Espanyol and Elche will face each other this Saturday (21.00) at the Stage Front Stadium in their matches on matchday 16 of LaLiga Hypermotion. It’s going to happen This is the twenty-second time this clash has occurred in a league competition in BarcelonaAlthough he only finished second in the Silver category, he finished First 21 other times.

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Overall, Espanyol-Elche was a match dominated by the local team, with 13 wins. Elche have won just twice and drawn seven times against the lovebirds on home soil. The Catalan team scored more than twice as many goals (38) as Franjiverdes (17) in these duels.

The only match in the Second League in the 1989/1990 season ended with a 2-0 local victory.


Pere Milla at Martínez Valero in the last match between Elche and Espanyol MATÍAS SEGARRA

Positive

The balance is clearly in favor of the blue-white team. This is obvious. However There is also positive data that Elche should stick to. Franjiverdes have managed to pick up four points in their last five visits to the Perico stadium, one of which was a well-deserved victory.

Elche’s last victory at the rival ground came at a time when Pere Milla was the main hero.He scored Elche’s two goals and earned them three points. The score was 1-2. It was in the 2021-2022 campaign.

A few people who relapse

The team led by Francisco still had a few players in the Franjiverde discipline. Badia, Tete Morente, Josan and Raúl Guti had minutes. Fidel did not attend the meeting, but he was in the group during those years.

The last Espanyol-Elche match ended in a draw. 2-2Goals by Pere Milla and Gonzalo Verdú. It was last season. In October 2022, Almirón took over as coach at second base following Francisco’s dismissal.