Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Elche and Villarreal, taking place on Saturday, 04 February 2023, at The Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in Elche.
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Elche, Recent FormBuilding up confidence within his squad will be a priority for Elche supremo Pablo Machín after sustaining a heavy 3-0 away loss to Sevilla. During that encounter they had 19% possession and had 6 attempts on goal with 1 on target, while their opponents hit 8 of their 22 shots on goal.
Having scored just 3 goals in their last 6 games, it will be glaringly obvious to Machín where he needs to focus his attentions if they are going to get more points on the table, although he will still have one eye on his defence which have shipped 10 in the same period. Consistency in front of goal has been a problem for them at home recently, having failed to score in 3 of their last 6 games. They are still struggling to solve there defensive problems, having not kept a clean sheet in their last 24 games.
The misery continues for Elche, having not won any of their last 19 games.
Villarreal, Recent FormThe Villarreal players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Rayo Vallecano recently, that ended in a 1-0 defeat. Their share of possession in that meeting was 62%, while racking up 12 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target. Rayo Vallecano had 11 shots on goal with 3 on target.
Manager Quique Setién will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 7 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. Having found the net in 5 of their last 6 matches, they will be pleased that their forward line have found some good and consistent form of late. When playing away from home this season, they have notched up a respectable 5 clean sheets.
They have had a strong run of form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
On an individual basis, Gerard Moreno will be looking to cause Elche some problems having scored 2 goals in Villarreal's last 6 away games in the league.
The last time these two teams met Villarreal enforced their superiority over Elche with a comfortable 4-0 win.
Playing at home, Elche have scored in 3 of their last 3 league games against Villarreal.
In this away league fixture, Villarreal has not won in the last 3 times they have played Elche at The Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero.
Villarreal player Gerard Moreno will be feeling confident about recording goals against Elche ahead of this encounter, with a scoring record of 3 goals from their last 5 meetings.
Elche manager Pablo Machín has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Álex Collado (Tendon), Tete Morente (Finger), John Nwankwo (Leg) and Domingos Quina (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Quique Setién has a number of injury concerns in his Villarreal squad to contend with: Nicolas Jackson (Physical discomfort), Giovani Lo Celso (Hamstring) and Alfonso Pedraza (Hamstring)
Elche Playing at home | Villarreal Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.6 | Goals scored | 0.7 |
| 1.7 | Goals conceded | 0.7 |
| 37' | Time first goal scored | 50' |
| 28' | Time first goal conceded | 50' |
| 2.2 | Yellow cards | 2.2 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.6 | Subs used | 4.6 |
| - | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 4-1 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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