Barcelona vs Elche Prediction and Betting Tips

Barcelona will welcome Elche to Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in La Liga on Sunday. The home team has won seven of its 10 league matches this season and holds an eight-point lead Los Frangiverdes.

Blaugrana The team suffered its second defeat in the league this season last week, losing the first 2-1 to Real Madrid El Clasico Of the season. Fermin Lopez equalized in the 38th minute, and Real Madrid regained the lead five minutes later. Pedri was sent off in stoppage time and will miss this match.

The visiting team witnessed a decline in its level, and did not achieve any victory in its last three league matches, and suffered two defeats. They faced Espanyol last week and narrowly lost 1-0 away from home. They bounced back in the first round of the Copa del Rey earlier this week, beating Los Jares 4-0 away.

Barcelona vs Elche head to head and key numbers

• The two teams have met 55 times in all competitions. As expected, the defending champion has the upper hand in these matches, achieving 34 victories. The visitors achieved nine victories, and 12 matches ended in draws.
• They last met in the 2022-23 La Liga season, with the home team achieving the league double with an aggregate score of 7-0.
• Blaugrana The team has the best offensive record in the Spanish League this season, scoring 25 goals, 14 goals behind the visitors.
• Elche have suffered a winless streak on their travels this season, with three of the five matches ending in draws.
• The home team has scored at least three goals in eight of the last 10 games in this match.
• Only Celta Vigo has drawn more matches (7) in La Liga this season than the visitors (5).

Predict the match between Barcelona and Elche

Barcelona They have lost three of their last five games, conceding 10 goals, and will be looking to improve on that record. It is worth noting that they did not lose at home in this match, recording 11 consecutive wins, and they are strong favourites.

They have some injury concerns in this match as Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Gavi and Rafinha will miss this match. Joan Garcia and Andreas Christensen are major doubts, while Pedri will be suspended here. Robert Lewandowski and Lamin Yamal are likely to start from the bench.

Los Frangiverdes They have failed to score in their last two league games and will look to return to their goal-scoring ways here. They have failed to score in 14 of their last 16 matches in this fixture.

They have a clean bill of health as Iago de Santiago returned to training earlier this week.

Barcelona were the dominant team in this match, and given their perfect home record in the league this season, we’re backing them for a comfortable win.

prediction: Barcelona 3-1 Elche

Betting tips for Barcelona and Elche

Tip 1: Result – Barcelona to win

Tip 2: Goals – Over/Under 2.5 Goals – Over 2.5 goals

Tip 3: Both teams score – yes

Tip 4: At least one goal must be scored in the first half – yes