La Liga: Sevilla vs Elche
At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 12, 2022, the 24th round of La Liga, Sevilla will play Elche at home. Sevilla's results this season are significantly better than in the past, after 23 rounds of league, they have achieved 13 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses, ranking 2nd in the league with 47 points, and currently have a 6-point difference with Real Madrid at the top of the table, while Real Betis is as much as 7 points after the top of the table, which shows that as long as the team maintains a stable performance, it can basically sit in the second place in the league. Sevilla also made a lot of moves in the winter window, with Anthony Martial on loan from Manchester United and Corona from Porto, which has significantly improved the strength of the team's offensive and defensive ends.
Sevilla's recent results have slipped, with four consecutive games without winning, while at the league end they have won three draws, with the team shaking hands with Valencia, Celta and Osasuna. From the statistical point of view, Sevilla has scored 34 goals in 23 league rounds, conceded 16 goals, and has performed very well offensively and defensively, and is currently the team with the fewest goals conceded in La Liga. In addition, Sevilla's home record this season is significantly better than away, with 8 wins and 3 draws in 11 league home games to remain unbeaten, and its home home ranking is 2nd in the league.
Elche this season showed a trend of low and high, the beginning of the season is still struggling on the relegation line, with the deepening of the schedule, the team's state has improved significantly, after 23 rounds of league, achieved 6 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, ranked 14th in the league with 26 points, and has now been 8 points higher than the relegation zone, which can be seen temporarily out of the relegation zone. It is worth noting that since the team's former manager left the class, the team has only lost 2 of the 13 games, which shows that it is not a lack of strength, but a problem of platooning.
Elche has been very strong recently, having gone unbeaten in seven consecutive regular matches, including a two draw with the Galaxy Real Madrid in the West Cup and league, and a 1-0 victory over the yellow submarine Villarreal. Elche played alaves in the last round of the league, with 60% possession, 14 shots on goal, 4 shots on target, more than 2 times the number of shots on goal, in the case of falling behind, with Pena's scoring and Feder's goal, finally reversed the reversal, 3-1 victory over the opponent, the current morale of the team is high.
In terms of past encounters between the two teams, Sevilla have played Against Elche seven times, with 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with a clear advantage in the past, but in the first leg of this season, the two sides were tied 1-1. In terms of recent conditions, Sevilla has performed poorly recently, having not won 4 main matches, but fortunately, the strength of new reinforcements has increased, while Elche is very strong, 7 consecutive games unbeaten, and can tear points on the giants Such as Real Madrid, which is indeed valuable. Judging from the current attitude of all parties, it is still difficult to give strong support to the home team, and it is not difficult for Sevilla to take all 3 points in this battle.