Elche CF arrive at The Estadio Abanca-Riazor on Sunday for the La Liga 2 fixture with home team Deportivo de La Coruña.
View all Deportivo de La Coruña v Elche CF tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Deportivo de La Coruña
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Deportivo de La Coruña will be hoping for a better result after the 1-0 La Liga 2 loss in their previous game against Real Zaragoza.
In that game, Deportivo de La Coruña had 67% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for Deportivo de La Coruña was Charlie Patino (56' Own goal). At the other end, Real Zaragoza had 11 shots at goal with 3 on target.
It has been all too rare in recent games where Deportivo de La Coruña have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Deportivo de La Coruña have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 9 goals in the process. Even so, we must now wait to see if that trend shall be maintained in this next game.
Heading into this fixture, Deportivo de La Coruña are unbeaten in the league by Elche CF in their last 2 games.
Elche CF
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Elche CF will go into the match following a 2-0 La Liga 2 win over Málaga in their most recent game.
In that match, Elche CF managed 57% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Elche CF, goals were scored by Sory Kaba (76') and Mourad El Ghezouani (93'). Malaga got 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
In their last six outings, Elche CF have amassed the sum of 8 goals. Elche CF have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. During that period, they have seen 8 goals go into their own net.
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Head to head
If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 29/04/2015, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Deportivo de La Coruña winning 2 of those games, Elche CF 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.
In all, 13 goals were produced between them in this period, with 6 of them for Branquiazuis and 7 coming from Los Franjiverdes. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.
The previous league meeting between the two was La Liga 2 match day 9 on 13/10/2024 and the score finished Elche CF 0-0 Deportivo de La Coruña.
On that occasion, Elche CF managed 65% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.
For their opponents, Deportivo de La Coruña had 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Rubén Ávalos Barrera.
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Team News: Deportivo de La Coruña
There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the Deportivo de La Coruña manager Óscar Gilsanz to be concerned about from an otherwise complete set of players. Dani Barcia (Tendon rupture) is sidelined.
We think that Branquiazuis may well kick off with a 4-4-2 system this time and select Germán Parreño, Álex Petxa, Pablo Vázquez, Jaime Sánchez, Rafael Obrador, Denis Genreau, Diego Villares, Charlie Patiño, Diego Gómez, Mario Soriano and Mohamed Bouldini.
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Team News: Elche CF
Thanks to a mainly healthy group of players, there’s only a single fitness worry for the Elche CF boss Eder Sarabia to be concerned about. Yago Santiago (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be in action.
We are inclined to think that Los Franjiverdes might make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out Matías Dituro, John Donald Chetauya, David Affengruber, Pedro Bigas, José Salinas, Nicolas Castro, Aleix Febas, N. Fernandez Mercau, Óscar Plano, Germán Valera and Agustín Álvarez.
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Prediction
For this match, we think that Elche CF will, in all probability, be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.
In contrast, Deportivo de La Coruña will be up against it finding the net themselves, although we do see them scoring here.
Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 1-3 victory for Elche CF at the end of the match.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Looking at the betting prices for the match on the 90 minute result market, backing Deportivo de La Coruña is best priced at 5.5, going for a draw is 4.33 & betting on the win for Elche CF comes in at 1.53. They’re the most competitive returns being offered right now.
Renata Leite,
12:02 30/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Deportivo de La Coruña
Formed: 1906
Stadium: The Estadio Abanca-Riazor (32,490)
Captain: Diego Villares
Chairman: Juan Carlos Escotet
Manager: Óscar Gilsanz
Competitions: La Liga 2 position 15
🔑 Star Player: Iván Barbero
Normally playing in the Striker position, Iván Barbero was born in Roquetas de Mar, Spain. After having played his first senior match for UD Almería in the 2019 - 2020 season, the talented Forward has managed 7 league goals in the Segunda División 2024 - 2025 season so far coming from a total of 37 appearances.