Elche CF vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, La Liga 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2022-23

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Sun 19 Feb 2023 · 13:00 UTC Estadio Martinez Valero HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 43' Oscar Gil Regano

Y 44' Oscar Gil Regano

Y 44' Brian Olivan

Y 45' Brian Olivan

Jose Angel Carmona 71' Y

Jose Angel Carmona 82' R

Y 90' Edu Exposito

Overview

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Elche CF vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — La Liga at Estadio Martinez Valero.

Elche CF 7 games · 5 pts (2026/27)
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 7 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Alejandro Hernandez
Referee Jose Naranjo
Referee Carlos del Cerro
Referee Gonzalo Garcia
Referee Victor Perez
Referee Ivan Masso Granado

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	7	21
2	Club Atlético de Madrid	7	16
3	Real Betis Balompié	7	16
4	Real Madrid CF	7	15
5	Sevilla FC	7	13
6	Deportivo Alavés	7	11
7	RC Deportivo La Coruña	7	10
8	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	7	10
9	CA Osasuna	7	8
10	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	7	8
11	Villarreal CF	7	8
12	Athletic Club	6	8
13	Getafe CF	7	8
14	RC Celta de Vigo	7	7
15	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	7	7
16	Real Racing Club de Santander	7	7
17	Levante UD	6	5
18	Elche CF	7	5
19	Valencia CF	7	4
20	Málaga CF	7	3

Head-to-Head

Elche CF 9 games · Avg 3.0 goals RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Last 5 meetings

2023-02-19 Elche CF 0–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2022-10-23 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–2 Elche CF 2022-01-10 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–2 Elche CF 2021-10-23 Elche CF 2–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Recent Form

Elche CF

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Feb	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	H	0–1	L
15 Feb	Real Madrid CF	A	0–4	L
04 Feb	Villarreal CF	H	3–1	W
28 Jan	Sevilla FC	A	0–3	L
22 Jan	CA Osasuna	H	1–1	D
16 Jan	Cadiz CF	A	1–1	D

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Feb	Elche CF	A	1–0	W
13 Feb	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	H	2–3	L
04 Feb	CA Osasuna	H	1–1	D
27 Jan	UD Almeria	A	1–3	L
21 Jan	Real Betis Balompié	H	1–0	W
15 Jan	Getafe CF	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Elche CF		RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
#18	Position	#15
5	Points	7
7	Played	7
1 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	2 / 1 / 4
11	Scored	10
17	Conceded	10
-6	GD	+0
0.71	PPG	1.00
14%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Elche CF this season

29% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

Elche CF are 18th (5 pts). RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 15th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Elche CF

0-15

–/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

–/4

46-60

1/–

61-75

3/2

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

0-15

2/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/1

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Elche CF

Fer Nino	5 G
Buba	1 G
Marc Aguado	1 G

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Roberto Fernandez	6 G
Tyrhys Dolan	1 G
Alex Calatrava	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Estadio Martinez Valero. Elche CF are looking to make home advantage count against RCD Espanyol de Barcelona.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering RCD Espanyol de Barcelona that had 289 games and scored 331 goals.
10' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
15' A quiet spell here at Estadio Martinez Valero. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' The 33-year-old Helibelton Palacios has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
25' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
30' Ruben Saez is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona so far.
35' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is showing some good football. However, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
40' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
43' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 43.
44' A meaty challenge results in booking for Oscar Gil Regano on 44.
45' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
46' Pedro Bigas is ready to make an impact after coming on for Lisandro Magallan at the 46 minute mark.
51' Elche CF is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
56' The home supporters are growing impatient. Elche CF must find a spark to ignite this game.
61' It’s high time Pablo Machín made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
65' The supporters are chanting for Ronael Pierre-Gabriel. He replaces Ruben Saez on 65 minute.
70' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
71' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jose Angel Carmona on 71.
76' Elche CF ring the changes. Ezequiel Ponce has done his job and it is now time for Randy Ntekja to step up.
78' Wassim Keddari is replacing Brian Olivan for the RCD Espanyol de Barcelona side.
82' It’s a booking for Elche CF player. Jose Angel Carmona gets a Red card.
86' Time for substitution for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. Oscar Gil Regano is replaced by Nico Ribaudo.
88' Josan Fernandez is replacing Fidel for the Elche CF side.
90' A moment of madness from Edu Exposito on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona will be frustrated.
90' The Elche CF bench stirs into life. Gerard Gumbau is withdrawn and Gonzalo Verdu gets his opportunity.
The points are shared — Elche CF 0-1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. Honours even.

Lineups

Elche CF Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Machín

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

Starting XI

17
Martin Braithwaite
13
Pacheco
24
Sergi Gomez
10
Sergi Darder
7
Javi Puado ↓ Aleix Vidal 65'
6
Denis Suarez ↓ Edu Exposito 78'
14
Brian Olivan ↓ Wassim Keddari 78'
2
Oscar Gil Regano ↓ Nico Ribaudo 86'
12
Vinicius de Souza Costa
27
Ruben Saez ↓ Ronael Pierre-Gabriel 65'
15
Jose Gragera

Bench

Coach Diego Martinez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Pere Milla	4
Martin Braithwaite	4
Javi Puado	2
Raul de Tomas	2
Fer Nino	2
Gonzalo Verdu	1
Sergi Darder	1
Mourad El Ghezouani	1

Head to Head

Elche CF Form

2023-02-19 Elche CF 0–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2023-02-15 Real Madrid CF 4–0 Elche CF L 2023-02-04 Elche CF 3–1 Villarreal CF W 2023-01-28 Sevilla FC 3–0 Elche CF L 2023-01-22 Elche CF 1–1 CA Osasuna D 2023-01-16 Cadiz CF 1–1 Elche CF D

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2023-02-19 Elche CF 0–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W 2023-02-13 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–3 Real Sociedad de Fútbol L 2023-02-04 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 CA Osasuna D 2023-01-27 UD Almeria 3–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2023-01-21 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–0 Real Betis Balompié W 2023-01-15 Getafe CF 1–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.52 Elche CF xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.75 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

I would bet for: Elche CF or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 74% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Elche CF34% Draw26% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona40%

Actual: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.27

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Elche CF or Draw

60%

Draw or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

66%

Elche CF or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Elche CF26% Draw42% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

1 – 2

8.5%

2 – 1

7.4%

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

5.8%

0 – 0

5.3%

1 – 0

1 – 3

4.9%

2 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

3.8%

3 – 1

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Elche CF

Handicap	Elche CF covers	Push	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	17%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	58%	—	42%
+1	58%	19%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Elche CF keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.