Elche Vs Cadiz Match Analysis And Prediction

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Elche welcomes Cadiz to Estadio Martínez Valero for a clash in the 16^th round of the Spanish top flight, La Liga. The match is set for kickoff on 5^th December 2021 at 18:15 EAT.

Los Franjiverdes narrowly survived relegation last season by finishing 17^th and they currently occupy the same position in the table at the moment, with only goal difference separating them from Sunday’s opponents Cadiz in the relegation zone.

In their previous game, Elche FC managed to end their seven game winless run with 0-2 Copa del Rey success to beat Leioa. In that game, they had 65% possession, 10 shots with eight of them on target and goals by Guido Carrillo (43′, 56′). Leioa got 14 attempts with seven of them on target.

The Pirates on the other hand opens the red zone in the 18^th place having won only two of their 15 La Liga matches this season. All along the campaign, Cadiz has been conceding goals in plenty, and has grown desperate to put an end these respective runs.

Cadiz has suffered back-to-back defeats in their league outings but recorded a 7-0 win in the Copa del Rey against Villa in their last fixture. In that game, they had 73% possession, 28 shots on goal with 11 on target and goal scored by Álvaro Negredo (3′, 52′, 90′), Álvaro Jiménez (13′), Marcos Mauro López (79′), Martín Calderón (81′) and Milutin Osmajić (86′). Villa Fortuna managed only four shots with none of them on target.

Elche vs Cadiz head to head

These two sides have a history of drawing, out of the 18 times they have met since 2003, eight matches played out draw, Cadiz has five wins and Elche Four wins.

Cadiz 1-3 Elche 16/05/21
Elche 1-1 Cadiz 28/11/20
Elche 0-0 Cadiz 30/06/20
Cadiz 0-0 Elche 08/12/19
Elche 1-0 Cadiz 09/03/19

Home

Leioa 0-2 Elche
Osasuna 1-1 Elche
Elche 0-3 Real Betis
Mallorca 2-2 Elche
Elche 1-2 Real Madrid

Away

CD Villa de Fortuna 0-7 Cadiz
Cadiz 1-4 Atletico
Getafe 4-0 Cadiz
Bilbao 0=1 Cadiz
Cadiz 1-1 Mallorca

Elche team news

Fran Escribá will not be able to call upon Javier Pastore, Josema and Pedro Bigas who are recuperating from injuries.

Cadiz team news

Jon Ander Garrido, Jose Mari and Tomas Alarcon have been ruled out of this fixture with injuries on the visitor’s side.

Prediction and odds

Both teams are out of form, three of the last five meetings between Elche and Cadiz have ended without a winner and it’s highly probable to see the same outcome in this match.