Match report
Raphinha and Fermín inspire Barcelona to five-goal rout of Elche
Barcelona thrashed Elche 5-0 in La Liga's second round, a result that lifted Hansi Flick's side to fourth place while leaving Martin Anselmi's Elche without a win after two matches. The visitors were ruthless from the outset and never allowed the home side back into the contest.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Raphinha opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 14th minute, and Barcelona doubled their lead deep into first-half stoppage time when Karim-David Adeyemi converted a Raphinha assist to make it 2-0 at the break. The second half brought no respite for Elche as Raphinha struck again in the 67th minute, assisted by Anthony Gordon, before Fermín added a fourth just four minutes later, also teed up by Gordon.
Fermín completed the rout in the 79th minute, turning home a pass from X. Espart to make it 5-0. Barcelona's dominance was reflected across the pitch, with Elche managing just two shots on target from eleven attempts despite having more of the ball, while Barcelona's efficiency in front of goal proved decisive throughout.
Raphinha scored twice, including a first-half penalty, and set up Adeyemi's goal to earn a rating of 9.9, the outstanding contributor in Barcelona's win.
Barcelona's 4.13 expected goals figure against Elche's 0.72 underlined the gulf in clear-cut chances created over the ninety minutes.
Barcelona won 5–0 away against Elche (half-time 0–2).
Elche met Barcelona in the La Liga (Regular Season - 2). Kick-off was Sunday, 23 August 2026, 19:30 UTC at Estadio Martínez Valero. Referee: Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez.
Key moments
- 14' Goal (penalty): Raphinha — 0–1 · Watch Raphinha's goal video (14')
- 45' Goal: Karim-David Adeyemi (assist: Raphinha) — 0–2 · Watch Karim-David Adeyemi's goal video (45')
- 67' Goal: Raphinha (assist: Anthony Gordon) — 0–3 · Watch Raphinha's goal video (67')
- 71' Goal: Fermín (assist: Anthony Gordon) — 0–4 · Watch Fermín's goal video (71')
- 79' Goal: Fermín (assist: X. Espart) — 0–5 · Watch Fermín's goal video (79')
Starting line-ups
Elche (5-4-1)
Barcelona (4-2-3-1)
- 1 Joan García
- 36 X. Espart
- 18 Gerard Martín
- 15 Andreas Christensen
- 24 Eric García
- 6 Gavi
- 22 Marc Bernal
- 14 Karim-David Adeyemi
- 7 Fermín
- 10 Lamine Yamal
- 11 Raphinha (c)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Elche 17%, the draw 22%, Barcelona 61%. It finished Elche 0–5 Barcelona.
Barcelona's rating gap outweighs Elche's home ground — Barcelona are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and the early-season home fade on top gives Barcelona a clear lead. The draw at 22% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why Barcelona at 61%?
Barcelona sit 404 points higher on our strength rating — 1758 to 2162. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge on the road won 65.8% of 5,198 such games. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Elche's column. Across 10,693 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 18–19–63.
Why only 61%?
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 46.6% of 6,091 games vs 44.9% across all 99,290 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 19.0%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,635. Early-season fixtures add 2.1 points to the draw. The goals environment adds 1.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Barcelona average 13 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 404 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Barcelona won all of the last 5 games between these sides. Head-to-head dominance hasn't carried forward beyond the rating: sides that won 4+ of the last 5 meetings won 55.6% of 9,220 next meetings vs 55.0% class-expected.
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About this match
On this page: the Elche vs Barcelona 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 Raphinha's goal against Elche (14').
- Watch Karim-David Adeyemi's goal against Elche (45').
- Watch Raphinha's goal against Elche (67').
- Watch Fermín's goal against Elche (71').
- Watch Fermín's goal against Elche (79').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Elche 0–5 Barcelona. Explore more on the Elche and Barcelona team pages or the La Liga page.
Quick answers
›What was the final score of Elche vs Barcelona?
Barcelona won 5–0 away against Elche (half-time 0–2).
›Who scored in Elche vs Barcelona?
Raphinha (14') (penalty) for Barcelona; Karim-David Adeyemi (45') for Barcelona; Raphinha (67') for Barcelona; Fermín (71') for Barcelona; Fermín (79') for Barcelona.
›Where can I watch Elche vs Barcelona highlights?
Goal highlights and video clips from Elche 0–5 Barcelona are on this page — open the videos tab to watch every goal.
›What is the head-to-head record between Elche and Barcelona?
Elche and Barcelona have met 10 times — 0 wins for Elche, 10 wins for Barcelona and 0 draws.