Ahead, Real Sociedad, who won the first leg at Elche by a minimum margin, is in fourth place. The opponent has 45 points from 13 wins and 6 draws. He was defeated only six times. And historical statistics don’t help either, making the situation worse. The Franjiverde club have not scored in the First Division at San Sebastián since 1977.. And he never won in the highest category, yes once in Second.
Duel
Piecemeal. In the 26th round of LaLiga Santander, Elche will face Real Sociedad in Anoeta. It will be at 4:15 PM this Sunday. Against a lot of data. In Martínez Valero, Imanol Alguacil’s men won 0-1 with a goal from Blais Méndez. They had accuracy (84% of good passes) and possession (56%). Like the green-and-green coach Francisco Rodríguez at the time, they shot five times between three sticks.
Mojica and Roger are no longer there.
Current coach Pablo Machín will not be able to repeat the 11 of 27 August even if he wanted to. Mojica left soon after. And Roger in the winter market. Pol Lirola re-entered. Not participating now. For the rest, Edgar Badia will be at the finish line. Bigas and Roco can play centre-back, though Palacios, Magallán and Roco are usually there. Mascarell and Gumbau will likely repeat in midfield. Tete Morente can do it after Saturday’s goal and Collado will not be on the other side as he remains injured. Ezequiel Ponce could have gone first, too, and Boyé wasn’t there in that first round. It has all the ballots for a start today.
Results
In the results history, Elche’s visits to the Real Sociedad football ground mostly ended in defeat. First, 16th and just two draws. 8 goals and 42 con in 18 games. It has never been won in the highest category there, and the last time Real was in 1977 when Real was formed with players like Arconada, Zamora, Iriarte, Satrústegui or Idígoras, and Elche had Mesones as coach and players like him. Trobbiani, Palomares, Llompart, Sitja, Cristo or Esteban.
He won in the second
The three present in Second Division have a triumphant precedent. And a tie. Victory is new. With a score of 0-1 thanks to January 2010 and Jorge Molina’s penalty goal, In a team trained by Bordalás With guys like Generelo, Willy Caballero, Llorca, Rubio, Juli, Trejo or Usero.
The Crown’s European commitment
It’s a bit more in favor, but there is something that could directly affect the game and Elche will have to try to make the most of it to break the spell. Alguacilliers will face Roma in their stadium this Thursday (21:00) in the second leg match of the Europa League Round of 16.. And they need to lift a 2-0 first leg. La Real could have paid the price for fatigue from the draw against Franjiverde.
Elche’s worst result as a guest for Real was 5-0 in the 1967-1968 season.. According to the Efe agency, the bad streak from Elche in San Sebastián, where Elche tied seven consecutive defeats, was about to be broken last year, but a mistake made by Enzo Roco 10 minutes after the end allowed Oyarzabal to score and Elche controlled. decide on a game (1-0). In this match, which coincided with the seventh day, Elche’s coach Fran Escribá defeated Casilla; Palacios, Roco, Diego González, Mojica; Piatti (Morente, min. 76), Mascarell, Raúl Guti (Gumbau, min. 66), Fidel (Pastore, min. 86); Lucas Pérez (Carrillo, min. 66) and Benedetto (Pere Milla, min. 76).