On the 22nd of May, Elche and Getafe will play a match in Elche in a clash of the La Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, 15th placed Elche, recorded a 0-1 loss against Celta de Vigo. Denis Suárez struck first for Celta de Vigo in the 9th minute on a feed from Iago Aspas, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Elche couldn’t manage to score, and Celta de Vigo took the shutout win. Elche looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 14th placed Getafe is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Barcelona. Neither Getafe nor Barcelona could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Getafe is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Elche was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost seven thousand spectators. Lucas Pérez scored the first goal for Elche in the 69th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Getafe was frustrated by Elche’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Elche ended the match with the shutout victory.
Getafe’s top weapon lately has been Borja Mayoral, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Morente Oliva and Pere Milla are the top scorers for Elche in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Lucas Olaza, Lucas Boyé and Gonzalo Cacicedo Verdu are unavailable to play for Elche, while Enrique Sánchez Flores’s squad will be without Mata and Jonathan Silva.