Elche is not among my favourite teams, but I have to admit that since their managerial change and some good winter signings they seem to be safe this season for relegation.

On the other hand Rayo did impress a lot in the first half of the season and they were actually the best home team of all top-5 European leagues, even if they were ranked the favourites to go down!

The coach Iraola has made miracles with a cheap side, they are attacking and entertaining, and at times it seems they have two wingers on both sides as the full-back join the attacks with full force.

However the must have been something faulty in their results, best home side in Europe? How could that be?

The thing is, apart from Barcelona they met basically only bottom-half teams at home! It explains both their horrific home form and as well as their appalling away form (1-2-8), and now it seems very strongly that the points will be hard to find on this second half of the season.

Perhaps the bad form has already started as their latest win dates back to December 18th, 2-0 v Alaves, since then they have clocked a 0-1-4 saldo with -8 goals difference!

Elche on the other hand were unbeaten in 5 games in a row before their trip to Sevilla, where they gave a good defensive fight but ended up losing 2-0.

There are a few absentees at Elche which put me off from backing them to win, as Lucas Boye has been a key part of their attack, and even if their new signing Ezequiel Ponce is a lot better striker on paper I am not yet convinced how well he fits into the Elche system.

Rayo have lost their matches already on first half recently, but if they keep their calm - I doubt they do, they like to attack! - they have a chance for a point here in this likely low-scoring affair.

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埃尔切不是我最喜欢的球队之一，但我不得不承认，由于他们的管理更换和一些不错的冬季签约，他们似乎是安全的，本赛季降级。

另一方面，拉约在上半赛季确实给人留下了深刻的印象，他们实际上是欧洲五大联赛中最好的主场球队，尽管他们被认为是最受欢迎的球队!

教练伊拉奥拉用一支廉价的球队创造了奇迹，他们具有攻击性和娱乐性，有时他们似乎在两边都有两个边锋，这名边后卫以全力配合进攻。

然而，他们的成绩肯定有问题，欧洲最好的主场球队?这怎么可能呢?

问题是，除了巴萨，他们在主场基本上只遇到了下半时的球队!这解释了他们可怕的主场表现和可怕的客场表现(1-2-3 -8)，现在看来，在本赛季的下半段，得分将很难找到。

也许这种糟糕的状态已经开始了，因为他们最近的胜利要追溯到12月18日，2-0战胜阿拉维斯，之后他们以0-1-4的成绩取得了-8的进球差!

另一方面，埃尔切在客场挑战塞维利亚之前已经连续5场不败，他们在塞维利亚的防守很好，但最终以2-0落败。

有几个在埃尔切不在场的人,把我从支持他们赢,卢卡斯Boye一直是一个关键的一部分攻击,即使他们的新签署Ezequiel庞塞很多更好的前锋在纸上我没有相信他如何适应埃尔切系统。

拉约最近在上半场已经输掉了比赛，但如果他们能保持冷静——我怀疑他们能做到，他们喜欢进攻!在这场可能得分很低的比赛中，他们有机会得到一分。

预测比分1:1。