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

Sun 8th Mar, 13:00 BST, Estadio de la Cerámica, Castellón

Marcelino García Toral welcomes Eder Sarabia Armesto to the Estadio de la Cerámica on Sunday afternoon, as their Villarreal and Elche CF troops clash in the La Liga. The odds you see on the page are delivered straight from the UK's leading bookmakers, while predictions are calculated from statistics over a 20-game period. We pay particular attention to La Liga match data, including head-to-head records. Click the tabs below to explore it all.


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Best Tip: Villarreal to win

It looks like we could well have a dominant side in this game, and it's Villarreal. Their latest form stats show they're capable in front of their own fans, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they've got a track record against Elche too. The odds point towards Marcelino García Toral's side winning in the win / draw / win market, and that's definitely our prediction for Sunday afternoon too.

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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 Villarreal are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 63% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.55.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Villarreal
63%
1.551.55
Draw
20%
4.104.40
Elche
17%
5.255.50
Villarreal 2-0
10%
8.007.50
Villarreal 1-0
10%
8.507.50
Villarreal 2-1
10%
8.507.50
Draw 1-1
10%
8.007.50
Villarreal 3-0
7%
12.0010.00
Villarreal 3-1
7%
12.0010.00
Draw 0-0
5%
15.0012.00
Draw 2-2
5%
15.0013.00
Elche 1-0
5%
17.0013.00
Elche 2-1
5%
17.0015.00
Villarreal 4-0
4%
21.0015.00
Villarreal 4-1
4%
21.0017.00
Villarreal 3-2
3%
23.0017.00
Elche 2-0
2%
29.0021.00
Villarreal 4-2
2%
41.0026.00
Over 2.5 Goals
58%
1.671.62
Under 2.5 Goals
42%
2.202.15
Home 1st Goal
57%
1.501.44
Away 1st Goal
40%
2.753.00
No 1st Goal
3%
15.0012.00
BTTS - Yes
54%
1.751.75
BTTS - No
46%
2.001.95
BTTS - Home Win
29%
3.103.00
BTTS - Draw
16%
5.005.25
BTTS - Away Win
9%
9.508.50
Home/draw
83%
1.171.14
Away/draw
37%
2.382.40
Home/away
80%
1.221.20
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
1.201.20
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
4.504.20
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
2.632.50
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
1.501.48
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
4.504.50
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
1.201.17
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
9.008.50
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1.071.06
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1.041.02
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
13.0012.00
Home DNB
77%
1.201.20
Away DNB
31%
4.334.00
Villarreal win to nil
33%
2.75-
Elche win to nil
8%
11.00-
Villarreal / Villarreal
36%
2.302.20
Villarreal / Elche
3%
34.0029.00
Villarreal / Draw
6%
15.0013.00
Draw / Villarreal
18%
4.504.50
Draw / Elche
7%
12.0011.00
Draw / Draw
12%
6.506.50
Elche / Villarreal
4%
19.0017.00
Elche / Elche
9%
9.508.00
Elche / Draw
5%
17.0013.00
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Win / draw / win La Liga table

Villarreal have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the La Liga league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 22 games against teams below in the table, having won 16, drawn 3 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Villarreal have outscored their opponents by 47 goals to 32 goals.

Home League Performance

Villarreal have played 13 games at home winning 10, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 29 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Elche are in 17th position in the La Liga on 25 points having played 25 matches so far this season. Elche are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 10 and won 3. Elche have conceded 31 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Villarreal
Elche
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Barcelona2520144261 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 28
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-1A
2
Real Madrid2519333360 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
d
 
2-2F
Mar 14
3
Villarreal2516362051 
-
-
l
 
1-3A
Mar 8
4
A.Madrid2514651948 
May 24
l
 
2-0A
Apr 22
d
 
1-1A
5
Real Betis2511951042 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
May 13
6
Celta259106737 
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1F
May 3
7
Espanyol2510510-635 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-2F
Mar 1
l
 
1-0A
8
A.Bilbao2510411-634 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
9
Osasuna259610133 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
10
R.Sociedad25889-132 
Mar 22
w
 
2-3F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
11
Girona25799-1430 
w
 
5-0F
Apr 5
w
 
3-0F
May 24
12
Sevilla258512-729 
May 13
w
 
1-2F
d
 
2-2F
d
 
2-2A
13
Getafe258512-929 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
May 17
l
 
1-0A
14
Alaves257612-927 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 13
May 10
l
 
3-1A
15
R.Vallecano246810-926 
w
 
4-0F
May 17
w
 
4-0F
Apr 5
16
Valencia256811-1326 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
Apr 12
d
 
