The "Manuel Martínez Valero" stadium hosted the match between Elche and their guest Villarreal in the twenty-second round of the Spanish La Liga for the current 2020-2021 season.
The thrilling encounter ended in a positive draw of 2-2. The first half concluded with Villarreal leading by two goals, scored by the outstanding forward Gerard Moreno in the 16th and 35th minutes, raising his tally to 12 goals this season in La Liga, placing him second among the top scorers alongside Moroccan striker Youssef En-Nesyri from Sevilla and Argentine star Lionel Messi from Barcelona, with a two-goal gap from the leader Luis Suárez of Atlético Madrid.
In the second half, Elche came back into the match by scoring two consecutive goals in the 49th and 64th minutes, courtesy of Argentine Guido Carrillo and his compatriot Lucas Boyé, respectively. It is noteworthy that with this result, Elche's points increased to 18, placing them in nineteenth and second to last, with two postponed matches, while Villarreal's points rose to 36, securing the sixth position.
