📅 01/03/26🕒 13:00🏟️ Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero🧑⚖️ Iosu Galech Apezteguia, Spain
Biggest Swing+2.09 xT90' Rafa MirCards8VAR1review
Elche 2-2 Espanyol — xTears 20.75 (01/03/26)
Elche and Espanyol shared the points after a 2-2 scrap on 1 March 2026 during Matchday 26 of La Liga. Total damage: 20.75 xTears.
The heaviest blows came from Carlos Romero 57' goal (+1.52 xT) and Kike García 7' goal (+1.41 xT).
This was a proper rollercoaster, with the game swinging all over the place. The match lost its cool with 7 yellows and 1 red. C. Pickel eventually walked for a second booking. The whistle kept getting involved under Iosu Galech Apezteguia, Spain, with 1 VAR call.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
7'
Goal
Kike García - Espanyol
Assist: Pol Lozano
42'
Goal
Marc Aguado - Elche
57'
Goal
Carlos Romero - Espanyol
Assist: Edu Expósito
88'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
L. Pétrot - Elche
90'
Penalty
Rafa Mir - Elche
90+5'
Red card
C. Pickel - Espanyol
Absolute chaos
🧨
10.38
90'
Penalty
+2.09 xT
Rafa Mir - Elche
90+5'
Red card
+1.92 xT
C. Pickel - Espanyol
88'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.70 xT
L. Pétrot - Elche
57'
Goal
+1.52 xT
Carlos Romero - Espanyol
Assist: Edu Expósito
Late drama
🔥
9.63
90'
Penalty
+2.09 xT
Rafa Mir - Elche
90+5'
Red card
+1.92 xT
C. Pickel - Espanyol
88'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.70 xT
L. Pétrot - Elche
90+5'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
C. Pickel - Espanyol
All-out war
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8.68
90+5'
Red card
+1.92 xT
C. Pickel - Espanyol
90+5'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
C. Pickel - Espanyol
90+5'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
C. Pickel - Espanyol
90+8'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
Rafa Mir - Elche
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
5.71
90'
Penalty
+2.09 xT
Rafa Mir - Elche
90+5'
Red card
+1.92 xT
C. Pickel - Espanyol
88'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.70 xT
L. Pétrot - Elche
Cruelty
😈
2.09
90'
Penalty
+2.09 xT
Rafa Mir - Elche
Crushed hope
💔
2.09
90'
Penalty
+2.09 xT
Rafa Mir - Elche