Villarreal vs Elche Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th September 2022
Villarreal are the favourites by a long shot on Sunday for a La Liga round four match against Elche at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia on Sunday. Villarreal took a hit when Elche handed them a 1-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured three points to their name by claiming a 4-1 win.
The two teams enter the match at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia with six points separating them in the La Liga standings. Villarreal currently rank as number four in the La Liga table, having seven points after three matches. Elche trail them by six points, leaving the latter ranked at number 17.
Elche will play the match against Villarreal hoping to gain some ground on the latter in La Liga standings. A positive result could be more than important for their upcoming challenges this season.
When it comes to goal-scoring Villarreal could be more prolific, scoring 19 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.9 goals per game in which, they conceded seven times. This is an average of 0.7 a game, achieving a clean sheet in five times.
Elche scored nine goals, conceded 13 and kept their opponents from scoring two times in ten matches.
Villarreal vs Elche Prediction
Villarreal look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last 3 matches saw them gain 7 points. They ran out 0-2 and 0-2 against Atletico Madrid and Hajduk Split respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Getafe, who claimed a point in a 0-0 draw. Villarreal claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the La Liga. They also drew two and lost one, as they scored 11 and conceded five goals.
In their past three games, Elche lost 3-0 against Real Betis, drew 1-1 with Almeria, and lost 0-1 against Real Sociedad. Elche, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn zero and lost four in their last six away in the La Liga.
We expect Villarreal to make home advantage count but, the value bet could easily be the low scoring home win. We expect the guests from Elche to put up a decent fight.
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Villarreal vs Elche Stats
- Villarreal have scored in the last 18 matches in a row
- Villarreal have not lost the last 13 matches in a row
- Villarreal have scored in 25 of the last 27 home matches
- Villarreal have won 10 of the last 11 matches
- Villarreal have not lost 15 of the last 17 home matches
- Elche have conceded in 13 of the last 15 matches
- Elche have lost 5 of the last 6 away matches
- Elche have not won 5 of the last 6 matches
- Elche have not won 5 of the last 6 away matches
- Elche have not scored in 5 of the last 6 away matches
Villarreal vs Elche Team News
Villarreal might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Elche.
Alberto Moreno, Gerard Moreno and Francis Coquelin are missing from the squad, Villarreal will field against Elchethis coming Sunday.
Apparently, Elche have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Sunday.
Fidel and Gonzalo Verdu all face a spell on the sidelines for Elche due to various injuries.
Villarreal vs Elche H2H
Elche won 1-0 the last time, they faced Villarreal, who won the match before that, when Villarreal claimed a 4-1 win. A draw could be the way to go here, as this has been an equal pairing in their most recent meetings. Villarreal won three of the previous ten matches, while Elche secured two wins from those ten matches. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1.40.
Villarreal vs Elche Results
Both teams scored four times in the previous eight matches between home side Villarreal and Elche. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 2.10.
Villarreal vs Elche Betting Tips
It is the beginning of a new La Liga campaign, and both Villarreal and Elche will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
Villarreal claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Elche won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing zero and losing seven in this series of matches. Villarreal won six times in their last 10 La Liga matches. Visitors Elche claimed three wins in their previous 10 league matches.
Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past eight encounters between Villarreal and Elche, with Villarreal scoring 1.38 goals on average per game. Elche averaged 0.89 goals, while both teams scored four times. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Villarreal’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 2.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 0.9 times in those matches.