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Barcelona vs Elche Prediction, 9/18/2022 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 9/13/2022

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Game: Barcelona vs Elche

Date: Sunday, September 18, 2022

Location: Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Barcelona (-1000) Elche (+2200)

Camp Nou is where Elche (0-1-4) will try to beat Barcelona (4-1-0) on Sunday. Elche are priced at +2200 and Barcelona are priced -1000. The over/under is 2.5. The expected starting goaltenders will be Marc-Andre ter Stegen Barcelona and Edgar Badia Elche.

Barcelona surrendered 1 goal while conceding 0.20 goals per 90 minutes, and opposing clubs compiled 13 SoT against them. They earned 4 clean sheets, which gave them a percentage of 80.0 for the previous season. Barcelona accounted for 10 yellow cards last season and 1 red card. The Blaugrana were ranked 1st in the matter of expected goals having 13.5, and the expected goals against sat at 3.5. For the previous year, the squad were the owners of an average of 2.60 points per match (13 points) and they also sat at 2nd in the league with 10 assists. This team's difference in goals was sitting at 14 because of 15 goals compiled and also 1 goal relinquished. Barcelona tallied 12 saves and earned a save percentage of 92.3 during the previous year.

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Elche accumulated 2 goals and their expected goals last season was sitting at 3.5. The team's goals against per 90 minutes was at 2.60 with 25 saves. Last season, Elche CF had a save % of 66.7 (36 SoTA), and were ranked 19th in soccer with 1 point. Elche sat at 19th in the category of goals allowed having 13, and the team's goal differential was -11. Elche racked up 16 yellow cards. The Green-Striped Ones ended the season with an average of 0.2 pts/match while sitting with 2 assists and 1 red card.

The guy who will defend the goal for Barcelona will be Marc-Andre ter Stegen. His GA/90 is 0.97 (286 goals surrendered) and he is the owner of a save % of .762. Stegen (182-63-49 record in his career) has accounted for 116 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 39.5% clean sheet percentage. Stegen has defended the goal a total of 26,448 minutes and is sitting with 874 saves in his career. The goalkeeper hailing from Germany has had 1,147 shots attempted at him in 294 starts.

Edgar Badia is expected to look after the goal for Elche. Badia has racked up 59 clean sheets and has defended 669 shots attempted against him in 17,370 career minutes. He holds a save percentage of .756 and his shutout rate is 30.6%. He has allowed 1.14 goals per 90 minutes while holding a mark of 55-66-72. In his career, Badia has allowed 220 goals and has accumulated 506 stops in 193 starts.

Ferran Torres is one member of the team who has a chance to score for Barcelona. The forward hailing from Spain has accumulated 15 goals in 5,177 professional minutes played. Torres has been given a starting assignment in 57 outings in his pro soccer career and he scores 0.26 goals per 90 mins. He has accounted for 10 assists while tallying 11 yellow card warnings so far in his career.

Elche stars Pere Milla, who pesters opposing defenses. He has collected 21 yellow card warnings during his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 10 times. The forward from Spain has been on the pitch for 8,183 professional minutes while scoring 18 goals. He scores 0.20 goals per 90 and has been given a starting assignment in 91 matches during his soccer career.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Barcelona (-1000)

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