Elche beat Celta Vigo with a thumping 1-0 victory on Sunday at Estadio Martínez Valero. Elche were looking forward to meeting again after losing their last game 1-0 to Real Sociedad while Celta were hoping to increase their winning streak after back-to-back victories against Granada and Levante. As the table looks today, Elche and Celta currently occupy 12th and 15th spots in the league, with 9 points and 7 points respectively after 8 matches.

After an un-eventful first half, Elche certainly were out of the blocks quickly in the second half, thanks to an early goal from Dario Benedetto in the 49th minute. The game ended 1-0.

For Elche, Diego Gonzalez, Josema, Pablo Piatti, Lucas Boye and Pere Milla, came on for Gonzalo Verdu, Diego Gonzalez, Josan, Lucas Perez and Dario Benedetto. Celta brought on Franco Cervi, Denis Suarez, Thiago Galhardo, Augusto Solari and Okay Yokuslu, to replace Nolito, Fran Beltran, Brais Mendez, Jeison Murillo and Renato Tapia.

There were bookings for Josan, Antonio Barragan, Omar Mascarell and Kiko Casilla from Elche. For Celta, Nestor Araujo, Hugo Mallo and Santi Mina saw yellow.

Elche will next play Rayo Vallecano away, with Celta facing Seville at home.