Elche vs Real Betis 0-2

Real Betis left Elche with a 2-0 win after two late goals at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero. Rodrigo Riquelme broke the deadlock on 81 minutes, and Marc Bartra added the second on 89 minutes.

The first half was goalless. Elche replaced Ali Houary with Grady Diangana on 45 minutes, but neither side found a finish before the interval, so it was 0-0 at half-time.

The game changed after a busy spell of substitutions. Real Betis made two on 69 minutes, and Elche did the same at the same time, before the visitors made another two on 78 minutes. Riquelme, who had come on in the 78th minute, scored on 81 minutes to make it 1-0, and Dani Ceballos, who had come on in the 69th minute, provided the assist for Bartra's late header to make it 2-0. Elche kept pushing with further changes of their own, but they only managed one shot on target from 13 attempts, while Betis put nine of 17 on target and finished with 1.95 expected goals to Elche's 1.25.

Betis had 52% of the ball and 528 passes to Elche's 487, while Elche won the corner count 9-8. Elche also had more fouls, 12 to 7, and more offsides, 4 to 3, but Betis were more accurate in front of goal and left with the points.

Elche were booked four times, with Martin Anselmi in the 58th minute, Federico Redondo Solari on 59, Grady Diangana on 68 and Javier Morcillo Rodrigálvarez on 84 minutes. Real Betis finished without a booking, and there were no red cards.