Match Report
Villarreal U19 II went into the game 2nd in the table on 72 points; Elche U19 II sat 5th on 62 — a 10-point gap. Against a league average of 1.52 goals per team per game, Villarreal U19 II ran at 2.59 scored and 1.12 conceded, Elche U19 II at 1.85 and 1.26.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 4 Villarreal U19 II wins, 3 for Elche U19 II, 0 draws, at 3.14 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals. 4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 3.14.