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On Saturday afternoon, Elche will host Villarreal at Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero in an effort to earn their first La Liga victory of the season. With six points, the home team is still at the bottom of the standings, and Villarreal is in fifth place, three points behind Atletico Madrid after the same amount of games (19).
Elche has only accrued six points from 19 La Liga games this season, and those six points came from six draws. The team is still searching for its first league victory of the year. The struggling team hasn’t won in Spain’s top division since the end of May, and they come into this game after losing to Sevilla 3-0 the previous weekend.
Elche has placed 17th and 13th in its last two La Liga seasons, although it seems inevitable that they will return to the Segunda Division for the 2023–24 season. With just three points from nine games and only five goals scored, the Green-striped ones have the worst home record in Spain’s premier division this season.
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Villarreal, however, will also approach this game with a loss after being shocked by Rayo Vallecano 1-0 on Monday in Spain’s top division. The score put the Yellow Submarine in fifth place in the standings with 31 points from their 19 games as Sergio Camello’s goal in the 70th minute separated the two clubs.
Quique Setien’s club needs to win these types of games if they want to have a chance of finishing in the top four, but their road performance needs to get better as well. This season, they have only won three of their 10 league away games. In the rematch earlier this season, Villarreal, who has placed seventh in each of the last two La Liga seasons, defeated Elche by a score of 4-0.
Elche CF vs Villarreal CF Game Information
- Date: 02/04/2023
- Time: 10:15 AM ET
- Location: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero (Elche)
- How to Watch Elche vs Villarreal: ESPN+
- Live Stream: fubo.tv
Elche vs Villarreal Betting Lines
Elche is +420 according to our Vegas La Liga Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $420. On the other side, Villarreal is –145 according to the Vegas La Liga Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $68.97.
The implied probability for these two teams attached to the betting lines has Elche at a 19.23% chance of winning the game, meanwhile Villarreal has 59.18% probability of finishing the game with the W.
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