La Liga Gameweek 17 Sun, Dec 21 2025 · 17:30 Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche
Elche
4–0 Full time · HT 1–0 xG 2.23 – 0.93
Rayo Vallecano
  • Héctor Fort 6’
  • Á. Rodríguez 67’
  • Germán Valera 70’
  • Martim Neto 90+1’
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Elche cruise past Rayo Vallecano

Elche won 4–0 through goals from Fort, Rodríguez, Valera and Neto. Elche finished with the higher xG (2.23 vs 0.93).

Elche ✓37%
Draw28%
Rayo Vallecano35%

Model vs reality

Elche goals
4
Model 1.33 · xG 2.23
Rayo Vallecano goals
0
Model 1.29 · xG 0.93
Total goals
4
Model 2.62 · xG 3.16
Score 4–0
1%
Most likely 1–1 (13%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 49%
Both scored
No
Model 54%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchÁ. RodríguezElche · 1 goal · 2 assists
9.0
  • RefereeAdrian Cordero Vega
  • VenueEstadio Manuel Martínez Valero
  • Table before kick-offElche 11th · Rayo Vallecano 13th

Timeline

  1. Héctor Fort 1–0Assist Á. Rodríguez
    6’
  2. ⇄ Martim NetoFor Héctor Fort
    12’
  3. N. MendyYellow card · Holding
    22’
  4. ⇄ Fran PérezFor I. Balliu
    33’
  5. Half time · 1–0
  6. Unai LópezYellow card
    57’
  7. ⇄ Pedro DíazFor Óscar Valentín
    60’
  8. Á. Rodríguez 2–0Assist Bigas
    67’
  9. Germán Valera 3–0Assist Á. Rodríguez
    70’
  10. ⇄ Luiz FelipeFor N. Mendy
    75’
  11. ⇄ Jozhua VertrouwdFor A. Espino
    75’
  12. ⇄ Gerard GumbauFor Unai López
    75’
  13. Aleix FebasYellow card · Holding
    79’
  14. ⇄ Yago SantiagoFor Á. Rodríguez
    80’
  15. ⇄ JosanFor Marc Aguado
    80’
  16. ⇄ L. PétrotFor Bigas
    81’
  17. F. LejeuneYellow card · Tripping
    82’
  18. JosanYellow card · Holding
    84’
  19. ⇄ Adam BoayarFor Rafa Mir
    89’
  20. Martim Neto 4–0Assist Josan
    90+1’
  21. Full time · 4–0

Team stats

Elche17 shots · 15 in box, 2 outside
Rayo Vallecano18 shots · 8 in box, 10 outside
ElcheRayo Vallecano
46% Possession 54%
2.23 Expected goals (xG) 0.93
2.19 Expected points (xPts) 0.62
17 Shots 18
5 Shots on target 8
9 Shots off target 6
3 Blocked shots 4
15 Shots inside the box 8
2 Shots outside the box 10
334 Passes 394
79% Pass accuracy 82%
4 Corners 5
8 Goalkeeper saves 2
15 Fouls 11
1 Offsides 4
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
7.35 Team rating 6.44

Line-ups

Elche 3-5-2

138.6 Iñaki Peña(G)
68.0 Bigas A↓81’ 226.6 D. Affengruber 186.6 John Nwankwo
117.9 Germán Valera 147.2 Aleix Febas 86.9 Marc Aguado ↓80’ 157.2 Alvaro Núñez 398.0 Héctor Fort ↓12’
106.2 Rafa Mir ↓89’ 209.0★ Á. Rodríguez AA↓80’
  • 13Iñaki Peña (G)8.6
  • 6BigasA↓81’8.0
  • 22D. Affengruber6.6
  • 18John Nwankwo6.6
  • 11Germán Valera7.9
  • 14Aleix Febas7.2
  • 8Marc Aguado↓80’6.9
  • 15Alvaro Núñez7.2
  • 39Héctor Fort↓12’8.0
  • 10Rafa Mir↓89’6.2
  • 20Á. Rodríguez ★A×2↓80’9.0

Substitutes used

  • 16Martim Neto↑12’7.0
  • 21L. Pétrot↑81’6.3
  • 17JosanA↑80’6.2
  • 7Yago Santiago↑80’6.9
  • 32Adam Boayar↑89’

Unused: A. Iturbe Encabo, M. Dituro, Adrià Pedrosa, Bambo Diaby, Rodrigo Mendoza, F. Redondo

