Elche vs Barcelona Prediction, 4/1/2023 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 3/28/2023

Game: Elche vs Barcelona

Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023

Location: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in Alicante, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Elche (+730) Barcelona (-280)

The Blaugrana (22-2-2) are headed to Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero on Saturday where they will take on the Green-Striped Ones (2-7-17). Barcelona are priced at -280 while Elche are priced +730. The over/under comes in at 2.5. The expected starting goalkeepers are Edgar Badia Elche and Marc-Andre ter Stegen Barcelona.

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Elche amassed 100 SVs and they had a save% of 71.2 for the previous season. Their goal differential was sitting at -32 by 19 goals put in the net in addition to 51 goals conceded. For the previous campaign, this club put together an average of 0.50 pts per fixture (13 pts) and they also were ranked 20th in soccer with 12 assists. The Green-Striped Ones sat at 19th for xG having 23.3, and their expected goals against were sitting at 52.4. Elche amassed 78 yellow cards in the prior season in addition to 11 red cards. Elche relinquished 51 goals while surrendering 1.96 goals per 90 min, and opponents had 153 shots on target on them. They recorded 1 clean sheet, giving them a percentage of 3.8 last season.

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The Blaugrana finished with an average of 2.6 pts per match while compiling 37 assists and 6 red cards. Barcelona tallied a CS% of 73.1 during the previous year and 62 yellow card warnings. Barcelona ranked 1st in the matter of goals surrendered with 9, and their difference in goals sat at 40. For the year, Barca had a save % of 88.3 (60 SoTA), and they also sat at 1st in the league with 68 points. The team's goals against per 90 minutes was at 0.35 with 53 saves, and they had 19 clean sheets. Barcelona recorded 49 goals and this team's goals expected over the course of last year sat at 51.3.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for Elche will be Edgar Badia. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.21 (258 total goals allowed) and he holds a save % of .739. Badia (57-72-85 mark during his soccer career) has accumulated 60 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 28.0% clean sheet rate. Badia has seen the field a total of 19,260 minutes and is sitting with 581 saves during his soccer career. The keeper born in Spain has faced 786 shots tried at him in 214 career starting assignments.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen will look after the net for Barcelona. Thus far in his career, Stegen has allowed 294 goals and has 915 stops in 315 starts. He has allowed 0.93 goals per 90 and he has earned a record of 200-64-51. He is the owner of a save % of .766 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 41.6%. Stegen has racked up 131 clean sheets while seeing 1,194 shots tried against him in 28,338 mins throughout his career.

Lucas Boye is one footballer who could help decide the outcome for Elche. He has 13 assists while tallying 28 yellow card cautions thus far in his career. The forward representing Argentina has totaled 20 goals scored in 10,639 mins. Boye has started 113 contests so far in his career and tallies 0.17 goals per 90 mins.

Barcelona features an attacker in Ferran Torres, who opposing coaches will have to gameplan in this fixture. The forward born in Spain has been on the field for 6,021 professional minutes while scoring 17 goals. He is averaging 0.25 goals per 90 minutes and has started 65 contests during his soccer career. He has totaled 15 yellow card warnings in his career and has helped on a goal 10 times.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Elche (+730)

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