On the 5th of February, Deportivo Alavés will travel to Elche to battle Elche in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. Elche is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Real Madrid. Lucas Boyé struck first for Elche in the 42nd minute on a feed from Fidel, then Pere Milla added another in the 76th minute on a feed from Lucas Boyé . Elche is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 19th placed Deportivo Alavés is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Barcelona. Frenkie de Jong scored the first goal for Barcelona in the 87th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Deportivo Alavés was frustrated by Barcelona’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Barcelona ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches.
Elche and Deportivo Alavés last played eachother at the Estadio De Mendizorroza on Oct 26th. Deportivo Alavés was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Mamadou Ndiaye struck first for Deportivo Alavés in the 47th minute on a feed from Laguardia, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Elche couldn’t muster any offence and Deportivo Alavés ran away with the shutout win.
Joselu has been the most prolific scorer on Deportivo Alavés in the last five matches with two goals. Pere Milla has been the most prolific scorer on Elche in the last 5 matches with three goals
Omar Mascarell, Barragán, Iván Marcone and Sanchez Guillen are unavailable to play for Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez’s team, while José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria’s squad will be without Rubén Duarte and Ximo Navarro.