On Aug 22nd, Elche hosts Almería at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in a clash of these two closely matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Elche recorded a 0-3 loss against Real Betis. Borja Iglesias struck first for Real Betis in the 28th minute, then Juanmi added another in the 39th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Elche couldn’t manage to score, and Real Betis took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 14th placed Almería is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Real Madrid. Largie Ramazani struck first for Almería in the 6th minute on a feed from Eguaras Alvarez, then Lucas Vázquez tied it up for Real Madrid in the 61st minute But luckily in the 75th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by David Alaba. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estadio De Los Juegos Mediterráneos, Elche took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Largie Ramazani struck first for Almería in the 42nd minute, then Pablo Piatti tied it up for Elche in the 52nd minute Finally they completed the comback in the 84th minute on a goal by Raúl Guti to cap off a wild match.
Eguaras Alvarez and Robertone are the top scorers for Almería in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Ezequiel Ponce has been the most prolific scorer on Elche in the last five matches with two goals
Lucas Boyé and Gonzalo Cacicedo Verdu are unavailable to play for Elche, while Iván Martos, Arnau Martínez and Juan Jose Nieto Zarzoso are unavailable to play for Almería.