Espanyol vs Elche Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th September 2026

When Elche come to RCDE Stadium for the Spanien LaLiga match this coming Friday, Espanyol will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Espanyol are placed eightth with seven points after six matches. Elche occupy a position as 20th in the league on two points.

With both Espanyol and Elche coming off disappointing defeats in their previous outing, we could be in for a cautious battle. Both will be eager to get back to winning ways sooner rather than later.

Espanyol are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 15 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.5 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 11 goals, or an average of 1.1 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Elche scored 12 goals, conceded 20 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Espanyol played against Elche. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair.

Espanyol vs Elche Prediction

Espanyol Form

Espanyol have seen it all in their last three matches, which added four points to their account. They first shared the points in a 1-1 draw with Sevilla, before claiming 3 points in a 0-2 win against Osasuna. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Rayo Vallecano. Espanyol managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Spanien LaLiga. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored eight and conceded six goals.

Espanyol have already squandered enough points to put themselves under pressure, if they are to challenge for the title seriously in the Spanien LaLiga this season.

Elche Form

In their past three games, Elche lost 2-3 against Real Sociedad, drew 1-1 with Athletic Club, and lost 2-3 against Real Madrid. Elche are winless in their last six away games in the Spanien LaLiga, in which they drew three and lost three. They conceded 11 goals while scoring seven themselves.

Elche entered the season hunting for a title, however they find themselves far off track at this stage.

They usually throw caution to the wind, when clashing with each other, and with both Espanyol and Elche scoring freely over the past weeks, we expect a highly entertaining match.

Espanyol took six points from their last four encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Spanien LaLiga table. This amounts to two wins after scoring seven times and conceding four. Espanyol only drew once so far this season after six games played, in stead recording two wins and three defeats in the Spanien LaLiga. Elche are yet to win this season, having played six games, in stead showing off two draws and four defeats.

Espanyol vs Elche Squads

Espanyol Squad

Manolo Gonzalez will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Elche from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Spanien LaLiga this season):

Angel Fortuno (0/0), Marko Dmitrovic (0/6), Pol Tristan (0/0), Andoni Gorosabel (0/0), Clemens Riedel (0/5), Leandro Cabrera (0/3), Omar El Hilali (0/6), Quilindschy Hartman (0/2), Unai Nunez (0/4), Vanja Drkusic (0/3), Edu Exposito (0/6), Gabriel Moscardo (0/4), Javi Hernandez (0/6), Pol Lozano (0/3), Rafel Bauza (0/4), Roger Hinojo (0/6), Urko Gonzalez de Zarate (0/6), Alex Calatrava (1/6), Bryan Zaragoza (0/3), Javier Puado (0/0), Jofre Carreras (0/3), Kike Garcia (0/0), Marcos Fernandez (1/5), Pere Milla (0/4), Roberto Fernandez (6/6), Tyrhys Dolan (1/5).

Elche Squad

Below is the full team squad of Elche. The manager Anselmi will pick his starting XI against Espanyol from these players:

Alejandro Iturbe (0/0), Matias Dituro (0/6), Albert Niculaesei (0/0), Bambo Diaby (0/0), Buba Sangare (1/6), Kevin Lomonaco (0/0), Matia Barzic (0/0), Nico Salvador (0/0), Pedro Bigas (0/3), Roy Revivo (0/3), Ruben Sanchez (0/2), Victor Chust (0/6), Alex Herraiz (0/0), Alex Sanchez (0/0), Facundo Buonanotte (1/4), Federico Redondo (0/4), Gonzalo Villar (0/6), Grady Diangana (0/0), Javi Morcillo (0/4), Josan (0/3), Marc Aguado (1/4), Martim Neto (0/4), Thomas Lemar (1/3), Tobias Christensen (0/0), Yago Santiago (0/0), Abiel Osorio (1/3), Adam Boayar (0/0), Ali Houary (0/3), Ezequiel Ponce (0/3), Fer Nino (3/6), German Valera (0/6), Lucas Cepeda (0/6), Tete Morente (0/6).

Espanyol vs Elche Team News

Espanyol could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Friday. Omar El Hilali and Javier Puado can't be called up by the Espanyol-manager, with both serving a ban.

Espanyol vs Elche Lineups

Espanyol vs Elche H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Friday. Espanyol go into their upcoming match against Elche with a 30% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 3-4-3 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Espanyol vs Elche Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Espanyol welcome Elche as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 10/11 with the bookies this coming Friday.

Espanyol vs Elche Betting Tips

Roberto Fernandez look like value in the goal scoring market with six strikes to his name in six Spanien LaLiga matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Fer Nino adds to his three Spanien LaLiga goals come this coming Friday.

Espanyol claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing three. Elche won two of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost five of the games in this run. Espanyol are no doubt looking for goals this coming Friday, since Elche have been unable to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 away games. The former fought their way to four clean sheets in their last 10 games on home soil.

Both teams scored eight times in the last ten encounters between Espanyol and Elche, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Espanyol scored 1.5 goals on average, while Elche pulled 1.4 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Espanyol, who scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Elche, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.4 times goals per game.