On Sunday Oct 23rd, in week 11, Espanyol hosts Elche in a La Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Espanyol sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Real Valladolid. Joselu scored the first goal for Espanyol in the 78th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Real Valladolid couldn’t muster any offence and Espanyol ran away with the shutout win. Espanyol looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 20th placed Elche, recorded a 0-3 loss against Real Madrid. Federico Valverde struck first for Real Madrid in the 11th minute, then Karim Benzema added another in the 75th minute on a feed from Rodrygo In the end, Elche couldn’t muster any offence and Real Madrid ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Elche won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Elche’s most prolific scorer has been Pere Milla. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Joselu has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 5 goals for Espanyol
Diego Martínez Penas’s squad will be without Martin Braithwaite and Adrià Pedrosa, while Oscar Regaño, Federico Fernández, Omar Mascarell and Fidel are unavailable to play for Jorge Francisco Almirón Quintana’s team.