Elche vs. Barcelona: Head-to-head record and past meetings ahead of La Liga clash

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Barcelona volition beryllium aiming to statesman their 2026-27 La Liga run connected a winning enactment erstwhile they tackle Elche connected Sunday evening.

The Catalan giants person won back-to-back La Liga titles and are again acceptable to conflict semipermanent rivals Real Madrid for the title this term.

Barcelona volition participate their archetypal crippled of the play disconnected the backmost of a 2-1 triumph implicit Al Ahly successful their last pre-season fixture connected August 19.

Elche, meanwhile, opened their 2026-27 La Liga run with a 1-1 gully against newly-promoted Deportivo La Coruna connected August 17.

Here, Sports Mole looks astatine the head-to-head grounds and past meetings betwixt the 2 sides up of their fixture connected Sunday night.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 57

Barcelona wins: 36

Draws: 12

Elche wins: 9

These 2 teams person locked horns connected 57 erstwhile occasions successful each competitions, and it is Barcelona that pb the wide head-to-head record, boasting 36 wins to Elche's nine, portion determination person besides been 12 draws.

Most recently, Los Franjiverdes travelled to Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys to instrumentality connected La Blaugrana successful November 2025, a crippled that saw Fermin Lopez tally the amusement arsenic Hansi Flick's broadside ran retired 3-1 winners.

Lamine Yamal opened the scoring with conscionable 9 minutes connected the timepiece aft immoderate good enactment from Alejandro Balde, earlier Ferran Torres added a 2nd 2 minutes later, and though Rafa Mir managed to propulsion 1 back, Marcus Rashford secured the points for the hosts with a almighty onslaught disconnected the crossbar astir the hr mark.

The crippled besides saw the instrumentality of Robert Lewandowski - who notched 4 vocation goals against Elche - aft a spell connected the sidelines owed to an injury.

Barcelona past recorded a 3-1 triumph successful the reverse lucifer successful January 2026.

Given that Elche lone earned promotion backmost to the apical formation for the 2025-26 season, the past gathering betwixt the 2 sides anterior to those 2 clashes took spot successful April 2023, with Barcelona winning 4-0 successful La Liga, portion they recorded a 3-0 triumph successful the reverse gathering connected location ungraded during the aforesaid season.

Barcelona are presently connected a 12-game winning tally against Elche crossed each competitions, portion they person not dropped points successful this fixture since a goalless gully successful May 2014.

Elche's past triumph implicit Barcelona came backmost successful 1974, and it is notable that each 9 of their successes implicit the Catalan giants person travel successful beforehand of their ain fans.

Lionel Messi, Jose Antonio Zaldua and Juan Romero are the joint-leading goalscorers successful this fixture with 7 goals each.

It would beryllium a large daze if Elche were capable to upset Barcelona successful gameweek 2 of the caller La Liga campaign.

Barcelona did not diagnostic successful the opening gameweek, arsenic the Catalan broadside had a fig of players progressive successful the second stages of the 2026 World Cup.

Last 15 meetings (all competitions)

Jan 31, 2026: Elche 1-3 Barcelona (La Liga)

Nov 02, 2025: Barcelona 3-1 Elche (La Liga)

Apr 01, 2023: Elche 0-4 Barcelona (La Liga)

Sep 17, 2022: Barcelona 3-0 Elche (La Liga)

Mar 06, 2022: Elche 1-2 Barcelona (La Liga)

Dec 18, 2021: Barcelona 3-2 Elche (La Liga)

Feb 24, 2021: Barcelona 3-0 Elche (La Liga)

Jan 24, 2021: Elche 0-2 Barcelona (La Liga)

Jan 24, 2015: Elche 0-6 Barcelona (La Liga)

Jan 15, 2015: Elche 0-4 Barcelona (Copa del Rey)

Jan 08, 2015: Barcelona 5-0 Elche (Copa del Rey)

Aug 24, 2014: Barcelona 3-0 Elche (La Liga)

May 11, 2014: Elche 0-0 Barcelona (La Liga)

Jan 05, 2014: Barcelona 4-0 Elche (La Liga)

Feb 11, 1989: Barcelona 2-0 Elche (La Liga)

Last 10 La Liga meetings