Elche CF v Real Zaragoza
Segunda División | Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero
Saturday, 11 November 2023 @ 5.30pm
Elche CF face Real Zaragoza on Saturday seeking to protect their long unbeaten run in the Segunda División.
Elche CF are unbeaten in five, with three wins and two draws, ahead of the 5.30pm kick-off.
They face a Zaragoza team who have drawn three and lost two over the same number of games.
With 12 goals in 14 games so far this season, Elche are scoring at below the league average rate with 0.9 goals per game. But they are conceding fewer than average too, letting in 15 goals at a rate of 1.1 per game.
Zaragoza are also below average scorers, with 1.1 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.2. They have conceded 0.9 goals per game.
In the last five years, Elche and Zaragoza have played each other on five occasions. Elche won one of them, Zaragoza three, and they drew once.
On average, Elche CF scored 0.4 goals and Real Zaragoza 0.8 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on August 16 2020, when Elche won 1-0 away.
Real Zaragoza are ninth in the table after 14 games, of which they have won six and drawn four, earning 22 points.
Elche CF are two places behind the away side in 11th, with five wins and five draws putting them on 20 points.
Elche's last match was on Saturday, a 1-1 draw against Albacete Balompié, with Óscar Plano getting the goal for Elche CF.
Zaragoza drew 0-0 with Real Oviedo last time out, on Monday.