Regional derby in this case between two teams that this season are facing quite different objectives but both within their possibilities are having a great season.
VILLARREAL :
Emery’s yellows are having a great season, being a block that this year has been reinforced a lot with great players, and that aspires to a lot for me this season to fight at least until the end to have the option of entering Champions League positions .
They are having good results, being a very difficult team to defeat, only 1 game lost this season (Barcelona 4-0) and they have accumulated 13 games without losing.
At home, although they have had minor rivals, most of them have 6 victories between the league and Europa League and 2 draws (Huesca and Real Madrid).
ELCHE :
Elche as recently promoted has less chances, it is true that they have brought players late and the coach, and they are being a very rocky team very hard to beat, but it is true that they started the year with for me more points than they deserved, the They have competed much better in recent games, but they are a much weaker team for me than the home team.
Away from home they have done great 2 victories (Alaves and Eibar) 1 draw (Levante) and a clear defeat (Betis 3-1) that could have been for more goals if Betis is right in front of goal.
* I think that Elche’s rivals away from home have not been the best this season, and that against rivals from the Villarreal entity they can suffer much more, it is true that the yellows will play Europa League during the week but they are practically classified playing against him bottom at home the last day.
So if the yellows play a good game, and they are playing a lot in the upper zone, I think they can defeat an Elche that without taking away merits for me has had better results than I play in many games.
