Elche v Almería betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Mon 22.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero (36017 seats)

It's match week two of the La Liga season and all to play for. Don't miss our complete preview of Elche-Almería!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Elche form and stats

The season before, Elche's league statistics were 11 wins, 9 draws and 18 losses, producing 13th spot in the La Liga. During these 38 matches they scored 40 goals and conceded 52. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Elche produced 7-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 21 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Vílchez led his Elche to a defeat away at Real Betis. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero. Palacios (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.04/10. Palacios dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Elche won a home game hosting Getafe (3-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Elche perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Elche as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Elche has won 1 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

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Almería form and stats

Let's have a look at how Almería performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 9 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 68 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 30/20 goals scored/conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Real Madrid with 1-2 on the scoreboard. It's a concern for Almería that their goalie Martínez managed 13 saves in the Real Madrid fixture, but still could not stop a beating.

A 2-2 draw at Leganés's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Almería playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 4 Almería wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these teams: Elche won four, Almería triumphed in three and we saw three draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaL. Ramazani
L. Ramazani
1 goals

Elche missing players

Almería missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Elche Almería
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 15
6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
 
18 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 29
9 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 15
Elche Last season Almería
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   21 42
11 7   Won W   10 24
9 6   Drew D   5 9
18 6   Lost L   6 9
40 24   Scored S   30 68
52 21   Conceded C   20 35
95% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
68% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 74%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 43%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 24%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
53% 58%   BTTS BTTS   48% 45%
21% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 38%
32% 26%   Failed to Score F T   19% 19%
 
4.1 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.1
5.1 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3.9
2.8 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.2
6 4   Red cards R C   3 4
 
9.2 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   12 13.9
3 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.9
35% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%
 
13.6 12   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 10.1
4.8 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Real Betis 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Villarreal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Osasuna 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Real Sociedad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Celta de Vigo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Almería 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Cadiz 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Girona 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Elche 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Real Valladolid 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season 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 Madrid 38 26 8 4 80 31 19 13 5 1 44 13 19 13 3 3 36 18 49 86
2 Barcelona 38 21 10 7 68 38 19 12 2 5 37 19 19 9 8 2 31 19 30 73
3 Atletico Madrid 38 21 8 9 65 43 19 12 5 2 33 16 19 9 3 7 32 27 22 71
4 Sevilla 38 18 16 4 53 30 19 12 6 1 36 17 19 6 10 3 17 13 23 70
5 Real Betis 38 19 8 11 62 40 19 10 2 7 34 22 19 9 6 4 28 18 22 65
6 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 40 37 19 10 5 4 16 9 19 7 6 6 24 28 3 62
7 Villarreal 38 16 11 11 63 37 19 10 6 3 40 18 19 6 5 8 23 19 26 59
8 Athletic Club 38 14 13 11 43 36 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 9 6 14 18 7 55
9 Valencia 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 6 8 5 26 24 19 5 7 7 22 29 -5 48
10 Osasuna 38 12 11 15 37 51 19 5 7 7 17 26 19 7 4 8 20 25 -14 47
11 Celta de Vigo 38 12 10 16 43 43 19 7 4 8 26 23 19 5 6 8 17 20 0 46
12 Rayo Vallecano 38 11 9 18 39 50 19 8 5 6 26 22 19 3 4 12 13 28 -11 42
13 Elche 38 11 9 18 40 52 19 7 6 6 24 21 19 4 3 12 16 31 -12 42
14 Espanyol 38 10 12 16 40 53 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 6 12 15 34 -13 42
15 Getafe 38 8 15 15 33 41 19 7 7 5 21 15 19 1 8 10 12 26 -8 39
16 Cadiz 38 8 15 15 35 51 19 3 9 7 19 24 19 5 6 8 16 27 -16 39
17 Mallorca 38 10 9 19 36 63 19 7 6 6 20 25 19 3 3 13 16 38 -27 39
18 Granada 38 8 14 16 44 61 19 5 7 7 22 29 19 3 7 9 22 32 -17 38
19 Levante 38 8 11 19 51 76 19 5 7 7 28 30 19 3 4 12 23 46 -25 35
20 Deportivo Alaves 38 8 7 23 31 65 19 7 4 8 17 21 19 1 3 15 14 44 -34 31
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almería 42 24 9 9 68 35 21 14 4 3 38 15 21 10 5 6 30 20 33 81
2 Real Valladolid 42 24 9 9 71 43 21 14 4 3 40 15 21 10 5 6 31 28 28 81
3 Eibar 42 23 11 8 61 45 21 14 5 2 35 19 21 9 6 6 26 26 16 80
4 Las Palmas 42 19 13 10 57 47 21 12 5 4 34 23 21 7 8 6 23 24 10 70
5 Tenerife 42 20 9 13 53 37 21 9 5 7 27 18 21 11 4 6 26 19 16 69
6 Girona 42 20 8 14 57 42 21 13 3 5 36 16 21 7 5 9 21 26 15 68
7 Real Oviedo 42 17 17 8 57 41 21 11 8 2 38 19 21 6 9 6 19 22 16 68
8 Ponferradina 42 17 12 13 57 55 21 10 7 4 37 25 21 7 5 9 20 30 2 63
9 FC Cartagena 42 18 6 18 63 57 21 13 2 6 42 20 21 5 4 12 21 37 6 60
10 Real Zaragoza 42 12 20 10 39 46 21 7 10 4 16 15 21 5 10 6 23 31 -7 56
11 Burgos 42 15 10 17 41 41 21 10 7 4 27 12 21 5 3 13 14 29 0 55
12 Leganés 42 13 15 14 50 51 21 7 9 5 27 25 21 6 6 9 23 26 -1 54
13 Huesca 42 13 15 14 49 44 21 7 9 5 23 17 21 6 6 9 26 27 5 54
14 Mirandes 42 15 7 20 58 62 21 12 2 7 43 29 21 3 5 13 15 33 -4 52
15 UD Ibiza 42 12 16 14 53 59 21 6 10 5 30 25 21 6 6 9 23 34 -6 52
16 Lugo 42 10 20 12 46 52 21 9 8 4 22 19 21 1 12 8 24 33 -6 50
17 Sporting Gijón 42 11 13 18 43 48 21 8 3 10 24 24 21 3 10 8 19 24 -5 46
18 Malaga 42 11 12 19 36 57 21 7 7 7 18 24 21 4 5 12 18 33 -21 45
19 Amorebieta 42 9 16 17 44 63 21 8 8 5 29 25 21 1 8 12 15 38 -19 43
20 Real Sociedad II 42 10 10 22 43 61 21 4 4 13 19 32 21 6 6 9 24 29 -18 40
21 Fuenlabrada 42 6 15 21 39 65 21 4 10 7 23 26 21 2 5 14 16 39 -26 33
22 Alcorcon 42 6 11 25 37 71 21 3 7 11 17 34 21 3 4 14 20 37 -34 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 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Real Betis 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Villarreal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Osasuna 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Real Sociedad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Celta de Vigo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Almería 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Cadiz 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Girona 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Elche 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Real Valladolid 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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