Espanyol vs Elche Preview: Team News & Prediction
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These are the two sides have that have been overperforming at the start of the season as Espanyol welcome newly-promoted Elche side to the RCDE Stadium this weekend.
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How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – ESPN have the exclusive rights to La Liga games in the USA, so any game may be televised on one of their affiliated channels
How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – ESPN+
Espanyol preview: Steady Espanyol
Espanyol come into this one on the back of a comfortable 2-0 defeat of Real Oviedo at Estadio Carlos Tartiere in their most recent outing, upon their return from the October international break, courtesy of goals from Kike Garcia and Pere Milla.
Following the takeover of the club by Burnley owner Alan Pace over the summer, the Catalans have started this season extremely well as they begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting tucked inside the top six in La Liga.
Elche preview: Impressive Elche
Having gained promotion to the top-flight by playing an impressive and proactive style of football last season, Eder Sarabia has continued that this season with Elche an enterprising side that have only suffered just one defeat in their opening nine matches.
They returned from the break with a goalless draw against Athletic Club at the Manuel Martinez Valero in the Community of Valencia last weekend. They are easing their way to the pre-season goal of achieving safety.
Espanyol team news: No Javi Puado
There are no fresh injury concerns for Espanyol to deal with, nor any suspension issues, but they do remain without key attacker Javi Puado, who is missing through injury.
Predicted XI (4-4-2): Dmitrovic; Ruben Sanchez, Riedel, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero; Dolan, Edu Exposito, Pol Lozano, Pere Milla; Roberto Fernandez, Kike
Unavailable: Javi Puado (Injured)
Questionable:
Elche team news: Couple of doubts
As they travel to the city of Barcelona, Elche have a couple of key doubts with Barcelona loanee Hector Fort potentially sidelined alongside former West Bromwich Albion attacker Grady Diangana.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Inaki Pena; Victor Chust, Bigas, Luis Perez; Alvaro Nunez, Neto, Aleix Febas, Marco Aguado, German Valera; Silva, Rafa Mir
Unavailable:
Questionable: Hector Fort (Injured), Diangana (Injured)
Espanyol vs Elche prediction
These are two sides that have overperformed at the start of this season and would be regarded as the surprise packages of the 2025/26 La Liga campaign. They are also doing so well by playing an entertaining and forward-thinking style of football. As a result, this could end up being a good watch for the neutral in which both teams scoring seems a good shout for this one at the RCDE Stadium.
Espanyol vs Elche tip: Both teams to score
