We said: Espanyol 2-0 Elche
Elche have only won once on their travels in La Liga this season, but Espanyol have been in strong form in front of their own supporters, picking up 20 points from nine matches. The Catalan giants were also impressive against Valencia in the league last time out, and we are backing them to secure another three points here.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Espanyol win with a probability of 58.23%. A draw had a probability of 23.1% and a win for Elche had a probability of 18.63%.
The most likely scoreline for a Espanyol win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.32%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.94%) and 2-1 (9.76%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.99%), while for a Elche win it was 0-1 (6.2%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 4.9% likelihood.