Preview | RCD Espanyol v Elche: | OneFootball

Espanyol and Elche face off tonight at the RCDE Stadium in the match corresponding to Matchday 7 of LaLiga EA Sports. Manolo González’s side hope to recapture the feelings they showed in last week’s match at El Sadar and put the game against Rayo Vallecano behind them. Martín Anselmi’s men are hoping to claim their first win of the campaign.

Staying focused from the start

After a poor first half at Butarque against Rayo Vallecano, Manolo said in the pre-match press conference for today’s game that his team need to come out focused to avoid mistakes. To do that, they need to recover the good feelings from last week’s game against Osasuna at El Sadar.

For this match, Manolo will be without a key player at right-back. Omar El Hilali was sent off in the final minute of the match against Rayo. That absence comes on top of those of Kike García and Andoni Gorosabel.

Omar El Hilali’s red card against Rayo. Source: x.com

Looking for the first win

Elche have not started the season well. Anselmi’s side have yet to win a single match. In fact, they come into this game as bottom of LaLiga. Even so, they came close to earning a point at the Martínez Valero against Real Madrid after Los Blancos went into the break 0-2 up. With that in mind, and despite the franjiverdes’ situation, Martín Anselmi called for everyone to keep fighting together and, above all, to know how to compete in every match situation. On top of that, the Elche coach has said that the team have managed to “find a way to stay competitive until the end.”

The celebration of the 2-2 equaliser against Real Madrid. Source: LaLiga.

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