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Barcelona vs Elche Prediction & Betting tips
FC Barcelona have the chance to make up for the loss of points immediately after their surprising slip up against Cadiz at the weekend. Barcelona welcomes Elche CF to a catch-up game at Camp Nou on Wednesday (18:00pm).
The game on matchday 1 will now be rescheduled in February, because at the beginning of the season both teams faced scheduling bottlenecks due to the many games until late summer – at Barça in the Champions League, at Elche in the promotion relegation.
However, you should keep the point loss against Cadiz in the back of your mind, after all, it represented the second bitter blow within a few days for Ronald Koeman’s team. The 1: 4 against PSG in the premier class could not be eliminated directly.
Barcelona:
The mood at FC Barcelona is anything but good at the moment. The 1: 4 in the Champions League against PSG was a bitter neck blow. After the rude awakening in the premier league, they also messed up in the league against Cadiz – in the most unnecessary way.
Against the newly promoted Barca had everything under control for 90 minutes and the victory was actually already in their pockets, until defender Lenglet owed a penalty against the hitherto totally defensive, harmless guests out of nowhere in the 90th minute to equalize and the final score.
The reaction after the PSG bankruptcy remained against Cadiz – at least in terms of results. Barca missed a great opportunity to move closer to the top in the championship fight after Atletico’s home defeat against Levante. Worse still: Since Sevilla won 2-0 at Osasuna on Monday evening, Barcelona even slipped to fourth in the La Ligas table.
Now it’s up to the next promoted team, the next home win is a must. This is shown by the betting odds before Barcelona vs. Elche. In the catch-up game, three points are now definitely planned, the Catalans are even under pressure. Because the extremely difficult guest appearance at table neighbors Sevilla is already on the weekend.
Despite the mistake against Cadiz at the weekend, the form of Blaugrana in La Liga is overall correct: They haven’t lost in 13 league games (ten wins, three draws), before the 1-1 draw against Cadiz there were eight successes in a row. So it comes as no surprise that we would also be close to choosing the favorites for Barcelona vs. Elche.
Elche :
How vulnerable and fragile Barcelona is, Elche saw twice on Tuesday and Sunday. The newcomer will certainly work out a bit, after all Messi and Co. are currently very knocked out, especially mentally.
At the same time Elche travels to Camp Nou with buoyancy, because: The Franjiverdes won their key game against Eibar at the weekend with 1-0. It was an enormously important success in the relegation battle for the newcomer, who thus drew level with Eibar on points (both 21) and is only one point away from saving banks.
The debut of new coach Fran Escriba is more than successful. The 55-year-old returned to the old place of work a week ago and replaced the hapless coach Almiron. Escriba Elche had already trained more than successfully from 2012 to 2015.
First he led the Franjiverdes to promotion, then held them for two seasons in a row in La Liga – before the financially forced relegation followed, which resulted in Escriba stepping down from his position.
Now Escriba is back in Elche, he should lead the newcomer to relegation again. His attitude triggered a certain euphoria in the club, which resulted in the first win after 16 games without a threesome! Elche had to wait for three points since the end of October. As a result, you will travel to Camp Nou with a broad chest.
Barcelona vs Elche head to head matches
24.01.21 LL Elche Barcelona 0 : 2
19.09.20 CF Barcelona Elche 1 : 0
24.01.15 LL Elche Barcelona 0 : 6
15.01.15 CDR Elche Barcelona 0 : 4
08.01.15 CDR Barcelona Elche 5 : 0
Betting tips we recommend:
Prediction: | Over 3,5 goals |
Selection odds: | 1,90 |