These two teams have struggled so far, but a win in this very important match would definitely be a big help. Get ready for Elche - Deportivo Alavés!
- Elche have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Deportivo Alavés have the fewest scored goals (16) in La Liga
This could be an interesting game with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Elche form and stats
3 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Elche have to build on here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in the La Liga.
Elche drew their last game, 2-2 away at Real Madrid (placed 1st). Boyé, a natural forward, was the top player for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 8.1 (out of 10). Boyé scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Elche have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Elche at home in the league. 10 on target and 10 scored by the opposition; from 10 matches. Elche has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Deportivo Alavés form and stats
Deportivo Alavés have only collected 5 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-2-7 (10 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Deportivo Alavés in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Unami.
Alavés are looking to quickly end their 302 minutes long goal drought in the La Liga.
Deportivo Alavés might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Barcelona proved too strong as Deportivo Alavés slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio de Mendizorroza.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Barcelona.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Deportivo Alavés playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Deportivo Alavés wins, one draw and five defeats.
Deportivo Alavés are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 8 goals from 10 away games. Many goals are not expected from the visiting Deportivo Alavés as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. Deportivo Alavés have conceded 21 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the participants met previously this campaign; Deportivo Alavés - Elche 1-0. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Elche won five games, one match ended with a draw and Deportivo Alavés have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nineTop Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 10 goals |   L. Boyé 7 goals |  P. Milla Peña 5 goals |
Elche missing players
Deportivo Alavés missing players
| Elche | Deportivo Alavés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 23 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 30 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 21 | 35 |
| 91% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 64% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 50% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 9% |
| 59% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 41% |
| 23% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 10% | 18% |
| 27% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.5 | 11.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9 | 10 |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 34% | 27% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 26% | 24% |
| 13.8 | 12 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 16.2 | 14 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
- Deportivo Alavés have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Deportivo Alavés have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Deportivo Alavés have the fewest scored goals (16) in La Liga
- Deportivo Alavés have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in La Liga
- Deportivo Alavés have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Deportivo Alavés haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Deportivo Alavés is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Elche have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 27 | 50 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 46 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Barcelona | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 32 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 |
| 10 | Valencia | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Celta de Vigo | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 14 | Granada | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | Elche | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Getafe | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -16 | 20 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 18 |
| 19 | Deportivo Alavés | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 17 |
| 20 | Levante | 21 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -22 | 11 |
