Soccer betting preview: Elche welcomes Mallorca in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero (36017 seats)

Mallorca have finished evaluating following their 1-0-fixture against Atlético Madrid and are keen to go again when travelling to Elche. Here's all the details!

Insights:
  • Elche have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mallorca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Elche form and stats

Elche have collected 20 points from their La Liga home games so far after 5-5-5. When Elche hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Levante, Granada, Getafe, Elche, Cadiz and Deportivo Alaves), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Elche has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Vílchez and the players.

The Elche supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero: A 1-2 defeat against Real Sociedad (placed 6th). Mojica, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Mojica served one assist, hit two key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Athletic Club (1-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Elche perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Elche as a small favourite), we find eight games. Elche has won two of these, drawn four and lost two.

Elche are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Real Betis awaits in three days.

Elche are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Elche have conceded 17 goals.

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Mallorca form and stats

There's been little loot from Mallorca's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 15 away games in the La Liga. Mallorca only have 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Mallorca, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.

Muriqi scored in Mallorca's previous match, the home game against Atlético Madrid that ended 1-0. Muriqi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Muriqi scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 0-1 defeat away at Getafe before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mallorca playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were five Mallorca wins, zero draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Deportivo Alaves in just three days.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Mallorca have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the squads played each other earlier this campaign; Mallorca - Elche 2-2. Previous nine meetings involving these participants: Elche won one, Mallorca were winners in three and we saw five draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last nine encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ElcheP. Milla Peña
P. Milla Peña
7 goals
ElcheL. Boyé
L. Boyé
7 goals
ElcheF. Chaves de la Torre
F. Chaves de la Torre
5 goals

Elche missing players

Mallorca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Elche Mallorca
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
8 5 2 Won W 1 2 7
8 5 2 Drew D 1 2 8
15 5 0 Lost L 3 11 16
32 17 7 Scored S 3 13 27
44 17 3 Conceded C 8 33 50
94% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
68% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 73% 61%
55% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 53% 42%
23% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 26%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 16%
58% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 45%
19% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 23%
29% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 42%
 
4 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.3 4.4
5.4 4.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.1 4.2
2.9 2.7 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.3 3.1
5 4 1 Red cards R C 2 6 7
 
9 11.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 10.3 12
3 3.7 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 3.7 3.8
35% 31% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 24% 23%
 
13.8 12.5 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 14.3 12.1
4.9 4.5 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.5 4.2
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Elche have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mallorca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Mallorca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mallorca haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 31 22 6 3 63 26 16 11 4 1 34 13 15 11 2 2 29 13 37 72
2 FC Barcelona 30 17 9 4 60 31 14 10 2 2 32 13 16 7 7 2 28 18 29 60
3 Sevilla 31 16 12 3 44 22 15 11 4 0 32 13 16 5 8 3 12 9 22 60
4 Atlético Madrid 31 17 6 8 57 38 15 10 3 2 29 14 16 7 3 6 28 24 19 57
5 Real Betis 31 17 5 9 56 37 16 9 2 5 31 19 15 8 3 4 25 18 19 56
6 Real Sociedad 31 15 9 7 32 30 15 9 4 2 12 6 16 6 5 5 20 24 2 54
7 Villarreal 31 12 10 9 49 30 16 9 5 2 36 15 15 3 5 7 13 15 19 46
8 Athletic Club 31 11 12 8 36 30 15 8 3 4 25 16 16 3 9 4 11 14 6 45
9 Valencia 30 10 11 9 42 43 15 5 7 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 41
10 Osasuna 31 11 8 12 31 40 16 5 6 5 15 20 15 6 2 7 16 20 -9 41
11 Espanyol 31 10 9 12 36 42 16 9 4 3 23 16 15 1 5 9 13 26 -6 39
12 Celta de Vigo 31 9 9 13 34 35 16 5 4 7 21 21 15 4 5 6 13 14 -1 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 29 9 6 14 31 36 15 8 3 4 21 11 14 1 3 10 10 25 -5 33
14 Getafe 31 7 11 13 28 35 15 7 4 4 20 13 16 0 7 9 8 22 -7 32
15 Elche 31 8 8 15 32 44 15 5 5 5 17 17 16 3 3 10 15 27 -12 32
16 Granada 31 6 11 14 35 52 15 4 5 6 19 24 16 2 6 8 16 28 -17 29
17 Mallorca 31 7 8 16 27 50 16 5 6 5 14 17 15 2 2 11 13 33 -23 29
18 Cadiz 31 5 13 13 26 43 16 2 8 6 13 20 15 3 5 7 13 23 -17 28
19 Levante 31 4 10 17 35 61 16 3 7 6 21 25 15 1 3 11 14 36 -26 22
20 Deportivo Alaves 31 5 7 19 24 53 15 4 4 7 12 18 16 1 3 12 12 35 -29 22

Mallorca:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 31 22 6 3 63 26 16 11 4 1 34 13 15 11 2 2 29 13 37 72
2 FC Barcelona 30 17 9 4 60 31 14 10 2 2 32 13 16 7 7 2 28 18 29 60
3 Sevilla 31 16 12 3 44 22 15 11 4 0 32 13 16 5 8 3 12 9 22 60
4 Atlético Madrid 31 17 6 8 57 38 15 10 3 2 29 14 16 7 3 6 28 24 19 57
5 Real Betis 31 17 5 9 56 37 16 9 2 5 31 19 15 8 3 4 25 18 19 56
6 Real Sociedad 31 15 9 7 32 30 15 9 4 2 12 6 16 6 5 5 20 24 2 54
7 Villarreal 31 12 10 9 49 30 16 9 5 2 36 15 15 3 5 7 13 15 19 46
8 Athletic Club 31 11 12 8 36 30 15 8 3 4 25 16 16 3 9 4 11 14 6 45
9 Valencia 30 10 11 9 42 43 15 5 7 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 41
10 Osasuna 31 11 8 12 31 40 16 5 6 5 15 20 15 6 2 7 16 20 -9 41
11 Espanyol 31 10 9 12 36 42 16 9 4 3 23 16 15 1 5 9 13 26 -6 39
12 Celta de Vigo 31 9 9 13 34 35 16 5 4 7 21 21 15 4 5 6 13 14 -1 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 29 9 6 14 31 36 15 8 3 4 21 11 14 1 3 10 10 25 -5 33
14 Getafe 31 7 11 13 28 35 15 7 4 4 20 13 16 0 7 9 8 22 -7 32
15 Elche 31 8 8 15 32 44 15 5 5 5 17 17 16 3 3 10 15 27 -12 32
16 Granada 31 6 11 14 35 52 15 4 5 6 19 24 16 2 6 8 16 28 -17 29
17 Mallorca 31 7 8 16 27 50 16 5 6 5 14 17 15 2 2 11 13 33 -23 29
18 Cadiz 31 5 13 13 26 43 16 2 8 6 13 20 15 3 5 7 13 23 -17 28
19 Levante 31 4 10 17 35 61 16 3 7 6 21 25 15 1 3 11 14 36 -26 22
20 Deportivo Alaves 31 5 7 19 24 53 15 4 4 7 12 18 16 1 3 12 12 35 -29 22

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