Elche – Valencia

Elche host Valencia at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero with both sides fighting to climb out of the relegation zone. The home side sit 18th with seven points from one win, four draws and four defeats, having scored 11 while conceding 17, whereas Valencia sit just below them in 19th place on six points, also with a solitary victory but only three draws and five losses and a goal difference of six for and 15 against. The narrow three‑point gap and the fact that both clubs have managed just one win this season set up a tight encounter that could prove pivotal in the battle for survival. A positive result for either side would not only tighten the points table but also narrow the gulf in goal difference that currently separates the two.