On Saturday Feb 4th, Elche will play host to Villarreal in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Elche sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Sevilla. Youssef En-Nesyri struck first for Sevilla in the 29th minute on a feed from Marcos Acuña, then Marcos Acuña added another in the 43rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Elche couldn’t manage to score, and Sevilla took the shutout win. Elche looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 3 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Villarreal, recorded a 0-1 loss against Rayo Vallecano. Sergio Camello scored the first goal for Rayo Vallecano in the 70th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Villarreal was frustrated by Rayo Vallecano’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rayo Vallecano ended the match with the shutout victory. Villarreal is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
Villarreal and Elche last played eachother at the Estadio De La Cerámica on the 4th of September. Villarreal was victorious by a score of 4 to 0 in front of almost 14000 spectators. Gerard Moreno scored the first goal for Villarreal in the 26th minute, then Giovani Lo Celso added another in the 36th minute In the end, Elche was frustrated by Villarreal’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Villarreal ended the match with the shutout victory.
Gerard Moreno has been the most prolific scorer on Villarreal in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Elche hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Ezequiel Ponce and J. Carmona Navarro, and they each have 1 goal
Domingos Quina, Álex Collado, Jose Antonio Morente Oliva and Nicolás Fernández Mercau are unavailable to play for Pablo Javier Machín Díez’s team, while Enrique Setién Solar’s squad will be without Juan Foyth, Giovani Lo Celso, Kiko Femenía, Albiol, Pedraza and Nicolas Jackson.