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Elche CF v Espanyol : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 1st Mar, 13:00 BST, Martínez Valero, Elche

José Manuel González Álvarez guides his Espanyol charges to the Martínez Valero in the La Liga on Sunday afternoon, with Eder Sarabia Armesto's Elche CF waiting for them. Analysing both sides' last 20 La Liga matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be no more than 3 goals scored by Elche and Espanyol combined during a standard 90 mins. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this conclusion, and our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 74% chance of it being right on the money. The top price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.29.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Elche
44%
-11/8
Draw
26%
-11/5
Espanyol
30%
-21/10
Draw 1-1
12%
-19/4
Elche 1-0
11%
-13/2
Elche 2-1
9%
-15/2
Espanyol 1-0
8%
-15/2
Elche 2-0
8%
-9/1
Draw 0-0
7%
-7/1
Espanyol 2-1
7%
-17/2
Draw 2-2
5%
-10/1
Espanyol 2-0
5%
-12/1
Elche 3-1
4%
-14/1
Elche 3-0
4%
-16/1
Espanyol 3-1
3%
-18/1
Elche 3-2
3%
-22/1
Espanyol 3-2
2%
-22/1
Espanyol 3-0
2%
-22/1
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
-19/20
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
-3/4
Home 1st Goal
50%
-17/20
Away 1st Goal
45%
-6/5
No 1st Goal
5%
-7/1
BTTS - Yes
52%
-3/4
BTTS - No
48%
-1/1
BTTS - Home Win
20%
-7/2
BTTS - Draw
19%
-3/1
BTTS - Away Win
14%
-9/2
Home/draw
70%
-4/11
Away/draw
56%
-4/7
Home/away
74%
-7/20
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
-3/10
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
-11/5
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
-23/10
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
-2/7
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
-11/2
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
-1/10
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
-12/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
-1/50
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
-1/16
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
-7/1
Home DNB
63%
-13/20
Away DNB
48%
-11/10
Elche win to nil
25%
--
Espanyol win to nil
16%
--
Elche / Elche
0%
-13/5
Elche / Espanyol
0%
-22/1
Elche / Draw
0%
-10/1
Draw / Elche
0%
-19/4
Draw / Espanyol
0%
-6/1
Draw / Draw
0%
-7/2
Espanyol / Elche
0%
-20/1
Espanyol / Espanyol
0%
-19/5
Espanyol / Draw
0%
-11/1
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Win / draw / win La Liga table

Elche have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 10 and won 2. Elche have conceded 29 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Elche have played 13 games at home, winning 5, drawing 6 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Espanyol lay in 6th place on 35 points in the La Liga league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored 25 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Espanyol have conceded 20 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Espanyol have played 11 away games, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Elche
Espanyol
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Real Madrid2419323460 
d
 
2-2F
Mar 15
May 3
l
 
2-0A
2
Barcelona2319134058 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 12
3
Villarreal2314361845 
l
 
1-3A
Mar 8
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-1A
4
A.Madrid2413651745 
Apr 22
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1A
Feb 21
5
Real Betis2411851041 
d
 
1-1A
May 13
l
 
1-2F
Apr 5
6
Espanyol241059-435 
Mar 1
l
 
1-0A
-
-
7
Celta248106534 
w
 
2-1F
May 3
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-1F
8
R.Sociedad24879-131 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
May 24
d
 
2-2F
9
A.Bilbao249411-731 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 20
May 13
w
 
1-2A
10
Osasuna248610030 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
May 17
11
Getafe248511-829 
May 17
l
 
1-0A
Mar 22
w
 
0-1F
12
Sevilla247512-826 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-1F
May 10
13
Alaves247512-926 
May 10
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1A
14
Valencia246810-1226 
Apr 12
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-2A
15
Girona23689-1526 
w
 
3-0F
May 24
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
16
Elche245109-425 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Mar 1
17
R.Vallecano236710-925 
w
 
4-0F
Apr 5
w
 
1-0F
Apr 22
18
Mallorca246612-1024 
Mar 22
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-2F
Mar 15
19
Levante234613-1418 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-2F
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
20
Real Oviedo233713-2316 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
Mar 9
w
 
