Delightful dogfight as daring Elche duels with determined Deportivo La Coruña

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Tue 23.June
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero (36017 seats)

The league table in La Liga 2 tells a story about these teams so far, with Elche leading Deportivo La Coruña by 10 points. Match preview to follow:

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Elche form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for Elche are 5-7-4 (wins-draw-losses).

The fans are hoping that Elche will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the La Liga 2 game against Ponferradina (placed 10th). Before that, Elche drew at home versus Extremadura UD.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Elche handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and two defeats.

Elche are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 16 games. Elche have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Deportivo La Coruña form and stats

Deportivo La Coruña, who have the most conceded goals (48) in La Liga 2, have only collected 15 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 3-6-8 (17 played).

Deportivo La Coruña are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Real Oviedo (placed 18th). A draw for Coruña before that, at their own venue hosting Sporting Gijón (0-0).

A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Real Oviedo. Coruña were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Peru Nolaskoain Esnal scoring the equalizer.

Coruña are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Coruña's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 28 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Deportivo La Coruña - Elche 1-3. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - one - five (Elche wins - draws - Deportivo La Coruña wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ElcheF. Chaves de la Torre
F. Chaves de la Torre
8 goals
ElcheJ. Martínez Modesto
J. Martínez Modesto
7 goals
ElcheP. Milla Peña
P. Milla Peña
6 goals

Elche missing players

Deportivo La Coruña missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Elche Deportivo La Coruña
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 6 17 33
12 5 3 Won W 0 3 8
11 7 2 Drew D 1 6 13
10 4 0 Lost L 5 8 12
43 21 8 Scored S 4 12 30
36 17 2 Conceded C 16 28 48
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 82%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 71% 67%
27% 19% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 41% 45%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 83% 35% 33%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
52% 62% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 52%
27% 25% 60% Clean Sheets C S 17% 29% 30%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 35% 36%
 
4.6 5.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4
4.8 4.1 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.4 5.2
2.8 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
286 144 54 Total Shots T S 55 142 313
117 54 21 Shots on Target S O 17 56 114
37% 39% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 21% 26%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Deportivo La Coruña has the most conceded goals (48)
  • Deportivo La Coruña has the most conceded goals in the first half (27)
  • Deportivo La Coruña has the the worst goal difference (-16) away
  • Deportivo La Coruña has the the worst goal difference (-18)
  • Deportivo La Coruña have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Elche haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 Zaragoza 33 16 10 7 49 34 16 8 4 4 24 15 17 8 6 3 25 19 15 58
2 Cádiz 32 16 9 7 42 30 16 9 5 2 25 15 16 7 4 5 17 15 12 57
3 Almeria 33 14 11 8 52 33 16 8 3 5 25 14 17 6 8 3 27 19 19 53
4 Huesca 32 16 5 11 42 33 16 12 2 2 28 13 16 4 3 9 14 20 9 53
5 Girona 33 13 10 10 40 35 17 10 5 2 23 12 16 3 5 8 17 23 5 49
6 Rayo Vallecano 33 10 17 6 41 33 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 11 3 18 17 8 47
7 Elche 33 12 11 10 43 36 16 5 7 4 21 17 17 7 4 6 22 19 7 47
8 Mirandés 32 10 15 7 44 44 17 6 10 1 20 13 15 4 5 6 24 31 0 45
9 Alcorcón 32 10 14 8 41 38 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 6 10 0 24 15 3 44
10 Ponferradina 33 10 14 9 38 35 17 8 8 1 23 11 16 2 6 8 15 24 3 44
11 Sporting Gijón 32 11 9 12 32 30 16 8 4 4 24 14 16 3 5 8 8 16 2 42
12 Fuenlabrada 33 10 12 11 33 34 16 6 6 4 20 17 17 4 6 7 13 17 -1 42
13 Las Palmas 33 10 12 11 35 39 16 5 6 5 20 19 17 5 6 6 15 20 -4 42
14 Tenerife 33 10 10 13 36 37 17 6 7 4 18 16 16 4 3 9 18 21 -1 40
15 Málaga 33 8 15 10 28 30 16 5 7 4 19 17 17 3 8 6 9 13 -2 39
16 Numancia 32 9 11 12 36 37 16 7 5 4 18 11 16 2 6 8 18 26 -1 38
17 Albacete 33 10 8 15 25 38 16 4 5 7 11 17 17 6 3 8 14 21 -13 38
18 Real Oviedo 33 8 13 12 39 45 17 4 10 3 20 19 16 4 3 9 19 26 -6 37
19 Lugo 33 8 13 12 31 44 17 5 6 6 19 27 16 3 7 6 12 17 -13 37
20 Deportivo La Coruña 33 8 13 12 30 48 16 5 7 4 18 20 17 3 6 8 12 28 -18 37
21 Extremadura UD 33 7 11 15 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 16 3 7 6 16 23 -14 32
22 Racing Santander 33 4 17 12 32 42 16 2 9 5 20 21 17 2 8 7 12 21 -10 29

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 Zaragoza 33 16 10 7 49 34 16 8 4 4 24 15 17 8 6 3 25 19 15 58
2 Cádiz 32 16 9 7 42 30 16 9 5 2 25 15 16 7 4 5 17 15 12 57
3 Almeria 33 14 11 8 52 33 16 8 3 5 25 14 17 6 8 3 27 19 19 53
4 Huesca 32 16 5 11 42 33 16 12 2 2 28 13 16 4 3 9 14 20 9 53
5 Girona 33 13 10 10 40 35 17 10 5 2 23 12 16 3 5 8 17 23 5 49
6 Rayo Vallecano 33 10 17 6 41 33 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 11 3 18 17 8 47
7 Elche 33 12 11 10 43 36 16 5 7 4 21 17 17 7 4 6 22 19 7 47
8 Mirandés 32 10 15 7 44 44 17 6 10 1 20 13 15 4 5 6 24 31 0 45
9 Alcorcón 32 10 14 8 41 38 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 6 10 0 24 15 3 44
10 Ponferradina 33 10 14 9 38 35 17 8 8 1 23 11 16 2 6 8 15 24 3 44
11 Sporting Gijón 32 11 9 12 32 30 16 8 4 4 24 14 16 3 5 8 8 16 2 42
12 Fuenlabrada 33 10 12 11 33 34 16 6 6 4 20 17 17 4 6 7 13 17 -1 42
13 Las Palmas 33 10 12 11 35 39 16 5 6 5 20 19 17 5 6 6 15 20 -4 42
14 Tenerife 33 10 10 13 36 37 17 6 7 4 18 16 16 4 3 9 18 21 -1 40
15 Málaga 33 8 15 10 28 30 16 5 7 4 19 17 17 3 8 6 9 13 -2 39
16 Numancia 32 9 11 12 36 37 16 7 5 4 18 11 16 2 6 8 18 26 -1 38
17 Albacete 33 10 8 15 25 38 16 4 5 7 11 17 17 6 3 8 14 21 -13 38
18 Real Oviedo 33 8 13 12 39 45 17 4 10 3 20 19 16 4 3 9 19 26 -6 37
19 Lugo 33 8 13 12 31 44 17 5 6 6 19 27 16 3 7 6 12 17 -13 37
20 Deportivo La Coruña 33 8 13 12 30 48 16 5 7 4 18 20 17 3 6 8 12 28 -18 37
21 Extremadura UD 33 7 11 15 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 16 3 7 6 16 23 -14 32
22 Racing Santander 33 4 17 12 32 42 16 2 9 5 20 21 17 2 8 7 12 21 -10 29

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The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.