Deportivo La Coruna vs 17.08.26 19:001 – 1Full Time
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Match report
Aguado's late leveller earns Elche a share of the spoils at Riazor
Deportivo La Coruna and Elche shared the points in a 1-1 draw in their opening La Liga fixture at Estadio Municipal de Riazor, with both sides claiming a point apiece in matchday one of the Regular Season.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gave the hosts an early lead in the 21st minute, finishing off a move set up by Lorenzo Amatucci to send Deportivo La Coruna in front at the interval. Elche, despite holding just 38 per cent of possession, pressed for an equaliser and found it through Marc Aguado in the 76th minute, the defender converting after being teed up by Gonzalo Villar to level the score at 1-1.
Elche finished the match with the greater share of the ball and produced more shots and corners overall, yet it was their late intervention that proved decisive in denying Deportivo a first win of the campaign. Both teams picked up two yellow cards apiece as the contest wore on, but neither side could find a winner in the closing stages.
Aguado's stoppage-bound equaliser capped a display worth a 7.6 rating, matching the mark earned by Aubameyang, who opened the scoring for Deportivo with his own goal.
Elche held a commanding 62 per cent of possession, underlining their control of the ball despite falling behind early.
Deportivo La Coruna and Elche drew 1–1 (half-time 1–0).
Deportivo La Coruna met Elche in the La Liga (Regular Season - 1). Kick-off was Monday, 17 August 2026, 19:00 UTC at Estadio Riazor. Referee: Francisco Hernández Maeso.
Team pages: Deportivo La Coruna · Elche · La Liga
Key moments
- 21' Goal: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (assist: Lorenzo Amatucci) — 1–0 · Watch Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's goal video (21')
- 76' Goal: Marc Aguado (assist: Gonzalo Villar) — 1–1 · Watch Marc Aguado's goal video (76')
Starting line-ups
Deportivo La Coruna (4-2-3-1)
Elche (5-4-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Deportivo La Coruna 32%, the draw 32%, Elche 36%. It finished Deportivo La Coruna 1–1 Elche.
Elche's rating edge, but the draw is in play — Elche are the stronger side on our strength rating, and their control of the ball plus the early-season home fade on top give Elche the lean. The draw at 32% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why Elche at 36%?
Elche sit 103 points higher on our strength rating — 1652 to 1755. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,055 such games. Elche hold 5 more possession points (54 to 49 in recent games) across a 103-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 75–150-point rating gap won 42.6% of 8,596 such games where the class table expected 41.3%. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Deportivo La Coruna's column. Across 10,621 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.1 — negative in every season since 2018. The 300 most similar past games finished 38–29–33.
Why only 36%?
Deportivo La Coruna sit -0.51 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.8% of 2,357 such games where the class table expected 36.3%. La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.3% vs 30.2%). La Liga homes won 46.7% of 6,084 games vs 44.9% across all 99,123 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw second, level with the Deportivo La Coruna win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,589. Early-season fixtures add 2.1 points to the draw. The goals environment adds 1.4 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Elche scored +0.33 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,771 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.0% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Deportivo La Coruna are newly promoted — game 1 of their first ten at this level, where our rating knows them least. Promoted sides ran below their rating in nine of the last ten seasons — 26.5% wins in their first ten games where the rating expected 30.0% (2,793 games since 2012), fading but still visible through game nineteen. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Deportivo La Coruna vs Elche final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this La Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's goal against Elche (21').
- Watch Marc Aguado's goal against Deportivo La Coruna (76').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Deportivo La Coruna 1–1 Elche. Explore more on the Deportivo La Coruna and Elche team pages or the La Liga page.
Quick answers
›What was the final score of Deportivo La Coruna vs Elche?
Deportivo La Coruna and Elche drew 1–1 (half-time 1–0).
›Who scored in Deportivo La Coruna vs Elche?
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (21') for Deportivo La Coruna; Marc Aguado (76') for Elche.
›Where can I watch Deportivo La Coruna vs Elche highlights?
Goal highlights and video clips from Deportivo La Coruna 1–1 Elche are on this page — open the videos tab to watch every goal.
›What is the head-to-head record between Deportivo La Coruna and Elche?
Deportivo La Coruna and Elche have met 8 times — 3 wins for Deportivo La Coruna, 3 wins for Elche and 2 draws.