Rüdiger 39', Valverde 44', Huijsen 66', Manuel Ángel Morán Ibáñez 85' (og), Arda Güler 89'
Elche 2–3 Real Madrid
Match summary
Real Madrid beat Elche 3–2 at Estadio Martínez Valero on 15 September 2026 in La Liga. Matías Dituro 25' og, Mbappé 33' and Espí 90+1' scored for Real Madrid; Abiel Osorio 71' and Fer Niño 83' replied for Elche.
It was Real Madrid's 11th win in 14 meetings between the clubs (11 wins, 3 draws, 0 defeats for Real Madrid). Real Madrid have won the last 2 meetings. Real Madrid went into the game with a recent run of W W L W W. Real Madrid are now 3rd on 27 points, Elche 17th on 10 in La Liga.
Line-ups
- Elche · Substitutes
- 18Thomas Lemar↑ 58'
- 21Lucas Cepeda ↑ 58'
- 14Fer Niño ⚽↑ 68'
- 22Rubén Sánchez↑ 68'
- 17Josan ↑ 80'
- 26Matia Barzic
- 13Alejandro Iturbe
- 10Facundo Buonanotte
- 19Grady Diangana
- 9Ezequiel Ponce
- 47Javier Morcillo
- 6Pedro Bigas
- Real Madrid · Substitutes
- 21Brahim Díaz↑ 68'
- 5Jude Bellingham↑ 68'
- 9Endrick↑ 86'
- 19Carlos Espí ⚽↑ 87'
- 24Denzel Dumfries↑ 90'
- 18Álvaro Carreras
- 27Thiago Pitarch
- 22Antonio Rüdiger
- 2Raúl Asencio
- 13Andriy Lunin
- 20Bernardo Silva
- 6Eduardo Camavinga
Match events
- 4'Yellow cardDiomande
- 25'Own goalMatías Dituro
- 31'Yellow cardMarc Aguado
- 33'GoalMbappé
- 58'SubstitutionThomas Lemar for Marc Aguado
- 58'SubstitutionLucas Cepeda for Germán Valera
- 68'SubstitutionFer Niño for Buba Sangaré
- 68'SubstitutionRubén Sánchez for Martim Neto
- 68'SubstitutionBrahim for Arda Güler
- 68'SubstitutionBellingham for Vinícius Jr.
- 71'GoalAbiel Osorio
- 73'Yellow cardKonaté
- 78'Yellow cardLucas Cepeda
- 80'SubstitutionJosan for José Antonio Morente
- 83'GoalFer Niño
- 86'SubstitutionEndrick for Tchouaméni
- 87'SubstitutionEspí for Alexander-Arnold
- 90'SubstitutionDumfries for Yan Diomande
- 90+1'GoalEspí
- 90+3'Yellow cardJosan
- 90+4'Yellow cardGonzalo Villar
Real Madrid v Elche: head-to-head
All 14 meetings- 14Meetings
- 11Real Madrid wins
- 3Draws
- 0Elche wins
Previous meetings
Aleix Febas Pérez 53', Álvaro Daniel Rodríguez Muñoz 84' · Huijsen 78', Bellingham 87'
Marco Asensio Willemsen 8', Karim Benzema 31' (pen), Karim Benzema 45+1' (pen), Luka Modric 80'