Elche vs Valencia – Tomorrow afternoon at Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero, Elche will host Valencia in a small East derby.
The visitors will be hoping to keep their good form going and remain unbeaten for the fifth time in a row across all competitions.
Valencia moved into the top half of the La Liga standings after a three-game winning streak and a draw. They’ve tightened up their defense recently, allowing only one goal during a four-game unbeaten streak across all competitions.
Valencia won 1-0 over Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal earlier this month, adding to their strong league form.
They did, however, put in a slightly weaker performance in a goalless draw at Getafe seven days ago, failing to register a single shot on goal at Coliseum Alfonso Perez.
Elche will be hoping for a second consecutive clean sheet after keeping things quiet at the back in a 0-1 victory away at Granada last weekend. Fidel, a winger, made the difference by scoring the game’s only goal eleven minutes in.
Francisco’s team has recently performed admirably at Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero. They have won three of their last four La Liga home games, with the only defeat coming against the red-hot Barcelona (a narrow 1-2 loss). Elche have only lost three of their fourteen home games this season.
Elche vs Valencia – Betting Stats
Valencia are unbeaten in four consecutive games across all competitions, but their performance in the previous weekend’s goalless draw at Getafe was far from impressive.
We don’t see the visitors causing problems for Elche’s defense, so we’ll take the hosts to keep a clean sheet at 3.25 odds.
Elche vs Valencia – Head-to-Head:
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