A total of twelve rounds of fixtures are done and Real Valladolid are 10 points on top of Elche. How will it turn out?
- Elche have the most conceded goals (27) in La Liga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Real Valladolid form and stats
Real Valladolid have collected 10 points from their La Liga home games so far after 3-1-2. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla.
Real Valladolid lost their last game at Osasuna (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Real Valladolid's goalkeeper Masip was extremely busy against Osasuna, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Real Sociedad in a game that was won 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Valladolid have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Real Valladolid are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Athletic Club awaits in three days.
From these home matches, Real Valladolid have conceded only 5 goals.
Elche form and stats
Elche have only collected 2 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 0-2-4 (6 played). Elche are desperate to end a twelve-game winless run.
Elche's previous game was their home loss versus Getafe (0-1). Gumbau got a match rating of 7.91 in that game, top player of the team. Gumbau hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 54 successful passes (of 64 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Espanyol.Elche are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Girona in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Elche as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Elche's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 16 goals in 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two contenders are: one win for Valladolid, seven draws and two wins for Elche. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  S. León Limones 5 goals |   P. Milla Peña 3 goals |  E. Ponce Martínez 2 goals |
Real Valladolid missing players
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| Real Valladolid | Elche | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 25% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 17% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.7 | 4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.1 |
| 6.1 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 7.3 | 5.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.8 | 11.5 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 5.5 | 7.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 24% | 24% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | 27% |
| 14.9 | 11.8 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 18.7 | 15.2 |
| 4.2 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 8 | 6.8 |
- All of Elche's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Elche have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- 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 scored goals in the second half (3) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (16) away in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (27) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-19) in La Liga
- Elche have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Elche have yet to win a game.
- 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 | Real Madrid | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 31 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Valencia | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Valladolid | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Almeria | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Getafe | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Girona | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Cádiz | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 | Elche | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 4 |
