Match preview: 55 points separate the contenders ahead of this match, FC Barcelona having done best. Can Elche upset the odds?
- Elche have the fewest scored goals (19) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (9) in La Liga
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!
Elche form and stats
Elche's struggle is real here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero with only 7 points collected from 13 La Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-8.
Elche faced defeat in their previous match, away at Real Sociedad (0-2). Midfielder Mascarell was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Mascarell hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).
In the match before that, Elche hosted Real Valladolid and drew the game 1-1.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 (11 from 13 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded. When Elche hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Sevilla, Real Valladolid, Almeria, Cádiz, Espanyol and Valencia), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
FC Barcelona form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of FC Barcelona so far, with 11-0-2 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are La Liga statistics.
FC Barcelona won their last game, 2-1 versus Real Madrid played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Xavi when Kessié scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute. Midfielder de Jong was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Jong hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 77 successful passes (of 82 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Athletic Club at their stadium, the result 1-0.Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
After this away game Barcelona return home for a Copa Del Rey game against Real Madrid. That game is only four sleeps after this.
FC Barcelona are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Barcelona as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The 10 latest fixtures featuring these sides have all finished as FC Barcelona victories. Are we destined for another one?Elche and FC Barcelona have faced each other before this season: FC Barcelona - Elche 3-0. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 15 goals |   P. Milla Peña 6 goals |  P. López 6 goals |
Elche missing players
FC Barcelona missing players
| Elche | FC Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | 49 |
| 51 | 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 81% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 46% | 58% |
| 54% | 38% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 46% |
| 27% | 23% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| 8% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 23% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 62% | 73% |
| 46% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 8% | 8% |
| 4.8 | 6.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 4.9 | 6 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9.7 | 12.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 12.7 | 15 |
| 3.3 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 22% | 20% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 42% | 35% |
| 15.6 | 12.8 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 11 | 9.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
- Elche have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Elche have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Elche have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest points (7) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals (19) in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (51) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-32) in La Liga
- Elche have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Elche haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Barcelona have scored more than double the goals of Elche.
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (9) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (19) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (8) away in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most points (33) away in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+15) away in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+40) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | FC Barcelona | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 40 | 68 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 30 | 56 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 48 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 34 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -3 | 34 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Girona | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -1 | 31 |
| 13 | Getafe | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 14 | Sevilla | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 28 |
| 15 | Cádiz | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -17 | 28 |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -18 | 28 |
| 17 | Espanyol | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -10 | 27 |
| 18 | Valencia | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -3 | 26 |
| 19 | Almeria | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -15 | 26 |
| 20 | Elche | 26 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 30 | -32 | 13 |
