Elche need to escape the danger zone

UD Almería and Elche CF will provide a close-looking encounter in the Liga BBVA when they square off on matchday seven of the competition. The Andalusians come in off the back of their second consecutive away win after beating RC Deportivo 0-1. For their part, the team from Alicante need points in order to bounce back from three defeats in a row in the competition.

Team news
Midfielder Aarón Ñíguez is still out for the visitors, while Samuel Martínez will also be missing from the squad called up by their manager, Fran Escribá. Meanwhile, in the team trained by Francisco Rodríguez, midfielder Miguel Ángel García 'Corona' could make a return to the side.

Views from the dugout
Francisco, the home manager, started that Fran Escribá’s teams do not tend to score many goals, while revealing: "What we have to do is play a good game and get three points; our people like seeing us win. We have to play a good match in order to beat Elche". His counterpart praised his team, which he called hard-working: "We'll be giving it our all".