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Saturday, 17/10/2026 at 16:15

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Match preview · La Liga

Villarreal – Elche

Villarreal 9th in La Liga Home 1.80 projected goals by the model
Elche 18th in La Liga Away 0.95 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.80 0.95
Villarreal Elche
Villarreal
57%
Draw
27%
Elche
17%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Villarreal Draw Elche
Fair odds 1.76 3.75 6.02
Total goals
2.74
Over 2.5 goals
53%
Both teams to score
57%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

Market odds are not available for this match yet.

The model's case

Why the model leans Villarreal

57% Villarreal to win

Attack
4th vs 13th
Villarreal attack v Elche defence
Defence
8th vs 14th
Villarreal defence v Elche attack
Recent xG form
+1.51 vs -1.05
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.80 – 0.95
Villarreal v Elche
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Villarreal and Elche compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Villarreal Elche
xG / match (better) 2.38 · 3rd 1.24 · 13th
xGA / match (better) 1.25 · 6th 2.01 · 18th
xGD / match (better) +1.12 · 3rd -0.77 · 18th
xPts / match (better) 1.92 · 3rd 1.14 · 13th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +1.51 -1.05

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 36% of the model's distribution.

Villarreal clean sheet
36%
Villarreal 2+ goals
56%
Under 2.5 goals
47%
Both teams to score: no
43%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
13.7%
2:1
11.7%
2:0
10.4%
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Match result

Villarreal to win
56.7% 1.76 —
Draw
26.7% 3.75 —
Elche to win
16.6% 6.02 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
79.9% 1.25 —
Under 1.5 goals
20.1% 4.98 —
Over 2.5 goals
53.1% 1.88 —
Under 2.5 goals
46.9% 2.13 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
56.6% 1.77 —
Both teams not to score
43.4% 2.31 —

Team goals — Villarreal

Villarreal to score
85.7% 1.17 —
Villarreal not to score
14.3% 6.99 —
Villarreal 2+ goals
55.5% 1.80 —
Villarreal at most 1 goal
44.5% 2.25 —

Team goals — Elche

Elche to score
64.3% 1.56 —
Elche not to score
35.7% 2.80 —
Elche 2+ goals
24.1% 4.14 —
Elche at most 1 goal
75.9% 1.32 —

Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Villarreal sample
20 matches
Elche sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Villarreal
3 matches
Away xG sample · Elche
4 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.