Almería vs Elche: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (21350 seats)

Almería and Elche have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the La Liga 2.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Almería form and stats

When playing at home, Almería have managed 8 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 18 games.

The fans are hoping that Almería will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the La Liga 2 game against Lugo. Ahead of that match, Almería lost 0-1 at home to Real Oviedo.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Almería have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Almería are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 24 goals in 18 matches. Almería have only conceded 12 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Elche form and stats

Elche have only collected 17 points from their away games after 3-8-7 (18 played). Visiting Elche has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Elche are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the La Liga 2 against Rayo Majadahonda. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sporting Gijón that ended 1-1.

Elche are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Elche find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 18 goals from 18 away fixtures. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Elche have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Elche - Almería 2-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Almería victories, 4 draws and 4 Elche wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Álvaro Giménez
15 goals / 2 assists
Juan Carlos
9 goals / 5 assists
Nino
6 goals / 1 assists

Almería missing players

Elche missing players

Almería Elche
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
37 18 4 Played 5 18 37
13 8 2 Won 1 3 12
13 7 1 Drew 3 8 14
11 3 1 Lost 1 7 11
43 24 6 Scored 5 18 40
35 12 3 Conceded 5 27 41
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 92%
62% 67% 75% Over 1.5 60% 72% 68%
35% 33% 50% Over 2.5 20% 39% 35%
19% 11% 0% Over 3.5 20% 28% 19%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 6% 3%
46% 44% 50% BTTS 60% 67% 54%
30% 39% 25% Clean Sheets 20% 11% 30%
35% 28% 25% Failed To Score 20% 22% 24%
 
5.1 5.1 3.2 Corners For (avg) 5 3.9 4.7
4.5 3.9 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 4.8 5 4.5
2.4 2.2 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 3.5 3.3
5 2 0 Red Cards 1 3 4
Key stats this season:
  • Elche have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Elche haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Almería
All Copa Del Rey La Liga 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
06-04-19 LL2 Extremadura UD 1 - 0 Almería
13-04-19 LL2 Almería 3 - 0 Gimnàstic Tarragona
21-04-19 LL2 Tenerife 1 - 3 Almería
27-04-19 LL2 Almería 0 - 1 Real Oviedo
05-05-19 LL2 Lugo 4 - 2 Almería
12-05-19 LL2 Almería 10:00 Elche
19-05-19 LL2 Mallorca 10:00 Almería
26-05-19 LL2 Almería 10:00 Alcorcón
02-06-19 LL2 Las Palmas - Almería
09-06-19 LL2 Almería - Albacete
Elche
All Segunda B - Playoffs Segunda B - Group 1 Copa Del Rey La Liga 2 Segunda B - Group 3 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
07-04-19 LL2 Elche 1 - 0 Córdoba
14-04-19 LL2 Albacete 1 - 1 Elche
22-04-19 LL2 Elche 1 - 2 Osasuna
28-04-19 LL2 Sporting Gijón 1 - 1 Elche
05-05-19 LL2 Elche 2 - 1 Rayo Majadahonda
12-05-19 LL2 Almería 10:00 Elche
18-05-19 LL2 Elche 18:30 Tenerife
26-05-19 LL2 Gimnàstic Tarragona 14:00 Elche
02-06-19 LL2 Elche - Deportivo La Coruña
09-06-19 LL2 Málaga - Elche

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Osasuna 37 22 8 7 52 33 18 16 2 0 30 7 19 6 6 7 22 26 19 74
2 Granada 38 20 11 7 47 25 19 12 5 2 25 10 19 8 6 5 22 15 22 71
3 Albacete 37 17 14 6 48 30 19 9 10 0 28 14 18 8 4 6 20 16 18 65
4 Mallorca 38 18 10 10 51 35 19 14 3 2 33 11 19 4 7 8 18 24 16 64
5 Cádiz 37 16 13 8 51 32 19 9 9 1 30 14 18 7 4 7 21 18 19 61
6 Deportivo La Coruña 37 15 15 7 46 30 18 8 7 3 27 13 19 7 8 4 19 17 16 60
7 Málaga 37 16 11 10 39 29 18 9 4 5 19 13 19 7 7 5 20 16 10 59
8 Real Oviedo 37 15 12 10 42 39 19 8 9 2 25 19 18 7 3 8 17 20 3 57
9 Sporting Gijón 38 14 13 11 39 32 19 9 6 4 22 15 19 5 7 7 17 17 7 55
10 Almería 37 13 13 11 43 35 18 8 7 3 24 12 19 5 6 8 19 23 8 52
11 Alcorcón 37 14 9 14 35 36 19 9 6 4 19 12 18 5 3 10 16 24 -1 51
12 Elche 37 12 14 11 40 41 19 9 6 4 22 14 18 3 8 7 18 27 -1 50
13 Las Palmas 37 10 16 11 43 45 18 7 8 3 27 15 19 3 8 8 16 30 -2 46
14 Extremadura UD 37 12 9 16 41 44 18 7 2 9 20 22 19 5 7 7 21 22 -3 45
15 Real Zaragoza 37 11 11 15 41 45 19 6 6 7 17 19 18 5 5 8 24 26 -4 44
16 Tenerife 38 9 16 13 37 46 19 7 8 4 22 20 19 2 8 9 15 26 -9 43
17 Rayo Majadahonda 37 11 8 18 38 51 18 7 5 6 20 20 19 4 3 12 18 31 -13 41
18 Lugo 38 9 14 15 41 50 19 7 5 7 28 29 19 2 9 8 13 21 -9 41
19 Numancia 37 9 14 14 40 48 18 8 4 6 26 20 19 1 10 8 14 28 -8 41
20 Gimnàstic Tarragona 38 8 7 23 22 55 19 7 4 8 18 21 19 1 3 15 4 34 -33 31
21 Córdoba 37 6 12 19 42 70 19 5 7 7 27 34 18 1 5 12 15 36 -28 30
22 Reus Deportiu 37 5 6 26 16 43 19 1 5 13 8 23 18 4 1 13 8 20 -27 0

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