Villarreal vs Elche 0-0

Villarreal and Elche drew 0-0 at Estadio de la Cerámica after neither side found a way through, with the visitors surviving a VAR check for a possible penalty in the second half.

The first half brought no goals, and the match stayed level at 0-0 at the break.

Elche made three substitutions on 65 minutes, and Villarreal replied with three of their own a minute later. The clearest moment came on 63 minutes when VAR cancelled a penalty for Roy Revivo, while the home side later sent on Gerard Moreno on 75 minutes and Elche introduced Ruben Sanchez Saez on 83 minutes. Neither team scored, and the clean sheet held to the end.

Villarreal had 57% of the possession and 512 passes to Elche's 387, while also finishing with 20 shots to 7, 7 on target to 1, 10 corners to 5 and an expected goals figure of 2.22 to 0.3. Elche still left with a point after their defence kept the home side to one save from their goalkeeper, while Villarreal made 6 saves at the other end.

Elche were booked four times, with Gonzalo Villar shown a yellow card on 38 minutes, Tete Morente on 71, Roy Revivo on 75 and Víctor Chust in first-half stoppage time. Villarreal were booked twice, with Alex Freeman cautioned on 81 minutes and Juan Foyth in first-half stoppage time.