Real Madrid3 - 1Villarreal
Sevilla1 - 2Villarreal
A.Madrid2 - 0Villarreal
Celta1 - 1Villarreal
Barcelona2 - 3Villarreal
Girona0 - 1Villarreal
Celta3 - 0Villarreal
Real Betis1 - 2Villarreal
Getafe1 - 2Villarreal
Alaves1 - 0Villarreal
R.Vallecano0 - 1Villarreal
Las Palmas1 - 2Villarreal
A.Madrid1 - 1Villarreal
R.Sociedad1 - 0Villarreal
Leganes2 - 5Villarreal
A.Bilbao2 - 0Villarreal
Osasuna2 - 2Villarreal
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
15
D
2
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HVillarreal0 - 2Barcelona
HVillarreal2 - 0Getafe
AVillarreal3 - 2R.Sociedad
HVillarreal2 - 1Mallorca
AVillarreal2 - 0Espanyol
HVillarreal4 - 0R.Vallecano
AVillarreal2 - 0Valencia
HVillarreal2 - 2Real Betis
AVillarreal1 - 3Real Madrid
HVillarreal1 - 0A.Bilbao
AVillarreal2 - 1Sevilla
HVillarreal2 - 1Osasuna
AVillarreal0 - 2A.Madrid
AVillarreal1 - 1Celta
HVillarreal5 - 0Girona
HVillarreal2 - 0Real Oviedo
HVillarreal4 - 2Sevilla
AVillarreal3 - 2Barcelona
HVillarreal3 - 0Leganes
AVillarreal1 - 0Girona
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Elche since 2015
Elche
Villarreal
Goals: Scored
8
5
Games: Scored
4 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
0 / 4
ELC
2
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Elche
Elche3 - 1
Elche1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Villarreal since 2015
Villarreal
Elche
Goals: Scored
9
1
Games: Scored
3 / 4
1 / 4
Clean sheets
3 / 4
1 / 4
D
1
VIL
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Villarreal
Villarreal4 - 0
Villarreal4 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Villarreal1 - 0
Goal Statistics
Elche 9th Villarreal 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Elche will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Villarreal will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+20
Elche have scored 20% more goals at home than predicted
+13
Villarreal have scored 13% more goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
0.6
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2025/2026 season
Elche
PG (predicted goals)
Villarreal
1.4
1.3
Attack rating
ELC
VIL
35%
better
view stats
Games scored13
14
Failed to score3
1
Scored first6
12
Goals scored19
31
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.9
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal7
5
Conversion rate for15
20
Avg. XG for1.1
1.8
KickOff rating
+35%
Defence rating
ELC
VIL
32%
better
view stats
Games conceded12
8
Clean sheets4
7
Conceded first9
3
Goals conceded20
13
Avg. goals conceded1.2
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded9
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
9
Conversion rate against13%
11%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.2
KickOff rating
+32%

Elche v Villarreal La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Elche La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17645
Á. Núñez CoboR MirÁlvaro RodríguezD Affengruber
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Á. Núñez Cobo DEF172
1
-
A Febas MID1711
3
-
R Mir FWD176
1
-
D Affengruber DEF16
4
1
M Aguado MID16
1
-
G Valera FWD1632
1
-
L Pétrot DEF15
-
Álvaro Rodríguez FWD1434
-
A Silva FWD144
-
P Bigas DEF132
1
-
M Neto MID1313
1
-
V Chust DEF12
4
1
R Mendoza MID121
3
-
I Peña GLK11
-
J Nwankwo DEF111
1
-
A Pedrosa DEF101
3
-
H. García DEF912
-
Josan FWD92
2
-
G Diangana FWD7
1
-
M Dituro GLK6
1
-
F Redondo MID4
-
Y. de Santiago FWD4
-
B Diaby DEF2
-
A. Boayar Benaisa FWD2
-
A. Houary Jeddoub FWD2
-
Villarreal La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13636
A MoleiroA MoleiroA PérezS Mouriño
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Moleiro FWD1662
2
-
T Buchanan FWD165
5
-
S Comesaña MID1522
2
-
N Pépé FWD1521
2
-
R Veiga DEF14
1
1
L Júnior GLK131
3
-
S Cardona DEF132
1
-
P Gueye MID1321
5
-
D Parejo MID13
2
-
T Oluwaseyi FWD1321
-
R Marín DEF121
1
-
T Partey MID12
-
A Pedraza DEF112
3
-
G Mikautadze FWD1132
-
S Mouriño DEF101
5
1
J Foyth DEF9
1
-
A Pérez FWD923
1
-
I Akhomach FWD9
-
G Moreno FWD74
-
P. Navarro Badenes DEF6
2
-
M Solomon FWD611
-
A Tenas GLK3
-
A Altimira DEF1
-