📏 Form Guide

Elche CF

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Elche CF will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 2-1 La Liga 2 triumph against Sporting Gijón.

In that game, Elche CF had 41% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Elche CF, the goals were scored by Mourad (28') and Tete Morente (34'). Sporting Gijon got 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Juan Ferney Otero (67') scored for Sporting Gijón.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Elche CF have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Elche CF have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 10 goals in the process. That aside, we will just have to wait and see if that trend will be maintained in this match or not.

Going into this one, Elche CF have left without a victory over Espanyol in their previous 3 matches in the league.

Espanyol

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In their previous game, Espanyol drew 1-1 in the La Liga 2 match with FC Andorra.

In that match, Espanyol had 48% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Espanyol was Martin Braithwaite (52'). FC Andorra had 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Iván Gil (29') was the scorer for FC Andorra.

A sequence of dependable showings by the Espanyol defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their past 6 fixtures combined. Over that same period, their forwards have scored 5.

Leading up to this clash, Espanyol:

• remain undefeated by Elche CF when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 06/04/2015 shows us that Elche CF have won 1 of them and Espanyol 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

In all, 16 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 for Los Franjiverdes and 9 for Periquitos. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The last league game featuring the two was La Liga 2 match day 16 on 18/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Espanyol 2-0 Elche CF.

That day, Espanyol managed 43% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Martin Braithwaite (14', 22').

At the other end, Elche CF got 15 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Álvaro Moreno Aragón.

ℹ️ Team News: Elche CF

The Elche CF boss Sebastián Beccacece doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

In all likelihood, Los Franjiverdes will possibly make use of the 4-4-2 formation, handing starts to Matias Dituro, Sergio Carreira, Mario Gaspar, Pedro Bigas, Tete Morente, Josan, John Donald, Nicolas Castro, Sergio Bermejo, Mourad Daoudi and Nicolas Fernandez.

ℹ️ Team News: Espanyol

With a completely healthy group to choose from, the Espanyol boss Manolo González doesn’t have any fitness worries to report coming into this clash.

It’s our belief that Periquitos seem most likely to elect for a 4-4-2 system, settling for Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Sergi Gomez, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Olivan, Alvaro Aguado, Pol Lozano, Jose Gragera, Jofre Carreras, Martin Braithwaite and Javier Puado.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Espanyol have enough to put a goal past this Elche CF side, but that probably won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re going for a narrow 2-1 win for Elche CF at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what happens here.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 16:06 27/04/2024