Barcelona vs Elche Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th September 2022

Barcelona are the massive favourites on Sunday in a La Liga round six match against Elche at Spotify Camp Nou on Saturday. Barcelona go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 3-2 and 2-1 the last two times they played Elche.

Barcelona approach round six as number two in the La Liga table with 13 points on their account so far. With five rounds behind them, Elche have amassed one points, placing them as number 19 in the standings.

With four wins on the bounce, Barcelona are ready to take on anyone, and motivation should be high to let Elche be the next victim in line.

Barcelona scored 22 goals, conceded six, and pulled off five clean sheets in their past ten matches.

Elche average 0.6 goals a game in their last ten outing, scoring a total of six goals. They conceded an average of 2.1 per game, for a total of 21 goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring zero times.

Barcelona vs Elche Prediction

In their last three matches, Barcelona beat Viktoria Plzen by 5-1 and Cadiz by 0-4, before losing against Bayern München by 2-0. In their last six La Liga home matches, Barcelona have three wins, while they've drawn one and lost two. They scored nine and conceded five goals.

Going into the season as a title candidate, Barcelona are currently on track to fulfill the expectations.

Elche were unable to pick up a single point in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 0-1 by Real Sociedad. Next up, Villarreal won 4-0, before losing 1-4 against Athletic Bilbao. In their last six La Liga away matches, Elche failed to win more than once. In stead, they've drawn zero and lost five, scoring two while also conceding 13 times.

Barcelona vs Elche Team News

At the time of writing, Barcelona have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Elche this coming Saturday.

Ronald Araujo, Alex Balde, Ansu Fati and Memphis Depay are all absent from the Barcelona squad that faces Elche at Spotify Camp Nou.

Elche have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match on Saturday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands.

Gerard Gumbau and Gonzalo Verdu all face a spell on the sidelines for Elche due to various injuries.

Barcelona vs Elche H2H

Barcelona won the last two meetings against Elche, as they followed up a 3-2 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-1 score. Barcelona enjoy a good 7-1-0 advantage against Elche, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1.08.

Barcelona vs Elche Results

In the last eight matches between Barcelona and Elche over 2.5 goals came out two times. Odds on at least three goals are at 1.28 with bookies.

Barcelona vs Elche Betting Tips

Kike Perez shows decent form right now for Elche, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the La Liga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Barcelona, who are strong favourites this coming Saturday. Siding with Robert Lewandowski also look a nice prospect as he scored six goals in his last six La Liga matches.

It is a little hit or miss who gets the first goal in, when looking at Barcelona's recent at Spotify Camp Nou, They scored the opening goal six times in 10 here, whereas their visitors scored the opener in three of their last 10 games away from home.

Both teams scored two times in the last eight encounters between Barcelona and Elche, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. Barcelona scored 2.88 goals on average, while Elche pulled 0.38 goals on average. Barcelona performed an average of 3.1 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of the last ten matches Elche played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.