Elche vs Espanyol Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st March 2026

When Espanyol come to Estadio Martinez Valero for the LaLiga match this coming Sunday, Elche will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

With both Elche and Espanyol coming off disappointing defeats in their previous outing, we could be in for a cautious battle. Both will be eager to get back to winning ways sooner rather than later.

Elche go into their next LaLiga match, scoring a humble average of 1.4 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 14 times, while conceding 20. That amounts to an average of two per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Espanyol managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded 21 goals in total, and while claiming one clean sheets, they conceded 2.1 goals an average per game.

Espanyol beat Elche twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 1-0 and 1-0, respectively.

Elche vs Espanyol Prediction

Elche Form

A draw is the best Elche can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 3-1 defeat against Real Sociedad. A0-0 draw with Osasuna followed before they were defeated 2-1 by Athletic Club. Elche managed to win two of their past six home matches in the LaLiga. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored 11 and conceded eight goals.

Espanyol Form

Espanyol only managed to gain a single draw in their past three games. First, they suffered a 4-1 defeat against Villarreal. Then a 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo followed, before Atletico Madrid claimed a 4-2 victory. In their last six away matches in the LaLiga, Espanyol won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 13 goals conceded and nine scored.

They usually throw caution to the wind, when clashing with each other, and with both Elche and Espanyol scoring freely over the past weeks, we expect a highly entertaining match.

Elche fought their way to zero wins and three points from their last seven games against teams inside the top six. They were on target seven times in these matches, but also let in 14 goals. Espanyol recorded 11 points following three wins from their last eight games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 13 goals, but also conceded 12. Elche have a record of five wins, ten draws and ten defeats in the LaLiga this season. Espanyol enjoy a record of ten wins, five draws and ten defeats in the LaLiga.

Elche vs Espanyol Squads

Elche Squad

Sarabia will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Espanyol from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Alejandro Iturbe (0/0), Inaki Pena (0/16), Matias Dituro (0/9), Adria Pedrosa (1/17), Albert Niculaesei (0/0), Buba Sangare (0/1), Hector Fort (1/9), Leo Petrot (0/22), Nico Salvador (0/0), Pedro Bigas (0/18), Victor Chust (0/19), Aleix Febas (2/24), Alex Herraiz (0/0), Alex Sanchez (0/0), Federico Redondo (0/7), Gonzalo Villar (0/1), Grady Diangana (1/13), John Donald (1/14), Josan (0/12), Marc Aguado (0/24), Martim Neto (2/20), Tobias Christensen (0/0), Yago Santiago (0/8), Adam Boayar (1/7), Alvaro Rodriguez (5/22), Andre Silva (6/19), David Affengruber (0/23), German Valera (4/24), Lucas Cepeda (0/4), Piri (0/0), Rafa Mir (6/20), Tete Morente (0/2).

Espanyol Squad

Below is the full team squad of Espanyol. The manager Gonzalez will pick his starting XI against Elche from these players:

Angel Fortuno (0/0), Marko Dmitrovic (0/25), Pol Tristan (0/0), Carlos Romero (4/23), Clemens Riedel (0/12), Fernando Calero (0/20), Jose Salinas (0/9), Leandro Cabrera (3/24), Miguel Rubio (1/8), Omar El Hilali (0/23), Ruben Sanchez (0/13), Charles Pickel (0/15), Edu Exposito (1/24), Pol Lozano (1/23), Ramon Terrats (1/17), Urko Gonzalez de Zarate (0/24), Antoniu Roca (0/8), Cyril Ngonge (0/3), Javier Puado (2/10), Jofre Carreras (1/17), Kike Garcia (4/24), Pere Milla (6/23), Roberto Fernandez (5/25), Tyrhys Dolan (1/24).

Elche vs Espanyol Team News

Apparently, Espanyol have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Sunday. Omar El Hilali and Javier Puado can't be called upon by Espanyol, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Elche vs Espanyol Lineups

Elche vs Espanyol H2H

Espanyol got the better of Elche in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 1-0 and 1-0, respectively. Despite a 1-0 win to Espanyol in their recent match, the last ten encounters have seen the two teams equally paired with Elche winning two and Espanyol taking four wins. The bookies best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 15/8.

Elche vs Espanyol Results

Of the last nine encounters between Elche Espanyol over 2.5 goals came out three times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 6/5 with bookies.

Elche vs Espanyol Betting Tips

Andre Silva found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Leandro Cabrera just scored once in a similar number of matches.

In their last 10 matches at Estadio Martinez Valero across all tournaments Elche won three times, drew five and lost two times. Espanyol claimed four wins, one draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Elche on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in Espanyol''s last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams scored seven times in the last nine encounters between Elche and Espanyol, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. Elche scored 1.32 goals on average, while Espanyol pulled 1.43 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Elche’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Espanyol, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.2 times goals per game.