Elche vs Espanyol Prediction, 2/19/2023 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 2/14/2023

Game: Elche vs Espanyol

Date: Sunday, February 19, 2023

Location: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in Alicante, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Elche (+185) Espanyol (+166)

The Budgerigars (4-9-7) are en route to Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero on Sunday where they will take on the Green-Striped Ones (1-6-13). Elche opens at +185 and Espanyol are priced +166. The over/under is set at 2.75. The starting goalies are Edgar Badia Elche and Alvaro Fernandez Espanyol.

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The Green-Striped Ones sat at 18th in relation to goals expected having 17.0, and the team's xGA were at 40.0. Elche surrendered 40 goals while conceding 2.00 goals per 90 min, and the opposition amassed 120 shots on target against them. The team's differential on goals was at -25 with the help of 15 goals scored in addition to 40 goals given up. They were unable to earn a clean sheet for the previous season. Elche recorded 79 SVs and also earned a SV percentage of 69.2 last year. Elche had 61 yellow card warnings last season as well as 7 red cards. For the previous year, the team averaged 0.45 pts per contest (9 pts) and they also ranked 17th in soccer with 11 assists.

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Last season, RCD Espanyol had a save rate of 65.5 (87 SoTA), and also had a rank of 17th in soccer with 21 points. The Budgerigars averaged 1.1 pts per contest while recording 14 assists and 6 red cards. Espanyol tallied 24 goals and the squad's expected goals for the prior year sat at 23.5. Espanyol held a clean sheet % of 15.0 during the previous year and 50 yellow cards. The team's goals against per 90 was 1.50 in addition to 58 saves, and they earned 3 shut outs. Espanyol sat at 13th concerning goals allowed having 30, and their difference in goals was -6.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Elche will be Edgar Badia. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.19 (247 total goals allowed) and he has a save % of .744. Badia (56-71-81 mark in his career) has 59 clean sheets, which gives him a 28.4% shutout percentage. Badia has defended the goal a total of 18,720 minutes and has accumulated 560 stops so far in his career. The goalkeeper hailing from Spain has faced 753 shots tried at him in 208 starting assignments.

Alvaro Fernandez will look after the goal for Espanyol. Fernandez has totaled 26 clean sheets while defending 324 shots against him in 8,865 minutes in his career. He has earned a save percentage of .710 and his clean sheet rate is 26.5%. He has allowed 1.28 goals per 90 mins while holding a mark of 35-22-41. So far in his pro soccer career, Fernandez has allowed 126 goals and has accumulated 230 saves in 98 starting assignments.

Lucas Boye is a member of the side who can be a difference maker for Elche. He has 13 assists while tallying 26 yellow card warnings in his career. The forward representing Argentina has recorded 18 goals in 10,164 professional minutes. Boye has been given a starting assignment in 108 matches so far in his pro soccer career and he tallies 0.16 goals per 90 mins.

Espanyol features a difference maker in Javi Puado, who is known to give defenses fits. The forward born in Spain has totaled 5,653 mins while scoring 19 goals. He is currently averaging 0.30 goals per 90 minutes and has started 62 games in his pro soccer career. He has accounted for 9 yellow card cautions thus far in his career and has helped on a goal 14 times.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Elche (+185)

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