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

Sat 17th Oct, 15:15 BST, Estadio de la Cerámica, Castellón

Villarreal and their manager Iñigo Pérez Soto will be aiming to beat Martin Anselmi and his Elche CF side on Saturday afternoon, as the pair clash at the Estadio de la Cerámica in the La Liga. We have predictions, tips, and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and head-to-head statistics across every market, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this La Liga clash.


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Best Tip: Villarreal to win

As the stadium fills and the Villarreal players ready themselves for this clash, the bookmakers have predicted a win for them. The odds and our pre-match statistics below point in that direction too, as does the historical head-to-head (H2H) information we use in our predictive algorithms. The Estadio de la Cerámica has not been a happy hunting ground for for Elche in the past, and we we think that will be the case again on Saturday afternoon. A win / draw / win home win is the bet.

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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 Villarreal are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 67% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.45.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Villarreal
67%
1.42-
Draw
18%
4.50-
Elche
15%
7.00
8%
-
Villarreal 2-1
10%
8.50
6%
-
Villarreal 2-0
9%
9.00
5%
-
Draw 1-1
8%
9.00
5%
-
Villarreal 1-0
8%
10.00
17%
-
Villarreal 3-1
8%
11.00-
Villarreal 3-0
7%
11.00-
Draw 2-2
5%
15.00-
Villarreal 4-1
5%
17.00-
Villarreal 4-0
4%
17.00-
Elche 2-1
4%
21.00-
Villarreal 3-2
4%
19.00-
Elche 1-0
3%
23.00
12%
-
Draw 0-0
3%
19.00
10%
-
Villarreal 4-2
2%
29.00
12%
-
Villarreal 5-1
2%
34.00
17%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
66%
1.50
7%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
34%
2.63
12%
-
Home 1st Goal
57%
1.40-
Away 1st Goal
41%
2.88
5%
-
No 1st Goal
2%
19.00
10%
-
BTTS - Yes
59%
1.62
3%
-
BTTS - No
41%
2.20
2%
-
BTTS - Home Win
35%
2.63
5%
-
BTTS - Draw
15%
5.50-
BTTS - Away Win
9%
10.00-
Home/draw
85%
1.10
1%
-
Away/draw
33%
2.75-
Home/away
82%
1.18-
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
1.14
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
5.50
15%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
44%
2.10
5%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
56%
1.73
4%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
26%
3.75
10%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
74%
1.29
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
13%
6.50
18%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
87%
1.11
3%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1.02-
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
19.00
10%
-
Home DNB
80%
1.14-
Away DNB
28%
5.50-
Villarreal win to nil
32%
2.75
8%
-
Elche win to nil
6%
15.00-
Villarreal / Villarreal
40%
2.10
2%
-
Villarreal / Elche
2%
41.00
21%
-
Villarreal / Draw
6%
15.00-
Draw / Villarreal
19%
4.33
4%
-
Draw / Elche
6%
15.00-
Draw / Draw
10%
8.00
6%
-
Elche / Villarreal
5%
17.00-
Elche / Elche
8%
11.00-
Elche / Draw
5%
17.00-
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Win / draw / win La Liga table

Villarreal have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the La Liga league table. Villarreal are unbeaten in 3 games against teams below them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 3 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 1 and lost no matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Villarreal have outscored their opponents by 13 goals to 11 goals.

Home League Performance

Villarreal have played 3 games at home winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 6 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Elche are in 18th position in the La Liga on 6 points having played 8 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

1 of those games has been a losing match. They have conceded 6 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and found the back of the net in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Elche have conceded 17 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Villarreal
Elche
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Barcelona88002724 
Feb 14
Nov 22
l
 
0-5A
Jan 17
2
A.Madrid86111019 
Apr 21
d
 
2-2A
Nov 29
Feb 21
3
Real Betis8611519 
l
 
1-2F
Feb 28
Nov 8
Jan 31
4
Real Madrid86021118 
Mar 7
l
 
1-0A
l
 
2-3A
Apr 21
5
Sevilla8422114 
Jan 3
May 16
Dec 13
Mar 21
6
R.Sociedad8413-313 
Dec 6
May 30
l
 
2-3A
Feb 28
7
Alaves8323411 
Jan 17
l
 
1-0A
Apr 4
Dec 20
8
Deportivo8242110 
l
 
2-3F
Apr 4
Feb 14
d
 
1-1A
9
Celta815228 
May 9
Nov 29
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 11
10
A.Bilbao622218 
Apr 11
Jan 10
May 16
d
 
1-1F
11
Villarreal822408 
-
-
Mar 14
Oct 17
12
Espanyol822408 
Oct 30
Jan 24
May 2
w
 
1-3F
13
R.Vallecano7223-58 
Dec 13
May 2
Jan 24
Oct 24
14
Getafe8224-68 
Nov 8
Feb 7
Jan 10
May 9
15
R.Santander8224-108 
Jan 31
d
 
2-2A
May 30
l
 
3-2A
16
Osasuna8224-108 
May 23
Dec 20
Apr 18
Dec 6
17
Levante7133-46 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 18
Feb 7
Nov 22
18
Elche8134-66 
Oct 17
Mar 14
-
-
19
Valencia8125-95 
Feb 21
Oct 24
Nov 1
May 23
20
Malaga8044-94 
Mar 21
w
 
