Espanyol — Elche 1:3

Espanyol

1:3

Elche

LaLiga · 18 Sep 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score1:3

Home xG1.08Espanyol

Away xG1.25Elche

Expected points1.23 : 1.49

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Elche was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Espanyol	1	1.08	−0.1	1.23
Elche	3	1.25	+1.8	1.49

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
25'	Fernando Niño	Elche	0.36	Roy Revivo
28'	Fernando Niño	Elche	0.31	Roy Revivo
71'	Victor Chust (own goal)	Espanyol	—
77'	German Valera	Elche	0.30	Tete Morente

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
25'	Fernando Niño	Elche	0.36	goal
28'	Fernando Niño	Elche	0.31	goal
77'	German Valera	Elche	0.30	goal

Shots: Espanyol 23, Elche 9; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 0 and 3.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Espanyol 0.20, Elche 0.68: a small edge for Elche. In the second half xG was Espanyol 0.87, Elche 0.56: a small edge for Espanyol. The edge in chances passed from Elche to Espanyol. Elche scored 3 from 1.25 xG: well above what they created. As a rule, finishing like this evens out over time.

Shot data: Understat. xG rates the quality of a chance; it is not a forecast of the result.

How it fits the season

Espanyol: −3.1 for the season (13 in the table). Elche: −3.7 (18). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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