Elche take on the visitors Celta Vigo in the round 16 match of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Friday, January 6th at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero (Elche).
Elche look frankly hopeless. Especially against the backdrop of past years, which were extremely successful for this modest team. “Green-striped” at one time lost their place in the LaLiga due to financial problems, showing good results on the field. And only in 2020 there was, if not a magical, then an unexpected promotion: we were lucky to take 6th place in the final standings, and then won the play-offs. In the LaLiga, despite extremely skeptical forecasts, the outsider managed to survive at first, taking the “borderline” 17th place, and in the last temporade he even managed to rise to 13th… But how everything has crumbled now! There are already 15 rounds behind, in which there is not a single victory and only 4 draws. Even after a pause, under Pablo Machin, they started unsuccessfully, losing 0-2. However, there was a rival “Atletico”, which also needs to take points to the maximum. Here in the cup - it worked out there, but is it justified to spend energy on the Copa del Rey?
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Iago Aspas and company are fighting for survival. In both previous draws, Eduardo Coudet succeeded in it. The Argentinian coped with a terrible start in the last temporade, having managed to finish with the “Galicians” in a fairly high 11th place. Moreover, the new rally started well: 7 points in the first 4 rounds (with the only defeat in this segment from Real Madrid). But then a new chain of defeats began, and in Vigo they decided to part with the Latin American specialist, replacing him with the promising Carlos Carvalhal. But even this Portuguese does not get everything. Suffice it to say that Celta entered the new year, balancing on the verge of relegation. It remains only to hope that after a pause it will be possible to progress. In December, there were signs of success. First they warmed up in the cup, defeating the modest “Guernica” 3-0. And then they took points with Sevilla. On the other hand, having opened score at Balaidos, as a result, Aspas and the company were limited to 1-1.
In the last 6 head-to-head fights, “Elche” took only 1 victory with 3 defeats. Last season, the sides exchanged "home" 1-0. Elche are in such a shape that it is simply necessary to survive the maximum with it. So the favoritism of “Celta” even on the road is more than justified. But still, the guests themselves need to score, with which there may be problems. We bet on “total under 2.5 goals”.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
