Villarreal CF v Elche CF

Villarreal lost to Espanyol, and defender Pau Navarro acknowledged the team has many things to correct and improve.

Villarreal lost 1-0 at home to Espanyol, with Cabrera's goal in the 60th minute deciding the match.

Villarreal lost 1-0 at home to Espanyol and have taken only four points from their first five home league matches (one win, one draw, three defeats).

Villarreal won the derby at Mestalla and are looking to build on that result after a shaky start to the season.

Elche lost 0-1 at home to Valencia and have still not won a home match this season.

Thomas Lemar had an adductor problem; the coach did not know its exact extent and described his absence as hard to replace.

Elche has not scored at home in three of the five home matches played so far this season.

Elche lost at home to Valencia in a match decided in the final seconds.

Logan Costa is called up for international duty.

Tani Oluwaseyi is called up for international duty.

Alex Freeman is called up for international duty.

Péter Gulácsi is the starting goalkeeper for Villarreal.

Aramburu has a soleus problem and will be sidelined for some time.

Nathan Saliba was involved in an incident with Vinícius Júnior.

Carlos Romero had a shot saved by Thibaut Courtois in the match against Real Madrid.

Nicolas Pepe was injured and unavailable for Villarreal.

Tajon Buchanan was injured and unavailable for Villarreal.

Inigo Perez is the coach of Villarreal CF.

Georges Mikautadze disputed taking a penalty with Pape Gueye.

Alberto Moleiro has been key to Villarreal's recent reaction, playing in a central '10' role.

Adam has joined Elche CF.

Marc Aguado has joined Elche CF.

Fer Niño has joined Elche CF.

Federico Redondo has joined Elche CF.

Roy Revivo has joined Elche CF.

Germán Valera scored the third goal for Elche.

Ali Houary's release clause has been raised to over 15 million euros.

Nine former Elche CF employees, including the former head of ticket sales, are facing legal proceedings related to alleged embezzlement of ticket revenue.

Lucas Cepeda came on and provided more attacking capability for Elche.

Javi Morcillo played as a centre-back for Elche.

Rubén Sánchez made his first start for Elche.

Peter Gulacsi returned to training.