Elche 0-0 Celta de Vigo: goalless draw at Martínez Valero
Elche and Celta de Vigo shared the points in a goalless draw in LaLiga's matchday 8. Three bookings for Celta, one for Elche late on.
- Elche and Celta de Vigo draw 0-0
- Elche more threatening with 13 shots and 2 on target, but failed to score
- Celta move to 8 points, Elche stay on 6 in the relegation zone
Elche 0-0 Celta de Vigo
No goals at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in the early Sunday kick-off (13:00 UK / 14:00 CEST) of LaLiga's matchday 8. Elche and Celta de Vigo shared the points in a scoreless draw.
The match
The first caution came in the 37th minute, a yellow card for Celta de Vigo's Yoel Lago. In the 59th minute, Javi Rueda was also booked for the visitors.
In the 60th minute, both sides made a substitution: Celta de Vigo brought on Borja Iglesias for Pablo Durán, while Elche introduced Abiel Osorio in place of Tete Morente.
The 71st minute saw a flurry of changes. Celta de Vigo replaced Javi Galán, Hugo Álvarez and Ferran Jutglà with Sergio Carreira, Couhaib Driouech and Williot Swedberg respectively. Elche made two swaps too, Fer Niño off for Lucas Cepeda and Gonzalo Villar off for Martim Neto.
Aleix Febas was booked in the 82nd minute and was substituted a minute later, replaced by Hugo Burcio. In the 87th minute, Elche made their final change, Facundo Buonanotte on for Thomas Lemar.
In stoppage time, in the first added minute, Elche's Marc Aguado was also shown a yellow card.
The match finished 0-0.
The numbers
Elche dominated possession (67% to 33%) and created more chances, firing 13 shots to Celta de Vigo's 7, with 2 on target against none for the visitors. Celta de Vigo committed fewer fouls (21 to 19) but ended with more bookings, three to one.
Corners: 5-2 in favour of Elche.
Table and next fixtures
Celta de Vigo move to 8 points from 8 games, sitting 9th, with 1 win, 5 draws and 2 defeats. Elche remain on 6 points, 17th, with 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses, and a negative goal difference (11 scored, 17 conceded).
Barcelona lead the table with 24 points from 8 wins out of 8, ahead of Atlético de Madrid (19) and Real Madrid (18).
Next up: Elche travel to Villarreal on Saturday 17 October at 16:15 CEST (15:15 UK). Celta de Vigo host Deportivo Alavés on Sunday 18 October at 16:15 CEST (15:15 UK).