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Espanyol vs Elche: match report
Espanyol hosted Elche at RCDE Stadium on Friday 18 September 2026, in the LaLiga (round 7). Espanyol are without 1 player (Omar El Hilali); Elche have no reported absences. Jon Ander González Esteban is the referee, averaging 4.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 5.0.
Result and scorers
Espanyol 1-3 Elche. Goals: Fer Niño 26' for Elche; Fer Niño 29' for Elche; Víctor Chust 72' (own goal) for Espanyol; Germán Valera 78' for Elche. Attendance: 11,328.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 6' Red card: Federico Redondo (Elche)
- 22' Yellow card: Fer Niño (Elche)
- 26' Goal: Fer Niño (Elche) 0-1
- 29' Goal: Fer Niño (Elche) 0-2
- 45'+4' Yellow card: Edu Expósito (Espanyol)
- 72' Own goal: Víctor Chust (Espanyol) 1-2
- 78' Goal: Germán Valera (Elche) 1-3
- 82' Yellow card: Clemens Riedel (Espanyol)
- 90'+1' Yellow card: Lucas Cepeda (Elche)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 66% | Possession | 34% |
| 23 | Shots | 9 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 6 |
| 3 | Corners | 3 |
| 14 | Fouls | 9 |
| 9 | Offsides | 2 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
Line-ups
Espanyol 4-2-3-1
Coach: Manolo González
- 13 Marko Dmitrović GK
- 32 José Ángel DEF
- 14 Unai Núñez DEF
- 6 Leandro Cabrera DEF
- 21 Roger Hinojo DEF
- 8 Edu Expósito MID
- 4 Urko González MID
- 22 Álex Calatrava FWD
- 28 Javi Hernández FWD
- 15 Bryan Zaragoza FWD
- 9 Roberto Fernández FWD
Bench
- 3 Quilindschy Hartman DEF
- 18 Marcos Fernández FWD
- 11 Pere Milla FWD
- 5 Clemens Riedel DEF
- 24 Tyrhys Dolan FWD
- 1 Ángel Fortuno GK
- 31 Llorenç Serred GK
- 16 Vanja Drkušić DEF
- 20 Gabriel Moscardo MID
- 10 Pol Lozano MID
- 26 Rafel Bauzà MID
- 29 Victor Mullerat FWD
Elche 4-3-3
Coach: Martín Anselmi
- 1 Matías Dituro GK
- 2 Buba Sangaré DEF
- 5 Federico Redondo DEF
- 23 Víctor Chust DEF
- 3 Roy Revivo DEF
- 18 Thomas Lemar MID
- 47 Javi Morcillo MID
- 12 Gonzalo Villar MID
- 21 Lucas Cepeda FWD
- 14 Fer Niño FWD
- 11 Germán Valera MID
Bench
- 22 Rubén Sánchez DEF
- 6 Pedro Bigas DEF
- 24 Abiel Osorio FWD
- 26 Matia Barzić DEF
- 20 Tete Morente MID
- 13 Alejandro Iturbe GK
- 10 Facundo Buonanotte MID
- 19 Grady Diangana MID
- 8 Marc Aguado MID
- 16 Martim Neto MID
- 9 Ezequiel Ponce FWD
- 17 Josan FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Espanyol
- Omar El Hilali suspension, back Mid September 2026
Elche
No reported absences.
Previous meetings
- Sunday 1 March 2026: Elche 2-2 Espanyol
- Saturday 25 October 2025: Espanyol 1-0 Elche
- Saturday 27 April 2024: Elche 2-2 Espanyol
- Saturday 18 November 2023: Espanyol 2-0 Elche
- Sunday 19 February 2023: Elche 0-1 Espanyol