FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Full time · La Liga · Sun 23 Aug 2026, 20:30 UTC

Elche 05 Barcelona

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What the chances were worth

Elche
0.72
expected goals (xG)
Barcelona
4.13
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 0–5; by chance quality the match ran 0.72–4.13.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Elche
30%
Draw
26%
Barcelona
44%

The model made Barcelona to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 44% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Barcelona created the better chances — the xG read 0.7–4.1 and the shot count agreed (7–11, 2–7 on target). Barcelona got into the box far more often (10 shots inside it to 5). Barcelona's finishing ran hot — 5 from 4.1 xG, 7 of 11 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). On the balance of chances, the 0–5 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Elche
Barcelona
46%
Ball Possession
54%
7
Total Shots
11
2
Shots on Goal
7
5
Shots off Goal
4
0
Blocked Shots
0
5
Shots inside box
10
2
Shots outside box
1
0.72
Expected goals (xG)
4.13
3
Corner Kicks
1
3
Offsides
3
435
Total passes
533
349
Passes accurate
466
80%
Passes %
87%
13
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
0
2
Goalkeeper Saves
2
0.22
Goals prevented
0.22

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Elche
11%
market implied · price 8.49 · opened 11%
Draw
17%
market implied · price 5.49 · opened 17%
Barcelona
71%
market implied · price 1.34 · opened 71%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Elche or draw3.2928.9%+0.3 pts
Double chance Barcelona or draw1.0887.9%-0.1 pts
Double chance either team1.1483.2%-0.1 pts
Draw no bet — Elche6.1915.1%+0.5 pts
Draw no bet — Barcelona1.1084.9%-0.5 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1383.1%-0.0 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.4764.0%-0.3 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.2143.0%-0.9 pts
Both teams to score1.7553.2%-0.4 pts
Elche over 1.5 team goals4.0822.9%+0.0 pts
Barcelona over 1.5 team goals1.3370.0%-0.5 pts
Elche clean sheet10.009.6%+0.0 pts
Barcelona clean sheet2.2042.4%+0.2 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 0-2 7.42 · 1-2 8.23 · 0-1 8.60 · 0-3 8.88 · 1-3 9.85

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-23 21:40 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
31 Jan 26Elche1-3Barcelona
02 Nov 25Barcelona3-1Elche