La Liga match preview: Elche believed to be the weaker party when Sevilla pays a visit

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero (36017 seats)

This could be another engrossing contest at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in the La Liga. Elche is in 17th place and receive Sevilla in 1st position. Learn more about the game here!

Elche and Sevilla should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Elche form and stats

The first La Liga game here at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero resulted in a draw. Last season Elche's home game statistics were 5 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats from 19 games.

R. Guti was the last player to score a league goal for Elche and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Elche haven't scored in 197 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Elche will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the La Liga game against Atletico Madrid (placed 2nd). Pedro Bigas, defender, was given a rating of 7.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Bigas won 2 of 3 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Athletic Club that ended 0-0.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Elche at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Sevilla form and stats

Only one away game in the La Liga so far for Sevilla and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 victories, 4 draws and 5 losses from 19 travels.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou is eager to challenge this, with his 281 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Sevilla play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Getafe (placed 18th). Midfielder Erik Lamela was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Lamela scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. Erik Lamela came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Getafe last time out, making the manager J. Lopetegui Argote feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when Erik Lamela scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Getafe.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Rayo Vallecano.

It's early days yet, but Sevilla has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings between these participants: Elche won one, Sevilla triumphed in four and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SevillaE. Lamela
E. Lamela
3 goals
SevillaY. En-Nesyri
Y. En-Nesyri
1 goals

Elche missing players

Sevilla missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Elche Sevilla
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 1 1 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4
5 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 2.5
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 15
3 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 29%
Elche Last season Sevilla
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
8 5   Won W   10 24
12 8   Drew D   4 5
18 6   Lost L   5 9
34 18   Scored S   26 53
55 23   Conceded C   22 33
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 61%
39% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 34%
24% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 37%
18% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 45%
34% 32%   Failed to Score F T   16% 18%
 
3.6 3.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
4.3 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.1
2.6 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
3 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
7 6.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.8
2.3 2.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.7
39% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sevilla 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
2 Atletico Madrid 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Real Madrid 2 1 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 7 4 3 4
4 Barcelona 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
5 Mallorca 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Valencia 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Real Sociedad 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
8 Levante 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
9 Cadiz 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Real Betis 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Athletic Club 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Granada 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Espanyol 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Osasuna 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Villarreal 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
16 Celta de Vigo 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
17 Elche 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
18 Getafe 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 67 25 19 15 3 1 41 11 19 11 5 3 26 14 42 86
2 Real Madrid 38 25 9 4 67 28 19 13 3 3 33 13 19 12 6 1 34 15 39 84
3 Barcelona 38 24 7 7 85 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 19 13 2 4 41 18 47 79
4 Sevilla 38 24 5 9 53 33 19 14 1 4 27 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 20 77
5 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 59 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 19 8 5 6 25 17 21 62
6 Real Betis 38 17 10 11 50 50 19 10 5 4 27 21 19 7 5 7 23 29 0 61
7 Villarreal 38 15 13 10 60 44 19 8 6 5 29 23 19 7 7 5 31 21 16 58
8 Celta de Vigo 38 14 11 13 55 57 19 9 3 7 30 30 19 5 8 6 25 27 -2 53
9 Granada 38 13 7 18 47 65 19 9 4 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 46
10 Athletic Club 38 11 13 14 46 42 19 8 6 5 29 19 19 3 7 9 17 23 4 46
11 Osasuna 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 7 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 16 25 -11 44
12 Cadiz 38 11 11 16 36 58 19 5 5 9 17 30 19 6 6 7 19 28 -22 44
13 Valencia 38 10 13 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 19 2 6 11 16 30 -3 43
14 Levante 38 9 14 15 46 57 19 5 9 5 27 30 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 41
15 Getafe 38 9 11 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 19 3 5 11 13 30 -15 38
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 9 11 18 36 57 19 6 6 7 21 25 19 3 5 11 15 32 -21 38
17 Elche 38 8 12 18 34 55 19 5 8 6 18 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -21 36
18 Huesca 38 7 13 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 34
19 Real Valladolid 38 5 16 17 34 57 19 3 7 9 19 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -23 31
20 Eibar 38 6 12 20 29 52 19 2 7 10 12 21 19 4 5 10 17 31 -23 30

Sevilla:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sevilla 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
2 Atletico Madrid 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Real Madrid 2 1 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 7 4 3 4
4 Barcelona 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
5 Mallorca 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Valencia 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Real Sociedad 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
8 Levante 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
9 Cadiz 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Real Betis 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Athletic Club 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Granada 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Espanyol 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Osasuna 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Villarreal 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
16 Celta de Vigo 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
17 Elche 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
18 Getafe 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0

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