Elche are opening their away dressing room to Espanyol for yet another important match after their 0-4 result against 2nd-placed Real Madrid.
- Elche have the most conceded goals (44) in La Liga
- Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
The hosts Elche saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the La Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Real Madrid.
Elche form and stats
Elche's struggle is real here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero with only 6 points collected from 10 La Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-6.
Elche faced defeat in their previous match, away at Real Madrid (0-4). Elche were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Elche's goalkeeper Badía was extremely busy against Real Madrid, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.
Ahead of that match, Elche won a home game hosting Villarreal (3-1).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Elche here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Elche have conceded 16 from these games. Elche has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Espanyol form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.
Espanyol failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Real Sociedad (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 2-3. Midfield player Darder was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Darder scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Osasuna.Take note! Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's latest 11 league matches.
Espanyol have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Espanyol have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. When Espanyol is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Celta de Vigo, Almeria, Getafe, Cadiz, Espanyol and Valencia.
Head 2 Head
Elche have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when playing Espanyol.The fixture lists shows this result when the participants played each other previously this season; Espanyol - Elche 2-2. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 11 goals |   P. Milla Peña 6 goals |  M. Braithwait 5 goals |
Elche missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Elche | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 44 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 76% |
| 62% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 30% | 43% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 52% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 48% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.3 | 4.2 |
| 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.1 | 4.9 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8.9 | 11.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.6 | 10.7 |
| 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 25% | 22% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | 36% |
| 16 | 13 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 14.7 | 13.3 |
| 6.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
- Elche have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Elche have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Elche have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest clean sheets (0) in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest points (6) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (44) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-29) in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in La Liga
- Elche have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Elche haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Espanyol have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Espanyol 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 | Barcelona | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 36 | 56 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 27 | 48 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 38 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Girona | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | Real Valladolid | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 24 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 | Almeria | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 22 |
| 17 | Espanyol | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 18 | Valencia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | Getafe | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 20 | Elche | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -29 | 9 |
