Valencia vs Elche Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th January 2026

Mid-placed Elche travel to Estadio Mestalla to face struggling Valencia in a round 19 game, which kicks-off on Saturday. The home side could do with a win to ease their trouble at the wrong end of the table.

Valencia are number 17 in the table on 16 points after 18 matches. Elche rank as number 9 with 22 points after 18 matches played.

The last time Valencia played Elche, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win on Saturday.

Valencia are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net seven times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.7 goals per game, as they conceded 16 goals. They managed two clean sheets in these matches.

Elche scored 13 goals, conceded 14 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Valencia face off against Elche for the first time in a while, with Valencia claiming a 2-0 win at Estadio Martinez Valero back then.

Valencia vs Elche Prediction

Valencia Form

They came away from their last three matches with a mix of results, as Valencia beat Sporting Gijon 0-2, followed by a 1-1 draw against Mallorca. Most recently, they were left licking their wounds in a 4-1 defeat against Celta Vigo. Valencia claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the LaLiga, which also saw them drawing three and losing two matches, in which they scored five and conceded seven goals.

Elche Form

In the last three matches, Elche beat Eibar 0-1, won 4-0 against Rayo Vallecano, and lost 1-3 against Villarreal. Elche came through their last six away games in the LaLiga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew one and lost five in which, they were outscored by 12 goals to four.

Both Valencia and visitors Elche seem to struggle just a wee bit much right now, with keeping a clean sheet. We go out on a limb here and suggest that, both teams will find the back of the net.

Elche recorded ten points following three wins from their last five games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored eight goals, but also conceded four. Valencia are looking at a record of three wins, seven draws and eight defeats in the LaLiga this season. Elche are looking at five wins, seven draws and six defeats in the LaLiga.

Valencia vs Elche Squads

Valencia Squad

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

Cristian Rivero (0/0), Julen Agirrezabala (0/18), Stole Dimitrievski (0/0), Cesar Tarrega (0/17), Dimitri Foulquier (0/11), Eray Coemert (0/3), Jesus Vazquez (0/12), Jose Gaya (0/15), Mouctar Diakhaby (1/8), Thierry Correia (0/13), Andre Almeida (0/12), Baptiste Santamaria (1/15), Filip Ugrinic (0/8), Javier Guerra (0/18), Lucas Nunez (0/0), Pepelu (1/16), Alberto Mari (0/0), Arnaut Danjuma (3/17), Daniel Raba (0/11), Diego Lopez (3/18), Hugo Duro (6/18), Largie Ramazani (0/9), Lucas Beltran (1/15), Luis Rioja (1/17), Sergi Canos (0/0).

Elche Squad

Here is the full team squad of Elche. The 44 year-old Eder Sarabia will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Alejandro Iturbe (0/0), Inaki Pena (0/12), Matias Dituro (0/6), Adria Pedrosa (1/11), Albert Niculaesei (0/0), Alvaro Nunez (0/18), Bambo Diaby (0/3), Carlos Clerc (0/0), Hector Fort (1/9), Leo Petrot (0/15), Pedro Bigas (0/14), Victor Chust (0/13), Aleix Febas (1/18), Federico Redondo (0/4), Grady Diangana (0/8), John Donald (1/11), Josan (0/10), Marc Aguado (0/17), Martim Neto (2/14), Rodrigo Mendoza (1/13), Tobias Christensen (0/0), Yago Santiago (0/4), Adam Boayar (0/3), Ali Houary (0/2), Alvaro Rodriguez (3/15), Andre Silva (4/14), David Affengruber (0/17), German Valera (3/17), Piri (0/0), Rafa Mir (6/18).

Valencia vs Elche Team News

Valencia vs Elche Lineups

Valencia vs Elche H2H

Valencia last faced Elche on 23 April 2023 at Estadio Martinez Valero, when Valencia scored a 2-0 win. Valencia enjoy a good 7-1-2 advantage against Elche, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 23/20.

Valencia vs Elche Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Valencia welcome Elche as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 13/10 with the bookies on Saturday.

Valencia vs Elche Betting Tips

Valencia won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Estadio Mestalla. They drew four and lost two as well, while Elche won three of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost five. Keep an eye out for both teams not to score at Estadio Mestalla, as BTTS only came out five times in the previous 10 LaLiga matches here for Valencia. Both teams scored in seven of the previous 10 away games for Elche.

The last ten encounters between Valencia and Elche saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with Valencia averaging 1.9 goals a game. Elche scored 0.9 goals on average in these, as both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Valencia, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Elche, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.6 times goals per game themselves.