This duo has had some difficulties so far, but three points in this crucial game would definitely be a big help. Get set for Almería - Elche!
- Almería have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (62) in La Liga
It's no vacation for neither Almería nor Elche as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Almería form and stats
All-inclusive La Liga statistics playing at home this season for Almería are 8-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Almería hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Real Valladolid, Almería, Getafe, Cadiz, Espanyol and Valencia), they have won 3 of 4 matches!
Almería faced defeat in their previous match, away at Real Madrid (2-4). A goal frenzy last time out for Almería, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Real Madrid. Fun stuff to watch! Lázaro, a striker, was the champion player for the team in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.21 (out of 10). Lázaro scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Getafe and winning 2-1.Some stats: A review of the 12 most recent league games shows that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
A decent goal production from Almería in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 16 league matches. On the other hand, Almería have conceded 21 goals.
Elche form and stats
There's been little loot from Elche's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 16 away games in the La Liga. Elche only have 1 win to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws. Bitter travels for Elche as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Mallorca match.
The followers enjoyed Elche's previous game versus Rayo Vallecano (placed 9th), a 4-0 win played at home. Yippee; their first win in the league after seven matches not winning. As mentioned above, Elche was the only team on the pitch versus Rayo Vallecano in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfielder Fidel was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.45. Fidel scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Celta de Vigo before that.Stats flash: 9 of the last 12 league games involving this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Elche as they have only managed to score 9 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Elche have conceded 35 goals in these games. When Elche is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Real Valladolid, Getafe, Cadiz, Elche, Espanyol and Valencia.
Head 2 Head
Elche have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Almería.Elche - Almería 1-1 was the end result in these participants' last head to head fixture, played this season. The games between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Toure 6 goals |   P. Milla Peña 6 goals |  L. Carrilho Baptistão 4 goals |
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| Almería | Elche | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 40 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 57 | 21 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 35 | 62 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 81% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 59% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 53% |
| 34% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 28% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 69% | 69% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 44% |
| 6% | 12% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 25% | 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 50% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | 5.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 11.3 | 11.8 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.4 | 10.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 30% | 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 23% | 23% |
| 14.9 | 13.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 18.1 | 15.2 |
| 5.9 | 5.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 7.1 | 6 |
- Almería have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Elche have scored away.
- Almería have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in La Liga
- Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Elche have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Elche have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Elche have the fewest points (6) away in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (62) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals in the first half (34) in La Liga
- Elche have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-26) away in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-38) in La Liga
- Elche have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Elche haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 32 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 48 | 79 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 69 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 39 | 68 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 27 | 63 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 58 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 50 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 49 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 46 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 44 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 43 |
| 10 | Girona | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 41 |
| 11 | Sevilla | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -7 | 41 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 40 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -5 | 39 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -23 | 35 |
| 15 | Almería | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 36 | -17 | 33 |
| 16 | Valencia | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -3 | 33 |
| 17 | Cadiz | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -20 | 32 |
| 18 | Getafe | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -16 | 28 |
| 20 | Elche | 32 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -38 | 16 |
