Levante vs Elche Match Analysis and Prediction

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Levante host Elche at Ciutat de Valencia in the opening game of the La Liga Matchday 26 on Friday night with kickoff at 23:00.

Levante have made a poor campaign this season with the club managing to claim just two victories from their 25 matches while picking up nine draws and suffering 14 defeats in the process and they current sit at the foot of the table with nine points adrift of safety and 13 games left.

However, the Frogs have given themselves a glimmer of hope with back-to-back impressive performances in their previous two La Liga outings, grabbing a crucial 1-0 victory against Atletico Madrid on Feb 16, before recording a 1-1 draw against Celta Vigo on Monday night, thanks to Roger Marti’s late equalize.

As result the club has reduced the gap between themselves and both Alaves and Cadiz to five points in the relegation zone. Therefore, they be looking to extend their unbeaten run in La Liga to three matches now as they aim plan to escape drop zone, which would be some story considering their problems during campaign.

They will draw confidence from their good home run against their opponents as they are unbeaten in their last 14 encounters against Elche at Ciutat de Valencia.

Meanwhile Elche have made an inconsistent camping this season with the side recording seven wins, eight draws and 10 defeats from 25 matches to collect 29 points which gave left them sitting the 13^th with three points outside the top half and nine above the relegation zone.

They are coming off a 2-1 win over Rayo Vallecano in their previous league outing, with Guido Carrillo equalizing and Ezequiel Ponce sealing the deal for Francisco’s side. Prior to the win was the 2-0 to Sevilla and before that was the 3-1 victory against Alaves showing that they are still struggling for consistency.

However, Los Franjiverdes will be looking to draw confidence from their previous match as they look to end their inconsistency and continue climbing up the table.

Levante vs Elche head to head

Both sides have met in 30 encounters since 1997 with Levante claiming 12 victories while Elche have claimed four victories and there have been 14 draws.

Elche 1-1 Levante 18/09/21
Elche 1-2 Levante 07/08/21
Elche 1-0 Levante 24/04/21
Levante 1-1 Elche 21/11/20
Elche 0-2 Levante 07/08/19

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Celta Vigo 1-1 Levante
Atletico 0-1 Levante
Levante 2-4 Real Betis
Getafe 3-0 Levante
Levante 0-2 Cadiz

Away

Elche 2-1 Vallecano
Sevilla 2-0 Elche
Elche 3-1 Alves
Real Madrid 2-2 Elche
Elche 1-2 Real Madrid

Levante team news

Levante will be without Marcelo Saracchi, Shkodran Mustafi, Sergio Postigio, Jose Campana and Nemanja Radoja due to injuries while Enric Franquesa and Ruben Vezo are doubts.