Primera La Liga BBVA 24th round: Elche vs Real Madrid match preview

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Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti takes his side to play Elche on Sunday with his squad having recovered from their 4-0 defeat at rivals Atletico Madrid.

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With an incredible 72 goals in 23 Liga matches, Real, who are still yet to draw a league game this season, will be licking their lips against the second-worst defence in the competition.

Elche were thrashed 6-0 by Barcelona last month, but come into the Real clash on the back of successive victories. They kept a clean sheet in both, too, as triumphs over Rayo Vallecano and Eibar moved them further away from the relegation zone.

Head to head

Real Madrid have won seven successive league games against Elche, scoring 3.43 goals per game on average. Despite that, the Whites have only kept one clean sheet in their last eight away games against Elche in this competition.

Statistics

Match facts

  • The last occasion that Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals in a La Liga game came against Elche in this season’s reverse fixture.
  • Cristiano Ronaldo has not scored in any of his last three league outings; he has never gone four in a row without a goal within a single season.
  • Real Madrid have lost just one of their last seven league game but that defeat did come in their last away trip (4-0 at Atletico Madrid).
  • Indeed, the Whites have lost two of their last four away league games (W2).
  • Elche have taken 12 points from their last six league games; one more than they had mustered from the previous 17 this season.

Sunday 22 February 2015 / Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero, Elche / 21:00 CET

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