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Elche and Mallorca play at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, in a duel of the 16th round of the Liga Adelante. These teams have met only twice recently: on 24-05-2016, ending with Mallorca’s victory by (2-1), and on 02-01-2016, finishing with a 1-1 draw. Although this is a game between 12th and 11th of the overall standings, it is actually a game between the 19th place in home games and the 10th as a visitor.
Analysis of Elche
The home team is currently in 12th place with 19 points earned after 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to
Or Valladolid by (2-0). In the last match, lost out to Almeria by (2-1). This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it has achieved similar results at home and abroad. For the championship, the Elche won 11 points in 21 possible, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 7 games that played in his stadium. In their domestic league matches the most frequent marker in the break was 1-0 (3 in 7 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 15 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 7 times and never managed to turn the score. In the last 10 home games in all competitions there are 1 highlights: he has scored 5 of his 11 goals in minutes (61′-75 ‘).
Elche has been making a medium campaign in the Liga Adelante and if he wants to win some positions, which would put him in the fight for access, it is essential that he win. The team knows that the duel against Mallorca tends to be balanced, after all the opponent has been practicing a campaign almost identical to his, but for acting in their domains and because of their goals will go behind the three points, but knows that a draw Is normal if it happens. For this match coach Alberto Toril will not be able to count on Pol Freixanet and Mandi who are injured, in addition to Nino who was sent off in the last round.
Analysis of Mallorca
The visiting team is currently in 11th place with 19 points, after 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, he won out to Cordoba by (0-2). In the last match, tied at home for Sevilla II by (2-2). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 13 points, against only 6 in their games as a visitor. In the championship, the Mallorca won 6 points in 21 chances, after 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 losses in the last 7 games they played as a visitor. In the matches played out in the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 3 of his 8 matches. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 15 games in this competition, he never got around to scoring in the 6 games in which he conceded the first goal. In the last 8 games for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: he suffered 4 of his 9 goals between the minutes (16’-30 ‘) and 4 of his 9 between (61′-75’).
Despite being only three points behind the first in the playoffs, the Mallorca moment does not mean tranquility, after all it is the same score that separates it from the relegation zone, so much so that it is extremely important to add points in this round as it can indicate Which way will follow in the competition. Knowing this the team knows that it would be important to win, but it will act far from their dominions and against an opponent that crosses a moment similar to yours, so even a tie can not be considered a bad result, nevertheless will try to win the victory. For this match the coach Fernando Vázquez can not count on Edu Campabadal and Alberto López who is injured.
Prediction: over 1.5 goals @ 1.45