Elche should be able to at least avoid a defeat here.

This is a crucial match for them, as are at the bottom of the table with just 1 point after 7 rounds. But they don't have such a bad squad to be there. This week they changed the coach so the team must be motivated with the fresh blood and new changes.

It was a good decision because the previous coach was changing the lineup every week, with several players out of form and without confidence. Now they start from zero and should be able to show their best.

Furthermore, their results were given due to the high quality of their rivals: Betis, Barcelona, Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal. All top teams in La Liga. Against worse teams achieved a draw (1:1 vs Almeria) or an unlucky defeat, like last weekend vs Rayo Vallecano (2:1) where they conceded the goal in the last action of the game.

On the other hand, Mallorca is in good form but they have a very poor squad, at a similar level to Elche. They are a very defensive team who use to be happy with a draw, and surely today will be looking for the same: avoid a defeat and play with the nerves of Elche. So far they achieved only two victories, and in both of them (Almeria and Rayo Vallecano) they were outplayed.

I’m expecting a very tight match, where Mallorca will be happy with a quiet game and without attacking too much, and I think that Elche will have a bit more intensity and motivation here as they have big urgencies of points, while Mallorca is in a quiet position (12th).

On paper this is a total 50-50 game, but I see Elche a bit more favored due to the fact that they have much more necessity. Last season (with similar squads), Elche won 3:0 and drew 2:2 in Mallorca.

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埃尔切至少可以在这里避免失败。

这对他们来说是一场至关重要的比赛，因为他们在7轮过后仅积1分，排在积分榜的最后。但他们并没有那么糟糕的阵容。这周他们换了教练，所以球队必须以新鲜血液和新的变化为动力。

这是一个很好的决定，因为前任教练每周都在更换阵容，有几名球员状态不佳，缺乏信心。现在他们从零开始，应该能够展示他们最好的一面。

此外，他们的成绩是由于他们的竞争对手贝蒂斯、巴塞罗那、皇家社会、毕尔巴鄂竞技、比利亚雷亚尔的高水平。都是西甲顶级球队。对阵战绩较差的球队时，要么是平局(1:1对阵阿尔梅里亚)，要么是不幸输球，比如上周末对阵巴列卡诺(2:1)，他们在最后一场比赛中丢球。

另一方面，马洛卡状态不错，但他们的阵容很差，和埃尔切的水平差不多。他们是一支防守很强的球队，过去他们对平局很满意，当然今天他们也会追求同样的结果:避免失败，和埃尔切一样保持紧张。到目前为止，他们只取得了两场胜利，而且在这两场比赛中(阿尔梅里亚和拉约巴列卡诺)他们都被对手击败了。

我期待着一场非常激烈的比赛，马洛卡会喜欢安静的比赛，没有太多的进攻，我认为埃尔切在这里会有更多的强度和动力，因为他们的积分非常紧迫，而马洛卡在安静的位置(第12位)。

理论上这是一个完全五五开的游戏，但我认为Elche更受青睐，因为他们有更多的必要性。上赛季(使用类似的阵容)，埃尔切3:0取胜或2:2战平。