The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Athletic Club are in the 12th position while the guesting Elche worry at 15th.
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Elche, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Athletic Club form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Athletic Club have to build on here at San Mamés Barria in the La Liga.
The Club fans got no joy from their last match, a La Liga game also here at San Mamés Barria: A 0-1 defeat against Real Sociedad (placed 3rd). Before that, Club played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Villarreal.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Athletic Club as they have a new game in only three days, a La Liga match thankfully also at home. Barcelona are visiting.
The Club fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. From these home matches, Athletic Club have conceded only 5 goals.
Elche form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Elche playing as the away team in the La Liga this season.
Elche's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Real Madrid that finished 1-1. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Osasuna.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa Del Rey trip to La Nucia.
Elche have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. 7 goals have been conceded by Elche in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Club one win, three draws and Elche one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Chaves de la Torre 4 goals |   I. Williams Arthuer 3 goals |  L. Boyé 3 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Elche missing players
| Athletic Club | Elche | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 75% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 57% |
| 19% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 29% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 38% | 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 48% |
- Athletic Club 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 | Atlético Madrid | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 35 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Barcelona | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 7 | Granada | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Celta de Vigo | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | Cadiz | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Real Betis | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 19 |
| 11 | Levante | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Athletic Club | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 18 |
| 13 | Deportivo Alavés | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Getafe | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Elche | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 | Eibar | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 17 | Valencia | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 18 | Real Valladolid | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 19 | Osasuna | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 13 |
| 20 | Huesca | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 12 |