Girona vs Elche CF

SpainLa LigaRound 38
Girona

Girona

LLDDL

23 May 2026

Full Time
11
Elche CF

Elche CF

WLDLW
Estadio Municipal de Montilivi
A. Hernandez
2025/2026

Match Report

A last-day draw at Estadi Montilivi ended in tears for one side and relief for the other. Girona needed three points to survive, but a 1-1 result sent them down — handing Elche the point they needed to stay up. Elche struck first when Pedro Bigas headed the ball into the area for Álvaro Rodríguez, who kept his cool — controlling with elaborate touches before lashing into the roof of the net in the 39th minute. Girona hit back almost immediately: Azzedine Ounahi's free-kick was parried by Matías Dituro, and Arnau Martínez finished the rebound in the 42nd minute. The hosts kept pushing, with Thomas Lemar's fierce strike crashing off the crossbar in the 80th minute. The draw sealed Elche's top-flight status after their promotion last year. For Girona, their three-season stay in La Liga has come to a painful end.

Match Events

7'
Buba Sangare(Tripping)
45+2'
B. Gil(Holding)
47'
D. Affengruber(Tripping)
48'
A. Martinez[1 - 1]
58'
60'
Vitor Reis(Roughing)
83'
C. Echeverri(Tripping)
84'
85'
M. Aguado(Unsportsmanlike conduct)
85'
T. Lemar(Unsportsmanlike conduct)

Standings

#WDLGDPts
13Elche CF101315-843
19Girona91415-1641

Statistics

56%Possession44%
10Shots3
7Shots on Target1
2Corners1
20Fouls20
1Offsides0
4Yellow Cards4
416Passes326
0Saves6