Elche will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Almeria.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Elche form and stats
Elche have played 7 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Elche are returning here after visiting Deportivo La Coruña in a La Liga 2 game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Before that, Elche had a home game versus Mirandés which ended with a victory 4-2.
Elche has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Elche's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Almería form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2. It's three draws from Almería's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
There were no winners in Almería's previous match, a La Liga 2 home game that ended 1-1 vs Real Zaragoza (placed 6th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Real Oviedo.
Almería have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Almería have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Elche 3 wins, 4 draws and Almería 3 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Nino 7 goals |
Elche missing players
Almería missing players
| Elche | Almería | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 67% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 47% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 53% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 47% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Almería have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Almería 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 | Cádiz | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Huesca | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Almería | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Fuenlabrada | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Numancia | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Real Zaragoza | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Girona | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Ponferradina | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Elche | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Albacete | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Alcorcón | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 13 | Las Palmas | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Lugo | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Mirandés | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 16 | Sporting Gijón | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | Málaga | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Tenerife | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 19 | Real Oviedo | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 20 | Extremadura UD | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 21 | Racing Santander | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 22 | Deportivo La Coruña | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 10 |