1-3A
Mar 7
Jan 3
Win / draw / win form
Villarreal 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
47
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
1
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Villarreal3 - 1Levante
Villarreal1 - 2Real Betis
Villarreal2 - 3Deportivo
Villarreal5 - 1A.Madrid
Villarreal2 - 3Sevilla
Villarreal5 - 1Levante
Villarreal2 - 1Celta
Villarreal3 - 1R.Sociedad
Villarreal2 - 1Elche
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
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVillarreal0 - 1Real Madrid
HVillarreal3 - 1Levante
AVillarreal3 - 1Malaga
HVillarreal1 - 2Real Betis
HVillarreal2 - 3Deportivo
AVillarreal0 - 1Alaves
AVillarreal2 - 2A.Madrid
AVillarreal2 - 2R.Santander
HVillarreal5 - 1A.Madrid
AVillarreal0 - 2R.Vallecano
HVillarreal2 - 3Sevilla
AVillarreal1 - 1Mallorca
HVillarreal5 - 1Levante
HVillarreal2 - 1Celta
AVillarreal1 - 1Real Oviedo
AVillarreal2 - 1A.Bilbao
AVillarreal0 - 1Girona
HVillarreal3 - 1R.Sociedad
AVillarreal1 - 1Alaves
HVillarreal2 - 1Elche
Elche 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
W
2
D
4
Lost
14
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Espanyol1 - 3Elche
A.Bilbao1 - 1Elche
R.Santander3 - 2Elche
Deportivo1 - 1Elche
Girona1 - 1Elche
Real Betis2 - 1Elche
Celta3 - 1Elche
Real Oviedo1 - 2Elche
R.Vallecano1 - 0Elche
Real Madrid4 - 1Elche
Villarreal2 - 1Elche
A.Bilbao2 - 1Elche
R.Sociedad3 - 1Elche
Levante3 - 2Elche
Valencia1 - 1Elche
Mallorca3 - 1Elche
Getafe1 - 0Elche
Barcelona3 - 1Elche
Espanyol1 - 0Elche
Alaves3 - 1Elche
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HElche0 - 0Celta
AElche3 - 1Espanyol
HElche2 - 3Real Madrid
AElche1 - 1A.Bilbao
HElche2 - 3R.Sociedad
AElche2 - 3R.Santander
HElche0 - 5Barcelona
AElche1 - 1Deportivo
AElche1 - 1Girona
HElche1 - 0Getafe
AElche1 - 2Real Betis
HElche1 - 1Alaves
AElche1 - 3Celta
AElche2 - 1Real Oviedo
HElche3 - 2A.Madrid
HElche1 - 0Valencia
AElche0 - 1R.Vallecano
HElche2 - 1Mallorca
AElche1 - 4Real Madrid
AElche1 - 2Villarreal
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Villarreal have beaten Elche in 3 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Villarreal since 2015
Villarreal
Elche
Goals: Scored
11
2
Games: Scored
4 / 5
2 / 5
Clean sheets
3 / 5
1 / 5
VIL
4
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Villarreal
Villarreal2 - 1
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 2.4 is fairly strong for Villarreal in their meeting with Elche CF, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 55 consecutive La Liga games.

Villarreal 11th Elche 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.4
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
9%
1
22%
2
26%
3
21%
4+
22%
There is a 69% probability that Villarreal will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Elche will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+24
Villarreal have scored 24% more goals at home than predicted
+5
Elche’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.4
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2026/2027 season
Villarreal
PG (predicted goals)
Elche
2.4
1
Attack rating
9%
better
VIL
ELC
view stats
Games scored6
6
Failed to score2
2
Scored first3
2
Goals scored13
11
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.4
Avg. shots per game12
9
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
15
Avg. XG for2.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
VIL
ELC
9%
better
view stats
Games conceded8
7
Clean sheets0
1
Conceded first5
5
Goals conceded13
17
Avg. goals conceded1.6
2.1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
5
Conversion rate against20%
18%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+9%

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

Villarreal La Liga squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8333
R VeigaP GueyeA MoleiroR Veiga
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Veiga DEF81
3
-
P Gueye MID83
1
-
A Moleiro FWD823
-
G Mikautadze FWD821
-
A Pérez FWD812
-
A Freeman DEF7
-
S Comesaña MID7
1
-
G Moreno FWD72
-
I Akhomach FWD72
1
-
T Buchanan FWD7
2
-
C Romero DEF6
1
-
S Mouriño DEF6
2
-
N Pépé FWD62
1
-
N Saliba MID5
-
P Gulácsi  GLK4
-
L Júnior GLK4
-
J Foyth DEF4
2
-
P. Navarro Badenes DEF4
1
-
S Cardona DEF4
-
Carlos Macià MID4
-
T Oluwaseyi FWD4
-
L Costa DEF1
-
N. El Jmili Ben Hamou FWD1
-
Elche La Liga squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8532
M DituroF NiñoT MorenteG Villar
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Dituro GLK8
-
V Chust DEF81
-
G Villar MID81
2
-
F Niño FWD85
1
-
G Valera FWD81
1
-
T Morente FWD83
1
-
L Cepeda FWD82
2
-
A. Sangaré Traoré DEF71
-
J. Morcillo Rodrigalvarez MID6
-
R Revivo DEF52
-
T Lemar MID51
1
-
F Buonanotte MID51
1
-
F Redondo MID5
1
1
M Aguado MID51
2
-
M Neto MID5
-
A Osorio FWD51
2
-
P Bigas DEF4
-
R Sánchez DEF4
1
-
E Ponce FWD3
-
Josan FWD31
1
-
A. Houary Jeddoub FWD3
1
-
M. Barzic Gutiérrez DEF1
-