📊 Form Guide

Racing Ferrol

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Racing Ferrol go into this match coming off the back of a 1-1 La Liga 2 drawn match versus Albacete.

In that match, Racing Ferrol managed 51% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Racing Ferrol was Iker Losada (57'). Albacete Balompie got 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Alberto Quiles (26') was the scorer for Albacete.

Over their last 6 fixtures, Cristóbal Parralo's Racing Ferrol have found the net a combined total of 6 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Racing Ferrol:

• have not lost a league tie with Elche CF in their previous 3 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.

Elche CF

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Levante in La Liga 2 action, Elche CF and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Elche CF had 54% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Elche CF, the scorers were Tete Morente (22') and Mario Gaspar (50'). For their opponents, Levante UD had 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Adrián de la Fuente (68'), Brugui (77') and Dani Gómez (94') scored for Levante.

Throughout their six most recent matches, Sebastián Beccacece's Elche CF have turned their attacks into goals a total of 10 times, giving them a goals scored per game average of 1.67.

Heading into this contest, Elche CF have not won against Racing Ferrol in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 30/04/2005 shows that Racing Ferrol have won 4 of these and Elche CF 2, with the number of draws standing at 0.

8 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for Ferrol and 3 netted by Los Franjiverdes. That’s an average goals per game of 1.33.

The previous league encounter between these sides was La Liga 2 match day 1 on 12/08/2023 when it finished Elche CF 0-1 Racing Ferrol.

In that game, Elche CF managed 56% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

On the other side, Racing Ferrol got 10 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Iker Losada (51') scored.

The match was refereed by Germán Cid Camacho.

📰 Team News: Racing Ferrol

There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Racing Ferrol boss Cristóbal Parralo to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy squad. Luca Ferrone (Meniscus damage) will miss out.

🗞️ Team News: Elche CF

Due to a fully healthy squad available to choose from, the Elche CF boss Sebastián Beccacece does not have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this match.

💡 Prediction

In our view, Elche CF and Racing Ferrol should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. We’re therefore expecting a very close game with a 1-1 score when all is said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 14:03 31/03/2024