Valencia beat Elche 1-0 on Sadiq's second-half goal

Valencia won 1-0 at Estadio Martínez Valero. Umar Sadiq scored the only goal in the 69th minute, finishing a fast break to break a scoreless game and send Elche home empty.

Neither side scored in the first half. Then Arnaut Danjuma set up Sadiq on the break, and Sadiq hit a left-footed shot from very close range into the bottom right corner. Valencia led 1-0 and never gave it back.

Stole Dimitrievski was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 7.6. He made three saves and kept the clean sheet. Sadiq had three shots for Valencia. Fer Niño took four for Elche, but none went in. Víctor Chust completed 120 accurate passes for the hosts without finding a way through.

Valencia move to 2-3-6. Elche fall to 2-4-5. Chirp's Sim had Elche at 47% over 10,000 simulations, and it missed.