Elche vs Real Madrid - prediction, team news, lineups

Real Madrid volition look to grounds a 3rd consecutive triumph successful each competitons erstwhile they look Elche successful Tuesday's clash astatine the Estadio Martinez Valero. 

Los Blancos are presently sitting successful second spot successful La Liga, portion the hosts are languishing successful the relegation zone. 

Match preview

Elche person made a disappointing commencement to the play aft experiencing a tumultuous summertime that started with the resignation of caput manager Eder Sarabia and past the departure of respective cardinal players, including David Affengruber and Aleix Febas.

Former Porto and Botafogo boss Martin Anselmi was chosen to pb Elche into a 2nd consecutive La Liga season, but helium is already facing a conflict to beryllium helium is the close antheral for the occupation aft starting his tenure with a five-game winless run.

After drafting with Deportivo La Coruna, Elche suffered 3 consecutive defeats against Barcelona, Racing Santander and 10-man Real Sociedad. 

Los Franjiverdes looked to beryllium connected people to drawback their archetypal triumph of the play erstwhile Facundo Buonanotte netted a 50th-minute penalty, lone for Inaki Williams to equalise conscionable earlier the 80-minute mark. 

While a 1-1 gully astatine San Mames should beryllium seen arsenic a tenable result, Anselmi volition beryllium acrophobic by the information his broadside are languishing successful 19th presumption with the league's second-worst antiaircraft record.

Anselmi tin alleviate the unit by starring Elche to their archetypal triumph implicit Real Madrid successful 48 years, though a repetition of past season's gully astatine the Estadio Martinez Valero whitethorn beryllium a much realistic target.

Real Madrid are sitting 3 points adrift of leaders Barcelona aft winning 4 of their 5 La Liga games of Jose Mourinho's 2nd spell successful charge.

Los Blancos netted 10 goals crossed 3 consecutive league victories earlier they drew a blank successful a frustrating 1-0 distant decision against Real Betis, a crippled successful which Carlos Espi had an effort ruled out, and Kylian Mbappe had a punishment saved.

The grounds European champions bounced backmost with a 2-1 triumph implicit Mourinho's erstwhile broadside Inter Milan, representing a affirmative commencement to their bid to triumph a 16th Champions League trophy.

Real Madrid past returned to La Liga enactment with a comfy 4-1 occurrence implicit Rayo Vallecano astatine the Santiago Bernabeu, acknowledgment to a Kylian Mbappe brace and goals from Alvaro Carreras and Jude Bellingham. 

The emphatic scoreline represented a 3rd successive location league crippled with 4 goals scored, a opposition to the 2 goals they person registered successful their opening 2 roadworthy trips.

A gathering with an Elche broadside that person shipped 13 goals successful 5 games should propulsion up plentifulness of opportunities for Real Madrid's attacking endowment to thrive arsenic they look to determination level connected points with Barcelona, who look Racing connected Wednesday.

While they battled to a 2-2 gully connected their astir caller travel to Elche, Los Blancos person won six of their past 8 visits to the Estadio Martinez Valero since a 3-1 decision successful March 1978. 

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Team News

Elche winger Yago Santiago is successful the second stages of his betterment from a genu procedure, but helium is improbable to diagnostic earlier the planetary break.

Defender Kevin Lomonaco could diagnostic successful the matchday squad for the archetypal clip since arriving from Argentinian broadside Independiente connected transportation deadline day.

Former Atletico Madrid antheral Thomas Lemar could travel into Anselmi's reasoning aft featuring arsenic a substitute successful the past 2 matches. 

As for the visitors, Mourinho is inactive incapable to telephone upon the injured trio of Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy and Rodrygo. 

The Real Madrid brag could bring Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dean Huijsen and Marc Cucrella into the backline for the midweek distant trip.

Eduardo Camavinga and Arda Guler are besides options to commencement if Mourinho decides to marque alterations to his midfield and attack. 

Elche imaginable starting lineup:

Dituro; Sangare, Redondo, Chust, Revivo; Valera, Morcillo, Villar, Moreno; Lemar; Nino

Real Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Huijsen, Cucurella; Valverde, Camavinga; Guler, Bellingham, Vinicius; Mbappe

We say: Elche 1-3 Real Madrid

Real Madrid volition beryllium keen to lukewarm up for Sunday's Madrid derby with a beardown performance, and we deliberation they volition bash conscionable that by signaling a commanding triumph implicit an Elche broadside that has demonstrated a worrying wont of leaking goals successful the aboriginal stages of the season. 

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