Valencia – Elche

Valencia hosts Elche in the ninth round of the Spanish La Liga / Primera Division.

Valencia after takeover from billionaire Peter Lim started playing like crazy this season, real good football and great offensive prowess (even if there were no big transfers). Alcacer and the rest of the guys reached as high as first place but what happened last round was an absolute shock … not only it was the first defeat of the season for Valencia … it was a 0-3 disaster vs. the lowly Deportivo La Coruna, right after Valencia beat Atletico Madrid 3-1. Ok it was a harsh score in La Coruna but 0-3 is 0-3. For today Valencia has 2 absences: Feghouli and Gil. Also Negredo and Vaquero are doubts.

Bet on Valencia vs. Elche with the best La Liga odds offered by Pinnacle.

Elche on the 18th place, very bad football played lately … 4 losses and 1 draw in last five games and the draw was vs. Almeria. Also Elche lost 3 of the 4 games by at least 1 goal handicap. Last round Elche lost 0-2 at home to Sevilla, I rate Sevilla as similar team to Valencia but a little bit worse. For this game vs. Valencia Elche is pretty free from injuries, but Aaron will not play and Jimenez will be assessed close to game time. Elche played a little bit better away from home this year than at home.

For sure Valencia will be very concentrated to recover after the humiliation against Deportivo La Coruna and I am sure they will get back to winning ways. If you looked at how Valencia played this season and considering the defeat was unlucky, I think it is safe to consider it an accident. Elche is in very poor form at the moment, they are losing games big and my tip will be a Valencia win with a 1,5 goal handicap. Valencia won all home games this season and all 4 wins were with a 1 goal handicap (12-2 goal difference). With extra motivation today, Valencia has every chance to get another handicap win vs. an inferior and out of form opposition. I must say I trust this bet a lot and I am surprised / enchanted by the odds. Time will tell, but my correct score prediction is: Valencia – Elche 3-0. High stakes for me.

Pick: Valencia (-1,5)
Odds: 2.22 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 9
Possible profit: 10.98
Event date: 25 October