1-1F
17
Elche2551010-525 
Mar 8
w
 
1-3F
-
-
18
Mallorca256613-1224 
w
 
2-1F
May 10
Mar 22
l
 
3-1A
19
Levante254615-1818 
May 3
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-2F
20
Real Oviedo243813-2317 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 22
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
Win / draw / win form
3
Elche have lost 3 consecutive away league games
12
Elche have not won in 12 consecutive away league games
Villarreal 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
44
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
3
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Villarreal2 - 1Valencia
Villarreal4 - 1Espanyol
Villarreal0 - 2Real Madrid
Villarreal3 - 1Alaves
Villarreal0 - 2Barcelona
Villarreal2 - 0Getafe
Villarreal2 - 1Mallorca
Villarreal4 - 0R.Vallecano
Villarreal2 - 2Real Betis
Villarreal1 - 0A.Bilbao
Villarreal2 - 1Osasuna
Villarreal5 - 0Girona
Villarreal2 - 0Real Oviedo
Villarreal4 - 2Sevilla
Villarreal3 - 0Leganes
Villarreal4 - 2Osasuna
Villarreal1 - 0Espanyol
Villarreal2 - 2R.Sociedad
Villarreal0 - 0A.Bilbao
Villarreal1 - 2Real Madrid
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
2
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HVillarreal2 - 1Valencia
AVillarreal1 - 0Levante
AVillarreal1 - 2Getafe
HVillarreal4 - 1Espanyol
AVillarreal2 - 2Osasuna
HVillarreal0 - 2Real Madrid
AVillarreal0 - 2Real Betis
HVillarreal3 - 1Alaves
AVillarreal3 - 1Elche
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
Elche 17TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
A.Bilbao2 - 1Elche
R.Sociedad3 - 1Elche
Levante3 - 2Elche
Valencia1 - 1Elche
Mallorca3 - 1Elche
Getafe1 - 0Elche
Barcelona3 - 1Elche
Espanyol1 - 0Elche
Alaves3 - 1Elche
Osasuna1 - 1Elche
Sevilla2 - 2Elche
A.Madrid1 - 1Elche
Deportivo0 - 4Elche
Huesca2 - 1Elche
Burgos0 - 1Elche
Granada1 - 1Elche
Cadiz0 - 1Elche
Cordoba1 - 2Elche
Real Oviedo1 - 1Elche
R.Santander2 - 0Elche
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AElche1 - 2A.Bilbao
HElche0 - 0Osasuna
AElche1 - 3R.Sociedad
HElche1 - 3Barcelona
AElche2 - 3Levante
HElche2 - 2Sevilla
AElche1 - 1Valencia
HElche1 - 3Villarreal
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Villarreal since 2015
Villarreal
Elche
Goals: Scored
9
1
Games: Scored
3 / 4
1 / 4
Clean sheets
3 / 4
1 / 4
VIL
3
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Villarreal
Villarreal4 - 0
Villarreal4 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Villarreal1 - 0
League games at Elche since 2015
Elche
Villarreal
Goals: Scored
9
8
Games: Scored
5 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
0 / 5
VIL
1
D
2
ELC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Elche
1 - 3Villarreal
Elche3 - 1
Elche1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.1 is fairly strong for Villarreal in their clash with Elche CF, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 33 consecutive La Liga outings.

Villarreal 3rd Elche 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
13%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
15%
There is a 61% probability that Villarreal will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Elche scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+20
Villarreal have scored 20% more goals at home than predicted
+14
Elche have scored 14% more goals when away than predicted
2.2
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2025/2026 season
Villarreal
PG (predicted goals)
Elche
2.1
1
Attack rating
19%
better
VIL
ELC
view stats
Games scored21
21
Failed to score4
4
Scored first17
10
Goals scored47
32
Avg. goals scored1.9
1.3
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for20
16
Avg. XG for1.6
1.2
KickOff rating
+19%
Defence rating
20%
better
VIL
ELC
view stats
Games conceded17
19
Clean sheets8
6
Conceded first8
13
Goals conceded27
37
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded9
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
14%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.9
KickOff rating
+20%

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

Villarreal La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22949
L JúniorA MoleiroA MoleiroS Mouriño
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Moleiro FWD2494
2
-
N Pépé FWD2434
3
-
S Comesaña MID2332
4
1
T Buchanan FWD2351
7
-
L Júnior GLK221
3
-
R Veiga DEF22
3
1
D Parejo MID21
2
-
S Cardona DEF203
3
-
G Mikautadze FWD2084
1
-
T Oluwaseyi FWD2021
1
-
A Pedraza DEF1912
5
-
P Gueye MID1931
7
-
S Mouriño DEF181
8
1
A Pérez FWD1723
3
-
R Marín DEF161
1
-
T Partey MID16
-
J Foyth DEF13
2
-
P. Navarro Badenes DEF13
3
-
G Moreno FWD127
-
I Akhomach FWD9
-
M Solomon FWD611
-
A Tenas GLK3
-
A Altimira DEF1
-
Elche La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24647
A FebasR MirÁlvaro RodríguezA Febas
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Aguado MID241
2
-
A Febas MID2422
7
-
G Valera FWD2443
2
-
D Affengruber DEF23
5
1
L Pétrot DEF22
1
-
Álvaro Rodríguez FWD2254
-
M Neto MID2024
1
-
R Mir FWD206
1
-
V Chust DEF19
6
1
Á. Núñez Cobo DEF192
2
-
A Silva FWD196
1
-
P Bigas DEF182
3
-
I Peña GLK16
-
A Pedrosa DEF1611
4
-
R Mendoza MID161
4
-
J Nwankwo DEF141
2
-
G Diangana FWD131
2
-
Josan FWD122
2
-
M Dituro GLK9
1
-
H. García DEF912
-
Y. de Santiago FWD8
1
-
F Redondo MID7
1
A. Boayar Benaisa FWD71
-
B Diaby DEF4
1
-
A. Houary Jeddoub FWD2
-