Line-ups

Espanyol vs Elche predicted line-ups

La Liga · Fri 18 Sept

Espanyol4-2-3-1 · Home
19:00
Fri 18 Sept · RCDE Stadium · Regular Season - 7
Elche5-4-1 · Away
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off

Starting XI

Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off

Espanyol

4-2-3-1Formation

Elche

5-4-1Formation

  1. 1M. Dituro
  1. 22D. Affengruber
  2. 26Matia Barzic Gutiérrez
  3. 6Bigas
  4. 2Buba Sangaré
  5. 23Víctor Chust
  1. 8Marc Aguado
  2. 10F. Buonanotte
  3. 47J. Morcillo
  4. 16Martim Neto
  1. 21L. Cepeda
  1. 28Javier Hernandez
  1. 8Edu Expósito
  2. 20Gabriel Moscardo
  3. 4Urko González
  1. 26Rafel Bauzà
  2. 22Álex Calatrava
  1. 16V. Drkušić
  2. 23O. El Hilali
  3. 3Q. Hartman
  4. 21Roger Hinojo
  1. 13M. Dmitrović

Bench

  • 1Ángel Fortuño
  • 31Llorenç Serred
  • 32J. A. Lopez
  • 14Unai Núñez
  • 5C. Riedel
  • 10Pol Lozano
  • 24T. Dolan

Out

  • Jofre · Groin Injury
  • A. Gorosabel · Injury
  • B. Zaragoza · Knee Injury
  • L. Cabrera · Red Card
  • J. Puado · Knee Injury
  • K. Garcia · Hamstring Injury

Bench

  • 43Alejandro Iturbe
  • 5F. Redondo
  • 11Germán Valera
  • 12Gonzalo Villar
  • 29Ali Houary
  • 17Josan
  • 20Tete Morente

Out

  • T. Lemar · Coach's decision
  • A. Boayar · Muscle Injury
  • Y. Santiago · Knee Injury
  • G. Diangana · Knee Injury
  • A. Osorio · Muscle Injury

We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.

Line-up questions

When are the official Espanyol vs Elche line-ups published?

Clubs in the La Liga release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.

How is the probable XI predicted?

We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.

Does the line-up change the prediction?

Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.