Espanyol 1–3 Elche
- Chust 72' (o.g.)
- Redondo 6'
- Niño 26'
- Niño 29'
- Valera 78'
18 September 2026
The match in data
A 3–1 win for Elche against Espanyol on 18 September 2026, on matchday 7 of the 2026-27 La Liga.
Player of the match: Unai Núñez (Espanyol), rated 69, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 9 duels won. Núñez produced 2.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Elche, the highest-rated player was Roy Revivo, with 71.
Fer Niño scored twice.
Federico Redondo was sent off at 6'.
Unai Núñez
Espanyol · 67'
Produced 2.15× and cost 0.72× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.6×
- 9 duels won 2.8×
- 5 interceptions 4.0×
- 4 duels lost 1.5×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unai Núñez ★ | Defender | 67 | 69 |
| Clemens Riedel | Defender | 23 | 68 |
| Edu Expósito | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Quilindschy Hartman | Defender | 44 | 63 |
| Leandro Cabrera | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Bryan Zaragoza | Forward | 67 | 50 |
| Tyrhys Dolan | Forward | 23 | 46 |
| Pere Milla | Forward | 29 | 44 |
| Urko González de Zárate | Midfielder | 46 | 39 |
| Marcos Fernández | Forward | 44 | 38 |
| Álex Calatrava | Midfielder | 61 | 36 |
| Javi Hernández | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Roger Hinojo | Defender | 46 | 35 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 90 | 27 |
| José Ángel López | Defender | 90 | 25 |
| Marko Dmitrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | 19 |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Revivo | Defender | 77 | 71 |
| Germán Valera | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Matías Dituro | Goalkeeper | 90 | 60 |
| Fer Niño | Forward | 61 | 53 |
| Javi Morcillo | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Lucas Cepeda | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Thomas Lemar | Midfielder | 77 | 48 |
| Víctor Chust | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Buba Sangaré | Defender | 37 | 42 |
| Gonzalo Villar | Midfielder | 60 | 41 |
| Rubén Sánchez | Defender | 53 | 41 |
| Abiel Osorio | Forward | 29 | 41 |
| Pedro Bigas | Defender | 30 | 25 |
| Matia Barzic | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Tete Morente | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Federico Redondo | Defender | 6 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Elche player recovered the most balls?
Lucas Cepeda, with 7 recoveries. Next: Rubén Sánchez 6, Thomas Lemar 5.
In Elche's 1–3 away victory over Espanyol, Lucas Cepeda set the tone without the ball by recording 7 recoveries. Rubén Sánchez followed closely with 6 to help secure the result.
Which Espanyol player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Edu Expósito, with 6 key passes. Next: Unai Núñez 2, Javi Hernández 2.
Edu Expósito delivered 6 key passes in Espanyol's 1–3 home defeat to Elche. That was triple the contribution of Unai Núñez and Javi Hernández, with 2 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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