These two teams have struggled so far, but three lovely points in this important fixture would certainly be a big help. Let's hear it for Elche - Cádiz!
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-37) in La Liga
- Cádiz have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in La Liga
For Elche relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. Cádiz are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Elche form and stats
Elche's results here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in the La Liga have been very modest with 3 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats.
Elche are returning here after visiting Athletic Club and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Boyé scored the goal(s). Badía loved the game against Athletic Club. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. The goalie Badía was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.81 out of ten. Badía topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sevilla that ended 1-1.Elche have scored {17 league goals} here from 18 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 28 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Elche has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.
Cádiz form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cádiz so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-10 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Cádiz's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Impressive finishing from Sobrino secured the home win 1-0 against Celta de Vigo in their previous game. Midfielder Escalante was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Escalante served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Villarreal wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Lacking goals? 10 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cádiz struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties get together this season, as the results database show this recent match: Cádiz - Elche 1-1. Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Elche, four draws and three wins for Cádiz. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Boyé 6 goals |  P. Milla Peña 6 goals |  J. Morente Oliva 4 goals |
Elche missing players
Cádiz missing players
| Elche | Cádiz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 29 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 29 |
| 66 | 28 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 29 | 52 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 83% | 86% |
| 78% | 72% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 61% | 65% |
| 49% | 39% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 28% | 30% |
| 24% | 28% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 11% |
| 46% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 33% | 32% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 33% | 35% |
| 43% | 39% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 50% | 46% |
| 5.3 | 6.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 5.9 | 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 10.7 | 13.4 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
| 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 23% | 22% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 19% | 24% |
| 15.1 | 12.2 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 15.9 | 14.9 |
| 5.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
- Cádiz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cádiz have the fewest points from losing position (2) in La Liga
- Cádiz have the fewest scored goals (10) away in La Liga
- Cádiz have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in La Liga
- Cádiz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Elche have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Elche have the fewest points (14) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals (17) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals in the first half (37) in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-37) in La Liga
- Elche have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | FC Barcelona | 37 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 69 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 51 | 88 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 37 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 74 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 20 | 39 | 77 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 37 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 37 | 76 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 37 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 68 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 37 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 57 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 63 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 37 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 59 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 50 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 50 |
| 9 | Girona | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 53 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 49 |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 28 | -5 | 49 |
| 11 | Sevilla | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | -6 | 49 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 37 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 43 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 31 | -9 | 47 |
| 13 | Valencia | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 44 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 25 | -3 | 41 |
| 14 | Cádiz | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -23 | 41 |
| 15 | Getafe | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -11 | 41 |
| 16 | Almería | 37 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 46 | 62 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 40 | -16 | 40 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 32 | -11 | 40 |
| 18 | Real Valladolid | 37 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 63 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 38 | -30 | 39 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 37 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 49 | 66 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 34 | -17 | 36 |
| 20 | Elche | 37 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 66 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 38 | -37 | 24 |
