Villarreal 0-0 Elche: Dituro's six saves frustrate the hosts
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG 2.23 v 0.31: Villarreal created far more
- Elche had 1 shot on target, average is 4.6
- Dituro made 6 saves to deny Villarreal
Twenty shots, still no goal
Villarreal had 20 shots at the Cerámica and still left without a goal. Elche set up in a 5-3-2 and never fell behind, with Matías Dituro making six saves. A penalty was also cancelled after a VAR check in the 63rd minute, and the scoreline stayed 0-0 until full-time.
Chances were there, finishing was not
Villarreal's problem lay in the final action, not in getting forward. They managed 16 shots from inside the box and built an xG of 2.23 without scoring. Eight efforts were blocked, and Alberto Moleiro, with the most key passes of any player, led the creative work.
Elche barely threatened
Elche offered very little going forward. Their xG of 0.31 was the lowest in eight matches this season, against an average of 1.2, and the xG per shot was also their lowest. That suggests their attempts came from poor positions and carried little danger.
A rare clean sheet for the hosts
The defensive numbers are striking too. Villarreal kept a clean sheet, the fewest goals they have conceded in ten matches this season, and faced seven shots against an average of 12.8. Elche's point owed far more to Dituro's saves than to anything they created themselves.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Matías Dituro 7.6Strong
He made six saves to keep Elche's goal intact against Villarreal's 20 shots.
Dituro, the FN MOM, collected almost all of his FN Score through goalkeeping. With Villarreal registering 16 shots from inside the box, his clean sheet kept Elche level for the full 90 minutes and secured the point. His distribution was modest, with 30 of 50 passes finding a team-mate.
Game state
Villarreal ahead 0 min · level 90 min · Elche ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
No goals, red cards or missed penalties, so no FN xPts moments in this match.
Villarreal
Expected (last two seasons) 2.3Own moments 0.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −1.3→ League points won 1
Elche
Expected (last two seasons) 0.6Own moments 0.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.4→ League points won 1
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.
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Match stats
VillarrealElche
2.23Expected goals (xG)0.31
Compared with usual
Villarreal
10 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.7 | low |
| xG | 2.23 | 2 | |
| xG against | 0.31 | 1.5 | low |
| Shots | 20 | 15.6 | |
| On target | 7 | 6 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 12.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 58% | 58.6% | |
| Passes | 524 | 556.6 | |
| Corners | 10 | 6.5 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 10.5 | |
Elche
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2.1 | |
| xG | 0.31 | 1.2 | low |
| xG against | 2.23 | 1.8 | |
| Shots | 7 | 11.5 | |
| On target | 1 | 4.6 | |
| Shots faced | 20 | 14.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.04 | 0.12 | low |
| Possession | 42% | 51.9% | |
| Passes | 388 | 490.5 | |
| Corners | 5 | 4.5 | |
| Fouls | 7 | 14.3 | low |
Timeline
- 28'
Sub
Marc Aguado → Federico Redondo
- 38'
Yellow
Gonzalo Villar
- 63'
VAR
Roy Revivo
- 65'
Sub
Abiel Osorio → Fer Niño
- 65'
Sub
Thomas Lemar → Martim Neto
- 65'
Sub
Lucas Cepeda → Tete Morente
- 66'
Sub
Carlos Maciá → Nathan-Dylan Saliba
- 66'
Sub
Tani Oluwaseyi → Pape Gueye
- 66'
Sub
Santi Comesaña → Georges Mikautadze
- 71'
Yellow
Tete Morente
- 75'
Yellow
Roy Revivo
- 75'
Sub
Ilias Akhomach → Gerard Moreno
- 81'
Yellow
Alexander Freeman
- 83'
Sub
Buba Sangaré → Rubén Sánchez
- 84'
Sub
Ayoze Pérez → Nizar El Jmili
- 90+1'
Yellow
Víctor Chust
- 90+1'
Yellow
Juan Foyth
Category leaders
- Key passesAlberto Moleiro4
- Duels wonAlexander Freeman6/12
- DribblesIlias Akhomach4/6
- Defensive actionsCarlos Maciá5
- ShotsIlias Akhomach4 (on target 1)
#Villarreal#Elche#La Liga#Matías Dituro#Alberto Moleiro#Goalless draw
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.