With their 9 point dominance in the league standings, FC Barcelona followers long to see their beloved team collect max points from this game vs Elche.
- FC Barcelona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Elche have scored away.
Elche could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Del Rey game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Unionistas de Salamanca, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Elche.
FC Barcelona form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga for FC Barcelona at their home stadium (Camp Nou) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The home team returns to Camp Nou after being equal after 90 minutes with Osasuna (placed 10th) on their last time out; the La Liga game ended 2-2. Piqué was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Piqué won 6 of 12 duels.
Before that, Barcelona played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Osasuna.Barcelona are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew two and lost zero.
The manager Hernández Creus will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sevilla in only three days.
A decent goal production from Barcelona in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Barcelona have conceded 9 goals.
Elche form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Elche so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Elche, whose manager Rodríguez Vílchez could celebrate last time after the Copa Del Rey win against Unionistas de Salamanca. Goalkeeper Casilla got the top player rating of the team with 8.02/10. Casilla stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Valencia's place.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Elche played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Elche have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former nine meetings): FC Barcelona won eight games, one match ended with a draw and Elche managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / threeTop Goalscorers
  M. Depay 8 goals |   L. Boyé 5 goals |  A. Fati 3 goals |
FC Barcelona missing players
Elche missing players
| FC Barcelona | Elche | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 25 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 14 | 24 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 65% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 44% | 47% |
| 31% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 24% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 11% | 6% |
| 62% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 59% |
| 19% | 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 25% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 6 | 7.3 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 14.2 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.2 | 9.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| 32% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 28% |
| 10.1 | 8.4 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.8 | 14.7 | 13.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
- Elche have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Elche haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- FC Barcelona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Elche have scored away.
- FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Barcelona have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 24 | 42 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Valencia | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | FC Barcelona | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Espanyol | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Athletic Club | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Granada | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Elche | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Deportivo Alavés | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 13 |
| 19 | Getafe | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 20 | Levante | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 8 |