Elche receive Athletic Club for another absorbing La Liga fixture here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero.
- Elche have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in La Liga
These teams have little in common geographically as Athletic Club have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both squads have had time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's wish for an active game!
Elche form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga for Elche at their home stadium (Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Elche are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 240 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Collado).
Elche are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Villarreal. As you see from the result above, Elche suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Badía had a busy but productive day in the Villarreal match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Clerc was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.04 out of 10. The defender Clerc won 6 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Real Sociedad that was lost 0-1.At Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Athletic Club form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the La Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 9 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.
Athletic Club have lots to prove after their unpredictable loss (0-1) to Espanyol in their previous outing, played at their own home ground. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Midfielder Berenguer was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Berenguer hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that result Club won their away game at Cadiz. The scoreline was 4-0.4 goals so far away for Athletic Club, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Elche two wins, four draws and Athletic Club three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Berenguer 2 goals |  G. Guruzeta 2 goals |   Á. Collado Gutiérrez 1 goals |
Elche missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Elche | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 12.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22 | 22 | 19.2 |
| 1.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | 21% |
| 14.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | 8.8 |
| 7.2 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.2 |
- Elche have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in La Liga
| Elche | Last season | Athletic Club | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 9 | 13 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 14 | 43 | ||
| 52 | 21 | Conceded | C | 18 | 36 | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 74% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 61% | ||
| 53% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 34% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 21% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 53% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 37% | 45% | ||
| 21% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 34% | ||
| 32% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 37% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.2 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 24% | ||
| 13.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Osasuna | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Atletico Madrid | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Celta de Vigo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Real Sociedad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Valencia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Almeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Girona | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Rayo Vallecano | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Sevilla | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 18 | Elche | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
| 19 | Getafe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 1 |
| 20 | Cadiz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -10 | 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 Alavés | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 65 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 44 | -34 | 31 |
