La Liga: Elche vs Villarreal
At 21:00 Beijing time on January 16, 2022, the 21st round of La Liga, Elche will face the "yellow submarine" Villarreal at home. Elche was relegated last season by a slight advantage of 2 points, and this season's results have not improved, after 20 rounds of league, achieved 4 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, ranked 16th in the league with 19 points, and is also only 2 points higher than the relegation zone, and the team's relegation pressure is relatively large. From the statistical point of view, Elche has scored 20 goals in 20 league rounds this season, conceded 28 goals, and the offensive and defensive performance is not satisfactory, especially the average goal rate per game at the attack end is only 1 goal.
After the winter break, the performance clearly picked up, and the unbeaten record of 2 wins and 1 draw in all competitions was achieved, and the team not only rushed to the fourth lap of the West Cup, but also won 2 consecutive wins at the same time, especially on the offensive end, 2 consecutive away games. However, it is worth noting that The top scorer in elche, Boyer, is currently injured, and whether he can play in this game is yet to be determined, and if he does not participate in the game, it will seriously affect the play of the team's forward line.
Villarreal's performance this season has been decent, after 20 league rounds, it has achieved 7 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats, ranking 8th in the league with 29 points, fortunately, there is currently only 4 points difference with the European division, if the team can grab more points in time, there is still a chance to impact la Liga's European qualification this season. From the data point of view, Villarreal scored 33 goals in 20 league rounds, conceded 22 goals, and the offensive and defensive performance was not much different from previous seasons.
Villarreal's recent decline in form, has been unscored in 2 consecutive matches, in the West Cup by the West B side Gijón Athletic, and at the end of the league, the team last round of home against the sheets army Atletico, occupied a certain advantage in the scene, 60% of the possession rate, 13 shots on goal 3 shots on target, in the case of falling behind, with the goal of Torres and Moreno 2, temporarily reversed the situation on the field, but the good times were not long, or by Atletico Madrid broke the goal, and finally shook hands with 2-2. In terms of lineup, Huang Qian currently has 8 players absent, including Cochrane, Penha, Paco and Danjema with injuries, and Olier, Essamandy, Chakhus and Dia participating in the Africa Cup of Nations.
In terms of past encounters between the two teams, Elche has not defeated Villarreal in the past 10 games, which is actually understandable, after all, there is a certain gap in the strength and heritage of the two sides, and the first leg of this season was swept by Huang Qian 1-4. In terms of recent conditions, the comparison of the results of the two sides after the winter break is still relatively obvious, Elche's state has clearly picked up, while Villarreal has shown a downward trend, but Huang Qian's attack end is still good, and he has scored goals in recent games.