Rayo Vallecano 4-2-3-1

136.9 A. Batalla(G)
36.2 Pep Chavarría 325.7 N. Mendy ↓75’ 246.9 F. Lejeune 205.6 I. Balliu ↓33’
237.2 Óscar Valentín ↓60’ 176.3 Unai López ↓75’
186.2 Álvaro García 76.5 Isi Palazón 226.3 A. Espino ↓75’
107.0 Sergio Camello
  • 13A. Batalla (G)6.9
  • 3Pep Chavarría6.2
  • 32N. Mendy↓75’5.7
  • 24F. Lejeune6.9
  • 20I. Balliu↓33’5.6
  • 23Óscar Valentín↓60’7.2
  • 17Unai López↓75’6.3
  • 18Álvaro García6.2
  • 7Isi Palazón6.5
  • 22A. Espino↓75’6.3
  • 10Sergio Camello7.0

Substitutes used

  • 21Fran Pérez↑33’6.0
  • 4Pedro Díaz↑60’6.3
  • 33Jozhua Vertrouwd↑75’6.2
  • 5Luiz Felipe↑75’6.3
  • 15Gerard Gumbau↑75’6.5

Unused: Adrián Molina, Dani Cárdenas, Samu Becerra, Ó. Trejo

Player stats

Top rated
Á. RodríguezElche9.0
2nd
Iñaki PeñaElche8.6
3rd
BigasElche8.0

Elche

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Iñaki Peña G 90 0 0 8 sv 0 60% 42 0 0 0/0 0/0 8.6
Bigas D 81 0 1 0 (0) 3 76% 50 0 1 1/1 1/0 8.0
D. Affengruber D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 87% 23 0 0 1/1 0/1 6.6
John Nwankwo D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 90% 21 1 0 0/0 2/0 6.6
Germán Valera F 90 1 0 1 (1) 1 81% 31 1 1 1/2 5/3 7.9
Aleix Febas M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 32 1 0 4/5 1/3 7.2
Marc Aguado M 80 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 20 2 1 0/0 1/0 6.9
Alvaro Núñez M 90 0 0 0 (0) 5 83% 29 1 0 0/0 2/0 7.2
Héctor Fort D 12 1 0 1 (1) 0 — 0 1 0 2/2 0/0 8.0
Rafa Mir F 89 0 0 5 (1) 0 76% 21 0 1 0/2 0/0 6.2
Á. Rodríguez F 80 1 2 6 (2) 3 65% 20 1 0 2/4 1/2 9.0
Martim Neto M 78 1 0 0 (0) 2 80% 25 4 0 1/2 1/1 7.0
L. Pétrot D 9 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
Josan M 10 0 1 0 (0) 0 100% 2 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.2
Yago Santiago F 10 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 5 1 0 1/1 0/1 6.9
Adam Boayar F 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 —

Rayo Vallecano

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
A. Batalla G 90 0 0 2 sv 1 72% 39 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Pep Chavarría D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 88% 32 0 2 0/0 0/1 6.2
N. Mendy D 75 0 0 0 (0) 0 85% 34 1 0 0/0 2/1 5.7
F. Lejeune D 90 0 0 1 (0) 1 80% 49 3 2 0/0 1/0 6.9
I. Balliu D 33 0 0 1 (0) 0 75% 12 0 0 0/0 1/0 5.6
Óscar Valentín M 60 0 0 2 (2) 1 95% 20 1 2 0/0 0/1 7.2
Unai López M 75 0 0 1 (0) 4 80% 41 1 1 0/0 2/1 6.3
Álvaro García M 90 0 0 3 (2) 2 65% 26 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.2
Isi Palazón M 90 0 0 2 (1) 2 89% 45 0 0 1/1 0/3 6.5
A. Espino D 75 0 0 0 (0) 1 70% 20 3 0 0/0 1/3 6.3
Sergio Camello F 90 0 0 1 (1) 1 91% 33 0 1 3/4 0/3 7.0
Fran Pérez M 57 0 0 1 (0) 0 91% 11 0 0 0/0 2/0 6.0
Pedro Díaz M 30 0 0 1 (1) 0 100% 11 2 0 0/0 1/1 6.3
Jozhua Vertrouwd D 15 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 4 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.2
Luiz Felipe D 15 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
Gerard Gumbau M 15 0 0 1 (1) 0 80% 5 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.