Elche and Numancia measure their crises

The Pacheta team wants to recover the good line of results against an opponent that adds five days without winning. Mfulu, injured, and Folch and Gonzalo Verdú, sanctioned, miss the match.

José Rojo 'Pacheta', coach of Elche, celebrates his second birthday on Sunday at the bench before Numancia, the team of his life. However, the match, loaded with a great emotional charge for the technician, it does not arrive at the best moment, since both teams are in low hours after having linked negative streaks.

It is not that they are in a dramatic situation, much less, but Elche and Numancia have suffered a braking in their trajectories that the mood has cooled somewhat and that they want to leave this Sunday at Martínez Valero (4:00 pm). The ilicitano team adds three days without winning and has linked two consecutive defeats, while the Soriano team, located at two points, already accumulates five games without knowing the victory.

Despite having added only one point of nine and being in its worst bump of the course, Elche is still in the promotion zone, so that shortly after recovering its best version it will be hooked again to the noble zone. Pacheta will not be able to count on this match with French midfielder Nuke Mfulu, with problems in the adductor, while defenders Juan Cruz and Oscar Gil they are doubts when accusing muscular problems and a strong blow to the hip, respectively.

The Burgos technician will be forced to introduce several changes in your headline alignment, since it will not be able to count on the sanctioned Gonzalo Verdú and Ramón Folch. The Murcian Josema Sánchez, one of the signings of the winter market, will debut as central, while Manuel Sánchez and Iván Sánchez, who would focus their position, could form an unpublished midfield. The great novelty in the call may be the presence of Victor Rodriguez, another of the winter signings, who has already recovered from his troubles.

The Numancia, meanwhile, travels to Elche with the need to get a victory that puts him back in the fight for the promotion phase after a second lap that has deflated. Numantino coach Luis Carrión will introduce changes in the starting eleven. The reddish coach has those of Curro, one of the team's scorers, who this week has been admitted to the hospital due to illness, Noguera, Admonnio and Oyarzun.