Preview: Getafe vs Elche – prediction, team news, lineups

Getafe will look to shake off consecutive defeats in Spain’s top flight when they continue their campaign with a home match against Elche on Friday.

Capital organization is in seventh place la liga tableClaiming 17 points from their opening 13 matches of the campaign, the visitors are placed 10th having claimed 16 points from their first 13 matches of the 2025-26 season.

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match preview

Getafe have a record of five wins, two draws and six losses in their 13 league matches this season, leaving them seventh in the division with a total of 17 points, four points behind sixth-placed Espanyol.

The Deep Blue Ones have had a great season so far, including an incredible 11-0 win over Inter de Valdemoro in the first round of the Copa del Rey, but they will come into this match on the back of consecutive defeats.

Indeed, Jose Bordalas’s side were beaten 1-0 by Mallorca ahead of the November international break last time out, before losing 1-0 to Atletico Madrid, as the hosts will be aiming to avoid a third consecutive defeat here.

Getafe and Elche have actually met on just 20 previous occasions, and 10 of those encounters have finished level, with the former claiming six wins to Elche’s four.

The last meeting between the two sides in May 2023 ended in a 1-1 draw, but Elche have been victorious in two of the last four meetings.

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team news

Getafe will once again be without the services of Davinci and Yvan Neu on Friday evening due to injury problems.

Meanwhile, the hosts will also be missing Abdel Abaker, Mario Martin and Luis Milla through suspension, with all three receiving milestone yellow cards in the close defeat to Atletico last time out.

As a result, there will be changes to the home team’s starting line-up for this match, with Kiko Femenia, Javier Munoz and Juanmi potentially included.

For Elche, fit-again Pedro Bigas, who was on the bench against Real Madrid, could come into the XI on Friday night as Victor Chust is suspended after a red card against the division leaders.

Josan was absent against Real Madrid with a muscle problem and the 35-year-old is expected not to play again.

Most of the players who took the field for the first whistle against Los Blancos should retain their positions, including places in the final third of the field for both Rafa Mir and Andre Silva.

Getafe’s probable starting lineup:

Soria; Iglesias, Jayne, Duarte, Rico; Femenía, Munoz, Arambarri, Juanmi; Liso, Mayoral

Other possible starting lineups:

Peña; Fort, Núñez, Affengruber, Bigas, Valera; Diangana, Aguado, Febas; Mir, Silva

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We say: Getafe 1-1 Elche

Getafe will be missing some key players on Friday and Elche will go into this match with an excellent result. This is a game that could go either way, but we have found it difficult to separate the two teams on this occasion and have had to settle for a low-scoring draw.

Please click here for data analysis of the most probable outcomes of this match, scoreline and more.

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