Elche vs Villarreal: prediction for the La Liga fixture

Spain

Elche

Spain

LaLiga

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16 January 08:00 UTC

Villarreal

Spain

On January 16, Elche will host Villarreal in the La Liga clash. What to expect from this battle? The answer is in our prediction.

Elche vs Villarreal Prediction and Betting Tips (16.01.2022)

Command Analysis

Elche

Spain

Elche got off to a successful start in the Spanish Cup, beating Lejona (2:0) and Unionistas (1:0) at first stages. In the third round of the tournament team got Almeria as the opponent and The White-Greens eventually recorded a comeback victory. Francisco's men currently have four victories and seven draws in La Liga, which brought 19 points and a 16th spot in the standings.

After a draw against Granada (0:0) hosts recorded an away victory over Espanyol (2:1). The Green-striped ones' offensive line is looking weak, they scored only one goal per game on average.

Fidel, Palacios, Casilla and Boye won't feature today.

Villarreal

Spain

Villarreal put up a great performance in the Champions League group stage, in the last round team clinched a second place and a play-off spot. Team is now eliminated from the Copa del Rey, after massive victories over Victoria (8:0) and Sanluqueno (7:1) Valencians failed to beat Gijon.

After 20 rounds of the current La Liga season Unai Emery's men have seven victories and eight draws, which brought 29 points and an 8th spot in the standings. After a string of victories visitors started the 2022 year with a dominant victory over Levante (5:0) and drew to Atletico (2:2).

Coquelin, Pena and Paco won't feature in the match.

Trends

СтавкаGoals in both halves - yes

In 2 out of 4 most recent head-to-head matches goals were scored in both halves

1.89

СтавкаYellow cards: total under 5

This bet played in 3 out of 5 most recent matches of the visitors

1.87

СтавкаCorrect score 1:2

Villarreal won 2 out of 4 most recent head-to-head matches

8.25

Tip and bets

2.46Handicap (-1) on Villarreal

In this match we will place a bet on Unai Emery's team. Team put up a string of victories in the league and a defeat in the Cup will only add motivation to the players, they will try to make amends for that failure. The Yellows also have an advantage on class.

Our prediction - Asian handicap (-1) on Villarreal

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2.06total over 2,5 goals

We don't think that someone will sit out on defense in this game. In recent head-to-head matches opponents scored many goals and we are expecting another high-scoring match.

Our second bet is on total over 2,5 goals

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