La Liga Round 9 2026-10-17 · 14:15 UTC finished
Villarreal (home)
VS Estadio de la Ceramica, Vila-real
Elche (away)
Prediction
65% Villarreal (home) Model favorite
22% Draw
13% Elche (away)
Expected goals 1.94 — 0.92 Over 2.5 goals: 54% Both teams to score: 51%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Villarreal Elche
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 2.211.16
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.321.6
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 46
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 9.7 15.1
Matches in the last 7 days 21
Matches in the next 7 days 31
Travel to this match (km) 0193

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability is below 70%; in backtests matches in this band end as predicted about 65.0% of the time.

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Villarreal

  • injured Nicolas Pépé return: doubtful
  • injured Tajon Buchanan return: Early November 2026

Elche

  • injured Yago Santiago return: Late October 2026

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Villarreal 7 · 6 6 draws · 4 Elche

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-03-08Villarreal 2 - 1Elche
2026-01-03Elche 1 - 3Villarreal
2023-02-04Elche 3 - 1Villarreal
2022-09-04Villarreal 4 - 0Elche
2022-01-16Elche 1 - 0Villarreal
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How predictions are made

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Data coverage

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