Pre-match info: 11 points separate the teams up until now, Real Madrid the sharpest side. Will Elche pull off a surprise?
- Elche have not yet lost a game at home.
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals (24) in La Liga
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Elche form and stats
Elche have played 5 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Elche are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Deportivo Alavés. Defender Pedro Bigas got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.63/10. Bigas won 4 of 6 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Espanyol that ended 2-2.Elche are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Elche are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Real Madrid form and stats
Real Madrid have an excellent away record in the La Liga so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
There were no winners in Madrid's previous match, a La Liga home game that ended 0-0 vs Osasuna (placed 6th). Toni Kroos got a match rating of 7.94 in that game, top player of the team. Kroos hit two key passes and had 112 successful passes (of 118 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at FC Barcelona.A new game in only four days for Real Madrid, the Champions League home match versus Shakhtar Donetsk. Busy days.
The Madrid manager C. Ancelotti has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. As opposed to that, Madrid have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's zero Elche victories, one draw and five Real Madrid wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 9 goals |  V. Júnior 5 goals |  M. Asensio Willemsen 3 goals |
Elche missing players
Real Madrid missing players
| Elche | Real Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 70% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 70% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 70% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 30% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 4.1 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 10.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 18 | 17.6 |
| 3.3 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| 22% | 22% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 34% | 37% |
- Elche have not yet lost a game at home.
- Elche have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Real Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Real Madrid have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Real Madrid have scored more than double the goals of Elche.
- Real Madrid have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals (13) away in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals (24) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the the best goal difference (+13) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Real Madrid 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 | Real Madrid | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Rayo Vallecano | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Osasuna | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Atletico Madrid | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | FC Barcelona | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | Espanyol | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Valencia | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Elche | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alavés | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Cadiz | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 18 | Granada | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Levante | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 5 |
| 20 | Getafe | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -13 | 2 |