Visitors fail to take points as Elche beat Eibar 1-0
Jose Luis Mendilibar's team succumbed to an away defeat to Elche at Estadio Martínez Valero on Saturday
Elche strolled past Eibar with a 1-0 win on Saturday at Estadio Martínez Valero. Elche were looking forward to meeting again, following a previous defeat to Celta Vigo. Eibar, on the other hand, secured a point against Real Valladolid in their previous match. After today's result, both teams are on 21 points and sit in 18th and 17th places respectively after 24 matches.
The first half of the game started favourably for Elche, beginning with a goal from Dani Calvo in minute 33 to see out the first half 1-0. The second half ended with little further action at either end and goalless.
For Elche, Josan, Josema, Pere Milla, Miguel Cifuentes and Omenuke Mfulu came on for Sergi Enrich, Jose Angel, Pape Diop and Pedro Leon, while Eibar brought on Yoshinori Muto, Rafa Soares, Aleix Garcia and Takashi Inui to replace Sergi Enrich, Jose Angel, Pape Diop and Pedro Leon.
There were bookings for Gonzalo Verdu and Ivan Marcone from Elche and Bryan Salvatierra for Eibar.
Elche will next play Granada away, with Eibar facing Huesca at home.
| Technical card: | |
|---|---|
| Elche: | Marko Dmitrovic, Alejandro Pozo, Anaitz Arbilla, Pedro Bigas, Jose Angel, Pedro Leon, Pape Diop, Edu Exposito, Bryan Salvatierra, Sergi Enrich and Kike |
| Eibar: | Edgar Badia, Antonio Barragan, Gonzalo Verdu, Dani Calvo, Johan Mojica, Emiliano Rigoni, Raul Guti, Ivan Marcone, Tete Morente, Lucas Boye and Guido Carrillo |
| Stadium: | Estadio Martínez Valero |
| Goals: | Dani Calvo (1-0, min. 33) |
