Rayo Vallecano know they will have a demanding visit to Elche and their La Finca Golf & Spa Resort. This news article has all the data you need ahead of the match.
- Elche have the fewest scored goals (20) in La Liga
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Elche form and stats
With 1 La Liga win, 4 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Elche are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Elche with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Real Valladolid game, 48 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 316 minutes without scoring a league goal. Morente was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Elche in their previous match, an away game at Celta de Vigo that ended in defeat 0-1. Elche's goalkeeper Badía was extremely busy against Celta de Vigo, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.
Preceding that match was the home game against Valencia that was lost 0-2.The manager Beccacece will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Almería in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Elche here at La Finca Golf & Spa Resort in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 15 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Elche have conceded 27 from these games.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Rayo Vallecano have produced an overall stat of 4-5-6 so far.
Rayo Vallecano won their last game, 2-1 versus FC Barcelona played at home. Midfield player García was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. García scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Real Sociedad wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Both teams to score? This team's latest fixtures suggest that, having completed 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each team.
19 goals have been conceded by Vallecano in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest past history featuring both these teams is the Rayo Vallecano - Elche 2-1 played earlier this season. Data for the prior ten meetings between these two contenders are: five wins for Elche, two draws and three wins for Rayo Vallecano. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Palazón Camacho 8 goals |   P. Milla Peña 6 goals |  Á. García Rivera 5 goals |
Elche missing players
Rayo Vallecano missing players
| Elche | Rayo Vallecano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 38 |
| 62 | 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 81% | 73% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 74% |
| 52% | 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 40% | 48% |
| 26% | 27% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| 6% | 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 45% | 53% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 58% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| 52% | 47% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | 26% |
| 5.2 | 6.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.9 | 12.5 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.9 | 13.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 21% | 19% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 29% |
| 15.3 | 12.3 | 14.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 13.5 | 12.3 |
| 6.1 | 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.5 | 4 |
- Elche have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Elche have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Elche have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest clean sheets (1) in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest points (7) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals (20) in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (27) at home 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 (-16) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-42) in La Liga
- Elche have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Elche haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Elche is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Barcelona | 31 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 44 | 76 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 65 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 37 | 65 |
| 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 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 55 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 49 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 47 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 46 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 44 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 43 |
| 10 | Girona | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 41 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 40 |
| 12 | Celta de Vigo | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -5 | 39 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -8 | 38 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -22 | 35 |
| 15 | Almería | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 53 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 32 | -15 | 33 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -20 | 32 |
| 17 | Getafe | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 18 | Valencia | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 30 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -14 | 28 |
| 20 | Elche | 31 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -42 | 13 |
