Soccer betting preview: Elche welcomes Levante in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero (36017 seats)

Elche hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 26 points and a 19th position in the La Liga table. Visiting Levante holds 12th place with 38 pts.

Insights:
  • Levante have the most matches under the total-line (20) in La Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Elche and Levante.

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Elche form and stats

3 victories, 7 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Elche have to build on here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in the La Liga.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Osasuna.

This is expected to be a close game, with Elche perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Elche as a small favourite), we find ten games. Elche has won three of these, drawn three and lost four.

The Elche fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 14 matches. On the other hand, Elche have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Levante form and stats

Playing away, Levante have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 7 defeats in the La Liga this season.

A loss against Villarreal was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Levante playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Levante win, three draws and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Levante have scored 16 goals in 15 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Levante in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Levante - Elche 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Elche won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Levante has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

LevanteR. Martí Salvador
R. Martí Salvador
11 goals
LevanteJ. Morales Nogales
J. Morales Nogales
10 goals
ElcheL. Boyé
L. Boyé
5 goals

Elche missing players

Levante missing players

Elche Levante
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 4 15 32
6 4 0 Won W 1 4 9
11 7 3 Drew D 2 4 11
15 4 2 Lost L 1 7 12
28 15 4 Scored S 5 16 38
48 19 8 Conceded C 6 20 45
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 73% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 78%
44% 40% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 38%
25% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 9%
56% 60% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 59%
19% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 13% 12%
31% 27% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.3 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.6 5.8 6.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 8.7 10
2.1 1.9 1.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.9 3.6
41% 54% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 37% 33%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Levante have the most matches under the total-line (20) in La Liga
  • Levante 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 Atletico Madrid 31 21 7 3 57 20 16 12 3 1 35 9 15 9 4 2 22 11 37 70
2 Real Madrid 31 20 7 4 53 24 15 11 1 3 27 10 16 9 6 1 26 14 29 67
3 Sevilla 32 21 4 7 47 25 15 11 1 3 23 9 17 10 3 4 24 16 22 67
4 Barcelona 30 20 5 5 69 26 15 10 4 1 37 14 15 10 1 4 32 12 43 65
5 Real Betis 32 14 7 11 42 45 17 8 5 4 24 20 15 6 2 7 18 25 -3 49
6 Villarreal 31 12 13 6 48 35 15 6 6 3 21 17 16 6 7 3 27 17 13 49
7 Real Sociedad 31 12 11 8 48 33 16 6 6 4 26 19 15 6 5 4 22 14 15 47
8 Osasuna 32 10 10 12 30 37 17 6 5 6 18 20 15 4 5 6 12 17 -7 40
9 Granada 30 11 6 13 36 50 15 8 3 4 20 19 15 3 3 9 16 31 -14 39
10 Athletic Club 31 9 11 11 39 33 15 7 4 4 23 13 16 2 7 7 16 20 6 38
11 Celta de Vigo 31 9 11 11 41 48 15 6 3 6 23 26 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 38
12 Levante 32 9 11 12 38 45 17 5 7 5 22 25 15 4 4 7 16 20 -7 38
13 Cadiz 31 9 9 13 27 45 16 4 5 7 14 23 15 5 4 6 13 22 -18 36
14 Valencia 32 8 11 13 40 47 15 6 6 3 24 18 17 2 5 10 16 29 -7 35
15 Getafe 31 7 10 14 22 34 17 5 6 6 13 11 14 2 4 8 9 23 -12 31
16 Real Valladolid 30 5 12 13 27 42 15 3 5 7 16 24 15 2 7 6 11 17 -15 27
17 Deportivo Alaves 31 6 9 16 26 47 16 4 5 7 13 20 15 2 4 9 12 27 -21 27
18 Huesca 31 5 12 14 31 46 15 3 6 6 15 19 16 2 6 8 16 27 -15 27
19 Elche 31 5 11 15 28 48 14 3 7 4 14 19 17 2 4 11 13 29 -20 26
20 Eibar 31 4 11 16 22 41 15 1 6 8 8 18 16 3 5 8 14 23 -19 23

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.