Elche used 26 players in six matches

Elche and Malaga are top of the table. They are currently the teams with the most players used in the first six weeks of the tournament. Both teams, who compete at La Rosaleda this Saturday (9pm), have fielded 26 players so far, a significant number considering they have only played for six days. This is not a fact that worries Sanabria, who has always insisted on the necessity of bench depth. Although their morale has been boosted by the victory over Mirandés with Mourad’s goal, they have done so with patchy results so far. Only first-team players San Román (substitute goalkeeper), Raúl Guti and Clerc (injured) and Álex Martín continue to play. Zaragoza, Deportivo, Cádiz and Tenerife follow in the statistics with 26 players.