Villarreal 2-1 Elche
Key numbers
- Possession 37% – 63%
- Shots 16 (7 on target) – 13 (6)
- Decisive moment: 31' Tajon Buchanan, FN xPts +0.6
Tajon Buchanan 31'
Santiago Mouriño 41'
Santiago Mouriño 41'
HT 2:0
André Silva 83'
Villarreal 4th · 54 pts|Elche 17th · 26 pts
Villarreal won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.58–1.22).
Player of the matchPape GueyeDecisive moment31' Tajon Buchanan+0.6
Player of the match
Pape Gueye Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.4 (Dominant)
Game state
Villarreal ahead 59 min · level 31 min · Elche ahead 0 min
- Martim Neto — off the bench 31 min · 0G 1A
- André Silva — off the bench 13 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
31'
Tajon Buchanan
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Pape Gueye +0.2
+0.6
41'
Santiago Mouriño
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Santi Comesaña +0.1
+0.3
83'
André Silva
Goal · assist Martim Neto
+0.1
Villarreal
Expected (last two seasons) 2.2Own moments +0.9Opponent moments −0.2Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Elche
Expected (last two seasons) 0.6Own moments +0.1Opponent moments −0.7Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
VillarrealElche
37%Possession63%
1.58Expected goals (xG)1.22
0.1xG per shot0.09
16Shots13
7Shots on target6
44%Shots on target %46%
13Shots in box9
352Passes608
80%Pass accuracy87%
4Corners6
6Saves5
11Fouls16
1Yellow cards2
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Villarreal
37 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.58 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 1.22 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 16 | 13.5 | |
| On target | 7 | 4.7 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 12.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 37% | 45.4% | |
| Passes | 352 | 412.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 80% | 82.2% | |
| Corners | 4 | 4.4 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 12.6 |
Elche
last 14 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 1.22 | 1.1 | |
| xG against | 1.58 | 2 | |
| Shots | 13 | 10.6 | |
| On target | 6 | 3.7 | |
| Shots faced | 16 | 15.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 63% | 58.3% | |
| Passes | 608 | 501 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 83.9% | |
| Corners | 6 | 4.1 | |
| Fouls | 16 | 13.2 |
Timeline
- 31' Goal Tajon Buchanan league goal #6 assist Pape Gueye
- 41' Goal Santiago Mouriño league goal #1 assist Santi Comesaña
- 43' Yellow Alberto Moleiro
- 59' Sub Grady Diangana → Martim Neto
- 65' Sub Alberto Moleiro → Gerard Moreno
- 65' Sub Tajon Buchanan → Alfon González
- 68' Sub Buba Sangare → Josan
- 68' Sub Marc Aguado → Federico Redondo
- 68' Sub Aleix Febas → Gonzalo Villar
- 74' Yellow Martim Neto
- 75' Sub Santi Comesaña → Dani Parejo
- 75' Sub Pape Gueye → Thomas Partey
- 76' Sub Pau Navarro → Renato Veiga
- 77' Sub Rafa Mir → André Silva
- 83' Goal André Silva league goal #7 assist Martim Neto
- 90+6' Yellow André Silva
Category leaders
- Key passesAlberto Moleiro4
- Duels wonÁlvaro Rodriguez9/19
- DribblesGeorges Mikautadze3/6
- Defensive actionsPau Navarro9
- ShotsÁlvaro Rodriguez5 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonSantiago Mouriño3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.