Elche vs Valencia - prediction, team news, lineups

By Matt Law | 30 Oct 2026 13:22, Last updated: 30 Oct 2026 13:25

Elche volition beryllium aiming to widen their unbeaten tally successful each competitions to six matches erstwhile they proceed their La Liga run against Valencia connected Sunday.

The hosts volition participate the lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 3-1 occurrence implicit Pinatar successful the Copa del Rey, portion the visitors mislaid 2-1 astatine location to Villarreal successful their past league game.

Match preview

Elche person not been beaten successful immoderate contention since the mediate of September, erstwhile they suffered a 3-2 location nonaccomplishment to Real Madrid, with Martin Anselmi's broadside successful awesome form.

The Green-Striped Ones volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 3-1 triumph implicit Pinatar successful the Copa del Rey, portion they bushed Rayo Vallecano 3-0 successful the league past weekend.

Eight points person been secured from Elche's past 4 league matches, portion they are unbeaten successful their past 5 games successful each competitions, winning 3 times successful the process.

Anselmi's broadside person a grounds of 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their 10 league matches this season, with 10 points leaving them 15th successful the La Liga table.

Elche person won 18, mislaid 27 and drawn 13 of their erstwhile 58 matches against Valencia successful each competitions, and they person lone mislaid 1 of their past 4 with Sunday's opponents.

Valencia suffered a 1-0 decision to Elche successful the corresponding lucifer past season, portion they were besides held to a 1-1 gully successful the league fixture astatine Mestalla.

Los Che person not been victorious since beating Alaves 1-0 successful the mediate of September, picking up conscionable 2 points from their past 4 matches, and the visitors volition participate this crippled disconnected the backmost of a 2-1 location decision to Villarreal.

Javier Aguirre's broadside are down successful 19th spot successful the division, having picked up lone six points from their opening 10 matches of the campaign.

Valencia person recovered it hard to people this season, lone netting 7 times successful their 10 matches, which is the joint-second worst attacking grounds successful the division.

Los Che finished ninth successful Spain's apical formation past season, but it volition seemingly beryllium a situation for them to assertion a top-half spot successful 2026-27.

Elche La Liga form:

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Team News

Elche are erstwhile again expected to beryllium without the services of Marc Aguado owed to an ankle injury, portion Fer Nino needs to beryllium assessed, having been forced disconnected conscionable past the hr against Rayo Vallecano successful the team's past league match.

Nino has scored six times successful 10 league appearances this season, and the 26-year-old inactive has a accidental of making the XI for this match.

There volition beryllium wholesale changes to the broadside that started against Pinatar successful the Copa del Rey, with Thomas Lemar among those acceptable to instrumentality to the team.

As for Valencia, on-loan Liverpool attacker Harvey Elliott is retired of the lucifer done suspension, having been sent disconnected successful the team's location decision to Villarreal past clip out.

Elliott has struggled during his clip with Los Che and could person his indebtedness spell ended early.

David Otorbi was forced disconnected with an wounded against Villarreal and is besides unavailable for selection, portion Sergi Canos, Jose Copete, Umar Sadiq, Dimitri Foulquier and Diego Lopez are acceptable to miss the contention owed to fittingness issues.

Elche imaginable starting lineup:

Dituro; Buba Sangare, Redondo Solari, Chust, Revivo; Villar, Morcillo, Lemar; Cepeda, Nino, Valera

Valencia imaginable starting lineup:

Dimitrievski; Maffeo, Tarrega, De Haas, Gaya; Raba, Rodriguez, Pepelu, Rioja; Guerra, Danjuma

We say: Elche 2-1 Valencia

Elche are successful beardown form, and we are backing the location broadside to stitchery a invaluable 3 points connected Sunday fixed Valencia's struggles astatine this infinitesimal successful time.

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