Straining Elche are aching to pull off a small shock when they play high-flying Real Betis in the next league round. It’s 20th vs 5th and the home fans will have low confidence.
- Elche have the fewest scored goals (15) in La Liga
This has all the signs of an engaging match with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Let's start!
Elche form and stats
Elche's results here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in the La Liga have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Elche haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 218 minutes ago. Milla scored that one.
Elche's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Espanyol (placed 13th). Heartbreak for Elche in their last match as Espanyol's Darder scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Gumbau got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Gumbau hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 33 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Real Madrid (0-4).Elche aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in the league, with only {8 goals} from 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Elche have conceded 17 from these games.
Real Betis form and stats
5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Real Betis in their La Liga matches away. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Real Betis are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Real Betis won their last game, 2-1 versus Real Valladolid played at home. A victory against Real Valladolid as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as Betis hit the posts three times. Canales got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, top player of the team. Canales scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Almeria with the score of 3-2.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Real Betis has managed {11 goals} and let in 11 from 11 matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Real Betis - Elche 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Elche wins - draws - Real Betis wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Iglesias Quintas 9 goals |   P. Milla Peña 6 goals |  S. Canales Madrazo 4 goals |
Elche missing players
Real Betis missing players
| Elche | Real Betis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 29 |
| 45 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 86% |
| 82% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 55% | 64% |
| 59% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 55% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 9% | 14% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 9% | 9% |
| 50% | 55% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 36% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 50% | 45% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 27% |
| 4.7 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 9.3 | 12.5 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.3 | 11.4 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 23% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 28% | 30% |
| 15.8 | 12.8 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.3 | 12.5 |
| 6.5 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
- 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 (15) in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals (8) 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 (45) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-30) in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home 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 | Barcelona | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 38 | 59 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 29 | 51 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 43 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Mallorca | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 30 |
| 11 | Girona | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 24 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 16 | Almeria | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -13 | 22 |
| 17 | Cadiz | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 22 |
| 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 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -30 | 9 |
