He Elche CF, that next Sunday will visit the Benito Villamarin erected in the great revelation of the league start, after adding 10 points in 5 games, it is the only team that currently plays in First division before which he Real Betis does not know the local victory in the League so far in the XXI Century, since the last victory in Villamarín against the people of Elche dates back to April 1990 (2-0, with two goals from Pepe Mel), since the four visits Later they were settled with victory of the franjiverdes.
Elche's last visit to Villamarín dates back to October 20, 2013, when he won by 1-2 with goals from Manu del Moral and Fidel -now again in the Elche ranks- and Jorge Molina for the Betis, then trained by Pepe Mel, who would be dismissed a month and a half later, after the 15th matchday, with the bottom team although three points away from permanence, from which in the end he was 15 after losing with 25.
In the two previous appearances -2009/10 and 2010/11 seasons-, in Second, Elche won by thrashing at Benito Villamarín, in both cases with Pepe Bordalás on the bench and goals from Jorge Molina, on the first occasion two for him. Elche (0-3) and in the second the honor for Betis (1-4), who had signed him – although neither Lopera nor Oliver paid for it – after the 26 goals of the previous season, the best mark of his career .
Joaquín in front of Nino, aged 19 and 20
On September 10, 2000, Elche also won 1-2 at Villamarín, with goals from Serban and Nano, although at that time he was already playing as a starter for Elche Nino, aged 20 -today he is 40-, one more than Joaquín, who was a substitute that day (he entered in the 51st minute for Ito) and could only help Pepe Gálvez to close the gap at 0-2, which reflected the score at 7 minutes into the game. That has been the only match that Joaquín has played against Elche throughout his long career to date.
All the historical data of Betis – Elche
In the Copa del Rey, Betis did beat Elche 3-0 in the second leg of the round of 32 of the 2007/08 season, after drawing 1-1 in the first leg. In total, Real Betis and Elche have seen each other in Betis field 24 times in all competitions, with 13 Betis wins, 6 draws and 5 victories from Elche, 4 of them in the last 4 league visits, as the previous one goes back to February 1963, the first achieved by Elche since his first visit in 1935. The second was achieved 65 years later and, since then, all have been league victories in Betic field.