Real Madrid v Elche Betting Tips [15 February 2023]

Real Madrid are back from their triumphant Club World Cup trip and will be at home to take on Elche in La Liga in their next game. Ahead of this game Real Madrid are second in the league standings with 45 points and Elche are bottom on nine points. Real Madrid beat Al Hilal 5-3 in the Club World Cup final in Morocco. Coming into this game, they find themselves 11 points behind Barcelona and will hope to bounce back here after losing their last league game 1-0 away to Mallorca. Real’s run in La Liga has been patchy in recent times, the team posting just two wins in their last five games and they’ve failed to score in two of the last three league games. However, Real Madrid are on a good run at home, coming into this game unbeaten in 13 league games there. Of the 13 matches, they won 10 and kept clean sheets in six. The La Liga champions have scored two or more goals in six of their nine home league matches this season.

Elche will go into this game seeking only their second win in the league this season. They are coming from a 3-1 win over Villarreal, winning for the first time after failing in the opening 19 matches of the season. Elche are 12 points below safety and have seemed like sure relegation candidates all season. This will be another tough outing for them but having held Real to a 2-2 draw in a corresponding game last season, they will fancy their chances here. The visitors however suffered a 3-0 loss in the first meeting between these two this season. In their last four away matches, Elche haven’t won a game and have failed to score in three. They’ve failed to win any of their 10 away league games this season, collecting just three points from a possible 30 in them.

Elche have no win in 10 away league matches and they’ve also failed to score in three of the last four away games in all competitions. They face a side with a good run at home, which is also contesting the league. Real Madrid will be targeting a win to close the game on Barcelona and we expect them to dominate Elche. Our prediction for the Real Madrid v Elche game is a win to nil for Real Madrid.