{"id":1023,"date":"2026-04-11T04:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/1023\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T04:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:28:22","slug":"preview-elche-vs-valencia-team-news-lineups-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/1023\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Elche vs Valencia – team news, lineups, predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elche<\/a> and Valencia<\/a> face each other this Saturday at the Estadio Manuel Mart\u00ednez Valero on Match Day 31 of the La Liga<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elche have won 29 points to date and are placed in 18th position. In their last encounter, Eder Sarabia<\/a>‘s team were beaten 1-0<\/a> by Rayo Vallecano (La Liga 2025\/26).<\/p>\n

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Valencia have picked up 35 points and currently lie in 14th position. In their last game, Carlos Corber\u00e1n<\/a>‘s team lost 2-3<\/a> against Celta de Vigo (La Liga 2025\/26).<\/p>\n

The last meeting between the two teams ended in a 1-1<\/a> draw.<\/p>\n

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Mouctar Diakhaby – Muscle Injury<\/p>\n

Julen Agirrezabala – Meniscus Tear<\/p>\n

Last starting XIs<\/p>\n

Elche ( vs Rayo Vallecano 2026-04-03): Mat\u00edas Dituro<\/a>, David Affengruber<\/a>, Pedro Bigas<\/a>, L\u00e9o Petrot<\/a>, Buba Sangar\u00e9<\/a>, Aleix Febas<\/a>, Marc Aguado<\/a>, Tete Morente<\/a>, Germ\u00e1n Valera<\/a>, \u00c1lvaro Rodr\u00edguez<\/a>, Rafa Mir<\/a><\/p>\n

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Valencia ( vs Celta de Vigo 2026-04-05): Stole Dimitrievski<\/a>, Unai N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/a>, Eray C\u00f6mert<\/a>, C\u00e9sar T\u00e1rrega<\/a>, Jos\u00e9 Gay\u00e0<\/a>, Luis Rioja<\/a>, Guido Rodr\u00edguez<\/a>, Javi Guerra<\/a>, Andr\u00e9 Almeida<\/a>, Largie Ramazani<\/a>, Hugo Duro<\/a><\/p>\n

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Eder Sarabia has faced Carlos Corber\u00e1n on one occasion, recording one draw.<\/p>\n

Carlos Corber\u00e1n has faced Elche on one occasion, recording one draw.<\/p>\n

Eder Sarabia has faced Valencia on one occasion, recording one draw.<\/p>\n

TEAMS<\/p>\n

Away from home, Valencia currently have one draw in their last 14 matches.<\/p>\n

Valencia currently have one draw in their last 15 matches.<\/p>\n

At home, Elche currently have two defeats in their last 15 matches.<\/p>\n

At home, Elche currently have one win in their last six matches.<\/p>\n

At home, Elche are on a run of three consecutive matches unbeaten.<\/p>\n

Elche currently have one win in their last 14 matches.<\/p>\n

Elche are on a run of six consecutive matches conceding goals.<\/p>\n

HEAD TO HEAD<\/p>\n

Elche and Valencia have already faced each other 59 times, with Valencia holding the advantage: 29 wins, compared with 16 wins for Elche.<\/p>\n

At Estadio Manuel Mart\u00ednez Valero, Elche have the edge in their meetings with Valencia: 13 wins in 29 matches. Valencia have recorded ten wins.<\/p>\n

In the Spanish league, the two teams have played 49 matches, with 13 wins for Elche, 11 draws and 25 wins for Valencia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elche and Valencia face each other this Saturday at the Estadio Manuel Mart\u00ednez Valero on Match Day 31…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[880,876,874,877,878,890,873,871,872,889,882,887,301,884,883,885,886,881,888,875,879,95],"class_list":{"0":"post-1023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-valencia","8":"tag-aleix-febas","9":"tag-alvaro-rodriguez","10":"tag-carlos-corberan","11":"tag-celta-de-vigo","12":"tag-david-affengruber","13":"tag-dimitrievski","14":"tag-eder-sarabia","15":"tag-elche","16":"tag-estadio-manuel-martinez-valero","17":"tag-hugo-duro","18":"tag-javi-guerra","19":"tag-julen-agirrezabala","20":"tag-la-liga","21":"tag-largie-ramazani","22":"tag-luis-rioja","23":"tag-marc-aguado","24":"tag-mouctar-diakhaby","25":"tag-pedro-bigas","26":"tag-rafa-mir","27":"tag-rayo-vallecano","28":"tag-tete-morente","29":"tag-valencia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}