0-2F
Win / draw / win form
Elche 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Elche0 - 0Osasuna
Elche1 - 3Barcelona
Elche2 - 2Sevilla
Elche1 - 3Villarreal
Elche4 - 0R.Vallecano
Elche3 - 0Girona
Elche2 - 2Real Madrid
Elche1 - 1R.Sociedad
Elche0 - 0A.Bilbao
Elche2 - 1Celta
Elche1 - 0Real Oviedo
Elche2 - 0Levante
Elche1 - 1Real Betis
Elche2 - 0Malaga
Elche1 - 3Levante
Elche2 - 2Albacete
Elche1 - 0Racing Ferrol
Elche2 - 0Eldense
Elche3 - 1Castellon
Elche2 - 1Cartagena
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HElche0 - 0Osasuna
AElche1 - 3R.Sociedad
HElche1 - 3Barcelona
AElche2 - 3Levante
HElche2 - 2Sevilla
AElche1 - 1Valencia
HElche1 - 3Villarreal
HElche4 - 0R.Vallecano
AElche1 - 3Mallorca
HElche3 - 0Girona
AElche0 - 1Getafe
HElche2 - 2Real Madrid
HElche1 - 1R.Sociedad
AElche1 - 3Barcelona
AElche0 - 1Espanyol
HElche0 - 0A.Bilbao
AElche1 - 3Alaves
HElche2 - 1Celta
AElche1 - 1Osasuna
HElche1 - 0Real Oviedo
Espanyol 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Villarreal4 - 1Espanyol
Valencia3 - 2Espanyol
Levante1 - 1Espanyol
A.Bilbao1 - 2Espanyol
Getafe0 - 1Espanyol
Celta0 - 1Espanyol
Alaves2 - 1Espanyol
Real Oviedo0 - 2Espanyol
Girona0 - 0Espanyol
Real Madrid2 - 0Espanyol
R.Sociedad2 - 2Espanyol
Osasuna2 - 0Espanyol
Leganes3 - 2Espanyol
Villarreal1 - 0Espanyol
Valencia1 - 1Espanyol
Celta0 - 2Espanyol
R.Vallecano0 - 4Espanyol
Mallorca2 - 1Espanyol
Alaves0 - 1Espanyol
R.Sociedad2 - 1Espanyol
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HEspanyol2 - 2Celta
AEspanyol1 - 4Villarreal
HEspanyol1 - 2Alaves
AEspanyol2 - 3Valencia
HEspanyol0 - 2Girona
AEspanyol1 - 1Levante
HEspanyol0 - 2Barcelona
AEspanyol2 - 1A.Bilbao
AEspanyol1 - 0Getafe
HEspanyol1 - 0R.Vallecano
AEspanyol1 - 0Celta
HEspanyol2 - 1Sevilla
HEspanyol0 - 2Villarreal
AEspanyol1 - 2Alaves
HEspanyol1 - 0Elche
AEspanyol2 - 0Real Oviedo
HEspanyol1 - 2Real Betis
AEspanyol0 - 0Girona
HEspanyol2 - 2Valencia
AEspanyol0 - 2Real Madrid
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Espanyol have not lost to Elche in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Elche since 2014
Elche
Espanyol
Goals: Scored
6
6
Games: Scored
3 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
1 / 4
ELC
1
D
2
ESP
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Elche
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Espanyol
Draw2 - 2Draw
Elche2 - 1
League games at Espanyol since 2015
Espanyol
Elche
Goals: Scored
7
5
Games: Scored
5 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
0 / 5
ELC
1
D
2
ESP
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Espanyol
Espanyol1 - 0
Espanyol2 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Elche
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Elche CF's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because Espanyol have conceded in each of their last 8 La Liga matches. A PG of 1.5 for E. Sarabia Armesto's side suggests that run should continue.

Elche 16th Espanyol 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Elche will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Espanyol will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+8
Elche’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+18
Espanyol have scored 18% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2025/2026 season
Elche
PG (predicted goals)
Espanyol
1.5
1.1
Attack rating
7%
better
ELC
ESP
view stats
Games scored20
19
Failed to score4
5
Scored first10
12
Goals scored31
29
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for16
13
Avg. XG for1.2
1.5
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
ELC
ESP
4%
better
view stats
Games conceded18
17
Clean sheets6
7
Conceded first12
11
Goals conceded35
33
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded11
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
16%
Avg. XG against1.8
1.3
KickOff rating
+4%

Elche v Espanyol La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Elche La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
23647
A FebasR MirÁlvaro RodríguezV Chust
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Aguado MID231
2
-
A Febas MID2322
6
-
G Valera FWD2343
2
-
D Affengruber DEF22
5
1
L Pétrot DEF21
1
-
Álvaro Rodríguez FWD2154
-
M Neto MID2024
1
-
Á. Núñez Cobo DEF192
2
-
R Mir FWD196
1
-
V Chust DEF18
6
1
A Silva FWD185
1
-
P Bigas DEF172
2
-
I Peña GLK16
-
R Mendoza MID161
4
-
A Pedrosa DEF1511
4
-
J Nwankwo DEF141
2
-
G Diangana FWD131
2
-
Josan FWD122
2
-
H. García DEF912
-
M Dituro GLK8
1
-
Y. de Santiago FWD8
1
-
F Redondo MID7
1
A. Boayar Benaisa FWD61
-
B Diaby DEF4
1
-
A. Houary Jeddoub FWD2
-
Espanyol La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24656
M DmitrovićP MillaE ExpósitoP Lozano
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Dmitrović GLK24
-
R Fernández FWD2452
1
-
L Cabrera DEF233
2
-
E Expósito MID235
4
-
T Dolan FWD2313
3
1
K García FWD2341
3
-
O Hilali DEF222
5
-
C Romero DEF2242
2
-
U González MID221
3
-
P Lozano MID221
6
-
P Milla FWD226
4
1
F Calero DEF19
3
-
R Terrats MID1611
-
J Carreras FWD16
1
-
C Pickel MID15
1
-
R Sánchez DEF13
2
-
C Riedel DEF111
3
-
J Puado FWD102
2
-
J Salinas DEF9
2
-
M Rubio DEF81
-
A. Roca Vives FWD8
1
-
L Koleosho FWD3
-