On Feb 18th, Elche will host Rayo Vallecano in a meeting of these two closely matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. Elche is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Sevilla. Alejandro Gómez scored the first goal for Sevilla in the 70th minute, then Rafa Mir added another in the 75th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Elche couldn’t manage to score, and Sevilla took the shutout win. Elche is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Rayo Vallecano recorded a 0-3 loss against Osasuna. Moncayola struck first for Osasuna in the 8th minute, then Rubén García added another in the 40th minute In the end, Rayo Vallecano was frustrated by Osasuna’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Osasuna ended the match with the shutout victory. Rayo Vallecano is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Rayo Vallecano was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost seven thousand spectators. Lucas Boyé scored the first goal for Elche in the 14th minute, then in the 26th minute, Santiago Comesana Veiga sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Mario Hernández But luckily in the 65th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Randy Nteka.
Rayo Vallecano hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Oscar Trejo and Alvaro Garcia Rivera, and they each have 1 goal. Pere Milla has been the most prolific scorer on Elche in his last 5 matches with three goals
Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez’s Elche squad will be without Ezequiel Ponce, Raúl Guti and Iván Marcone, while Martín Merquelanz is unavailable to play for Andoni Iraola Sagarna’s team.