LiontipsElche vs Barcelona. Prediction and Betting Tips for La Liga
Command Analysis
Elche lie bottom in La Liga with a 14-point gap to safety. Club's board decided to sack Pablo Machin during the international break and signed Sebastian Beccacece, who will be the fourth head coach of the team in the current season. It will be his first tenure in Spanish football, but 42-year old Argentine specialist claims that «adaptation won't be a problem».
Team surely doesn't have many chances to stop the freefall in the match against Barcelona, despite getting four points in three latest La Liga matches. Hosts probably regained confidence and given that the White-Greensscored 26% of their goals in the first 15 minutes, we should expect a powerful start.
Мagallan, Chetauyah, Collado, Rocо, Nteka, Cheikh, Boye and Alamo won't play in the upcoming game.
With financial problems still around, Barcelona departed for the international break with a 2:1 victory over Real, extending the gap to 12 points with 12 La Liga matches left to go. We should note that Barca remain unbeaten in matches against Elche since 1974 and won seven head-to-head matches in a row.
This streak is unlikely to end today, because Catalans have won 11 of 13 latest away matches in La Liga, but six of these victories were won by a 1:0 score. Moreover, almost 50 years ago Barcelona lost to Elche by the same score.
De Jong, Raphinha, Pedri, Dembele and Christensenwill miss the upcoming game.
Trends
Ставка Corners: total under 9,5
This bet played in 2 of 4 latest matches of Elche
Ставка Goals in both halves - yes
This bet played in 3 of 5 latest head-to-head matches
Ставка Correct score 0:3
Visitors have won three latest head-to-head matches
Tip and bets
We think that the visitors will experience no problems today and we are unlikely to see an unexpected result. Barcelona are two heads above the opponent and team should be able to get an important victory.
Our prediction - Asian handicap (-2) on Barcelona
We are expecting a full dominance from the Blaugrana, they have many experienced players, who should be able to get the ball under control and eventually cruise to a comfortable victory.
Our second bet is on Barcelona to win by three goals
