At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 11, Espanyol is about to usher in the 20th round of La Liga, home against Elche. This is the Spaniard's return to home after a month, the last 7 home games have won 6 wins and 1 draw to remain unbeaten, and now against relegation favourite Elche, espanyol is determined to win and hopes to not lose to Elche at home for 56 consecutive years.
In their last two matches, Espanyol have defeated Valencia 2-1 in La Liga and defeated Pomferradina 3-1 on a Copa del Rey penalty shoot-out, with both lines in tandem.
In the last La Liga match, Espanyol defeated Valencia 2-1 away from home, finally winning the first away victory in La Liga of the season and ending 18 consecutive La Liga away winless spells. Espanyol currently have 26 points in 19 rounds, ahead of the total points of the 2019-2020 final relegation season.
Espanyol is 10 points ahead of the relegation zone, the relegation pressure is not much, as long as they win another 4 or 5 games, referring to the relegation score line of previous years, 38 points can be a stable relegation success.
Now that the second half of La Liga has begun, espanyol is about to face a challenge at home to Elche, who has accumulated 16 points in 19 rounds and is in third-to-last place, right in the relegation zone.
Espanyol's home strength is placed in the entire La Liga, second only to Vallecano's 8 wins and 2 draws, with 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, and the last 7 home games have won 6 wins and 1 draw, namely 1-0 Alaves, 2-1 Real Madrid, 2-0 Elche, 1-1 Athletic Bilbao, 2-0 Granada, 1-0 Real Sociedad, 4-3 Levante.
So far this season, the Spaniards have yet to win four straight at home, and this time against Elche have a chance to do so. In addition, the last time Espanyol lost at home to Elche was in 1966, when the home defeat was 3-0, so Espanyol had the opportunity to achieve a record of 56 consecutive years of not losing to Elche at home.
Last week's Copa del Rey match was on January 5, the Spaniards had a six-day break between them, so there was no problem with the physical fitness of the main players, and coach Moreno would not accidentally continue the forward trident of De Thomas, Puado and Morón, and Wu Lei would have to sit on the bench.
In the last 4 La Liga games, Wu Lei has not played consecutively, allowing his La Liga goal drought to continue. Throughout 2021, Wu Lei did not score a goal in La Liga and La Liga, and 0 goals in the league was also the first time in his career, and now entering 2022, he cannot continue to slump.
Upcoming home against Elche, Wu Lei will fight to break the 576 consecutive goals drought in La Liga, of course, the premise is to get the opportunity to play.