Jan 16th features a match where Cádiz hosts Elche at Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla 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, which is great football weather. Cádiz is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Valencia. Rubén Alcaraz struck first for Cádiz in the 9th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Valencia couldn’t manage to score, and Cádiz took the shutout win. Cádiz is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while elche is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Celta de Vigo. Iago Aspas struck first for Celta de Vigo in the 5th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Elche was frustrated by Celta de Vigo’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Celta de Vigo ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 3 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Elche hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Josan and Jose Antonio Morente Oliva, and they each have 1 goal. Lucas Pérez has been the most prolific scorer on Cádiz in his last 5 matches with 3 goals
Zaldúa, Jon Garrido, Torres Ruiz, Víctor Chust and Gil Mohedano are unavailable to play for Cádiz, while Pablo Javier Machín Díez’s squad will be without Álex Collado, Pol Lirola, Josan and Nicolás Fernández Mercau.