Real Madrid anticipate the arrival of Elche with faith in picking up all three points. Can they? Check our in-depth preview!
- Real Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
- Elche have the most conceded goals (40) in La Liga
Little time to rest for the host team, as they were involved in a FIFA Club World Cup match only four days back. This match was also played here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Elche have had more rest.
Real Madrid form and stats
Real Madrid are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
Madrid's previous match was a FIFA Club World Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 5-3 vs Al Hilal. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that game, a nice away victory at Al Ahly. A FIFA Club World Cup match.
The manager Ancelotti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Osasuna in only three days.
Real Madrid are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Elche form and stats
There's been little loot from Elche's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 10 away games in the La Liga. Elche only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Elche have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road.
The regulars enjoyed Elche's previous match versus Villarreal (placed 8th), a 3-1 win played at home. That victory was so vital for this club, after a painful sequence of 19 league rounds in a row not winning. It's hard not to mention Milla's lethal finishing against Villarreal. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Attacker Milla got a player rating of 8.95 in the game. "Man of the match" Milla scored three goals and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Sevilla's place.A new game in only four days for Elche, the La Liga home match versus Espanyol. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Elche, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Elche has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Real Madrid have pulled off a sequence of 10 consecutive games without losing (8-2-0) when facing Elche.Elche - Real Madrid 0-3 was the score in these squads' latest head-to-head game, played this season. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 9 goals |  V. Júnior 7 goals |  F. Valverde Dipetta 6 goals |
Real Madrid missing players
Elche missing players
| Real Madrid | Elche | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 40 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | 40 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 60% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | 60% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 65% | 78% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 55% |
| 30% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 45% |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 17.7 | 18.9 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 6 | 8.9 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 34% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 11.2 | 9 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.7 | 18.1 | 15.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
- All of Elche's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Elche have the fewest clean sheets (0) in La Liga
- Elche have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (24) away in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (40) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-25) in La Liga
- Elche have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Elche have yet to win a game away.
- Elche haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
- Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Real Madrid have scored more than double the goals of Elche.
- Real Madrid have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Barcelona | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 35 | 53 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 45 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Girona | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 23 |
| 15 | Almeria | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 22 |
| 17 | Espanyol | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Valencia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | Getafe | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Elche | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -25 | 9 |
