Elche vs 11.10.26 12:000 – 0Full Time
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Match report
Elche and Celta Vigo play out goalless draw at the Manuel Martínez Valero
Elche and Celta Vigo shared a 0-0 draw in La Liga on Matchday 8, a result that offered neither side the win it was seeking. The match, refereed by Javier Alberola Rojas at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, produced no goals and no recorded events, and it was level at 0-0 at half-time as well.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Elche had the greater share of the ball, with 67 per cent possession to Celta Vigo's 33 per cent, and they outshot the visitors by 13 to 7. Only two of those efforts were on target, though, and Celta Vigo failed to hit the target once. The expected goals figures, 0.84 for Elche and 0.34 for Celta Vigo, pointed to a low-quality contest at both ends.
The game was a scrappy one, with 19 fouls from Elche and 21 from Celta Vigo. Celta Vigo collected three yellow cards to Elche's one, and no one was sent off. Elche won five corners to the visitors' two without finding a way through.
The point lifted Elche from 18th to 17th, on six points from eight games, while Celta Vigo moved from 15th to ninth on eight points. Elche had lost three of their previous five league and cup matches, while Celta Vigo arrived having won 5-0 at home to Racing Santander in their latest outing.
Víctor Chust earned the highest rating of any player on the pitch, 7.55, for Elche without a goal or an assist to his name. Rubén Sánchez, also of Elche, and Celta Vigo's Marcos Alonso were next, each rated 7.24.
Elche finished with 13 shots to Celta Vigo's 7, yet only two of them tested the goalkeeper.
Elche and Celta Vigo drew 0–0 (half-time 0–0).
Elche met Celta Vigo in the La Liga (Regular Season - 8). Kick-off was Sunday, 11 October 2026, 12:00 UTC at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero. Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas. Attendance: 25,470.
Team pages: Elche · Celta Vigo · La Liga
Starting line-ups
Elche (4-3-3)
Celta Vigo (3-4-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Elche 39%, the draw 30%, Celta Vigo 31%. It finished Elche 0–0 Celta Vigo.
Home ground outweighs Celta Vigo's rating edge — Celta Vigo are the stronger side on our strength rating, but La Liga home advantage gives Elche the lean. The draw at 30% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Elche at 39%?
Home ground, against the rating. Celta Vigo sit 46 points higher on our strength rating — 1620 to 1666. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge on the road won 32.5% of 10,374 such games. La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.3% vs 30.0%). La Liga homes won 46.6% of 6,153 games vs 44.6% across all 101,096 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 39%?
Because Celta Vigo are the stronger side on our strength rating. Elche scored +0.42 goals per game beyond chance-quality — home sides this hot gave some of it back. Opponents of hot-finishing home sides won 28.6% of 1,474 games, vs 27.6% against normal finishing.
Why the draw at 30%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 29.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.6 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.5% of 28,299. The goals environment adds 1.3 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Elche have rebuilt the eleven — fewer of last season's regular starters are still starting. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). Elche are 1 game into a new manager (M. Anselmi), appointed 22 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Elche vs Celta Vigo 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.
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- 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.
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