Elche vs Valencia: La Liga Preview, Form and Key Stats

Elche host Valencia in the La Liga on Sunday 01 November, 20:30 (Mecca time). The hosts are 16th in the table and the visitors 19th. This preview uses the season's La Liga results to compare how both sides score, defend and perform at home and away.

Where the two sides stand

Elche are 16th on 10 points (goal difference -3) and Valencia are 19th on 6 (-10); Elche are 4 points ahead of Valencia. Elche trail the leaders Barcelona by 17, while Valencia trail the leaders Barcelona by 21.

What is at stake

On points alone (goal difference separates ties, and other results will move the table too): if Elche win they reach 13 points, at best 7th; if Valencia win they reach 9, at best 17th. A draw would take Elche to 11 (at best 11th) and Valencia to 7 (at best 19th).

Elche at home

Elche have 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats at home (1 points from 4 games, 0.25 per game), scoring 1.0 and conceding 2.75 per game. They kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score in 2 of those 4.

Current streaks for Elche: a 4-game unbeaten run, 3 clean sheets in a row.

Valencia away from home

Valencia have 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats away from home (4 points from 4 games, 1.0 per game), scoring 1.0 and conceding 1.5 per game. They kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score in 1 of those 4.

Current streaks for Valencia: 4 games without a win.

Recent form

Elche's last 5 results in the La Liga, newest first (opponent position in brackets): 3-0 at Rayo Vallecano (17th, W); 0-0 at Villarreal (10th, D); 0-0 vs Celta Vigo (9th, D); 3-1 at Espanyol (12th, W); 2-3 vs Real Madrid (3rd, L). That is 8 points from a possible 15, with 8 goals scored and 4 conceded.

Valencia's last 5 results in the La Liga, newest first (opponent position in brackets): 1-2 vs Villarreal (10th, L); 0-0 vs Athletic Club (8th, D); 2-2 at Racing Santander (14th, D); 2-3 vs Real Sociedad (5th, L); 1-0 at Alaves (7th, W). That is 5 points from a possible 15, with 6 goals scored and 7 conceded.

Against top-half opponents Elche have 0W 3D 3L (0.5 points per game from 6 games); against the bottom half it is 2W 1D 1L (1.75 per game from 4).

Against top-half opponents Valencia have 1W 2D 5L (0.62 points per game from 8 games); against the bottom half it is 0W 1D 1L (0.5 per game from 2).

When the goals come

Elche's 17 league goals are spread by minute band, with the most productive spell 76-90 (6 goals); 12 (71%) came after half-time and 6 after the 75th minute. they have conceded most between minutes 31-45 (4 of 14 goals), including 3 after the 75th minute.

Valencia's 8 league goals are spread by minute band, with the most productive spell 0-15 (2 goals); 4 (50%) came after half-time and 1 after the 75th minute. they have conceded most between minutes 76-90 (8 of 16 goals), including 8 after the 75th minute.

Late goals could matter: Elche have scored 6 after the 75th minute and Valencia have conceded 8 there, while Valencia have scored 1 and Elche have conceded 3. Before half-time, Elche have scored 5 and Valencia have conceded 5; Valencia have scored 4 and Elche have conceded 9.

Tactics and discipline

Elche's most used formations: 5-4-1 (4 games), 4-3-3 (2 games), 3-5-2 (1 game).

Valencia's most used formations: 5-4-1 (5 games), 4-2-3-1 (2 games), 4-4-2 (2 games).

Elche have collected 25 yellow and 1 red cards and converted 3 of 3 penalties.

Valencia have collected 25 yellow and 1 red cards and converted 1 of 1 penalties.

Players to watch

Elche's players to watch: Fer Niño (6 goals and 0 assists in 10 appearances); Tete Morente (0 goals and 3 assists in 10 appearances); T. Lemar (average rating 7.16).

Valencia's players to watch: Javi Guerra (0 goals and 2 assists in 10 appearances); Dani Raba (1 goal and 0 assists in 4 appearances); A. Danjuma (average rating 6.97).

Head-to-head

In their last 10 meetings Elche won 2, Valencia won 6 and 2 were drawn, averaging 2.5 goals per game. Both teams scored in 5 of them and 5 had more than 2.5 goals. The most recent was Elche 1-0 Valencia in the La Liga (2026).

Recent meetings, newest first: Elche 1-0 Valencia (2026); Valencia 1-1 Elche (2026); Elche 0-2 Valencia (2023); Valencia 2-2 Elche (2022); Elche 0-1 Valencia (2022).

Goals outlook

Blending Elche's home scoring rate (1.0) with Valencia's away conceding rate (1.5) gives about 1.2 goals for Elche; the reverse calculation gives 1.9 for Valencia, a combined 3.1. Both teams scored in 2 of Elche's 4 home games and 2 of Valencia's 4 away games, and over 2.5 goals appeared in 3 and 2 of them. These are season-average calculations, not a forecast.

Strengths and weaknesses

Elche's weaker areas: 20th in the league for home points per game (0.25).

Valencia's weaker areas: 18th in the league for goals scored (7 goals); 19th in the league for home points per game (0.33).

Our read

On the numbers, the form lines are close (Elche 8 points, Valencia 5). Elche collect 0.25 points per home game while Valencia take 1.0 per away game, which tilts toward Valencia.