The Elchewho this Saturday visits the Granadahas never managed to beat the Andalusian team at their stadium in the twelve matches played in matches of First division.
The team from Elche has only been able to start three draws as a positive balance, two of them in the first two visits, at the beginning of the 1960s, and the last one in the 1969-70 season (0-0).
The Granada they have managed to win the rest of the matches, almost always by tight scores, such as (2-1) last season, with the exception of (5-0) in the 1974-75 season. Altogether, the Elche has scored seven goals in The Carmensfor twenty-one of the Granada team.
The latest precedent dates back to February of last year, when the Granadawho came to the game with poor results after six games without winning, achieved victory against the team from Elche, in which he had played only a few days Fran Write.
Diego Martinez, Granada coach, lined up Rui Silva; Foulquier (Adrián Marín, m.82), Domingos Duarte, Nehuén Pérez, Víctor Díaz; Yan Eteki (Vallejo, m.88), Yangel Herrera, Domingos Quina (Fede Vico, m.62); Antonio Puertas, Kenedy and Jorge Molina (Soldier, m.82).
They played for Elche Edgar Badia; Barragán, Dani Calvo, Verdú, Mojica (Josema, m.46); Marcone, Raúl Guti, Fidel (Nino, m.83), Tete Morente (Rigoni, m.72) (Víctor Rodríguez, m.78); Carrillo (Pere Milla, m.78) and Lucas Boyé.
Sunday Quina advanced to Granada after half an hour of play, but Lucas Boye responded with a goal before the break. Already in the last minutes, Antonio Puertas scored the final goal for the Granada team.
In addition to their history in the First Division, both teams also have numerous precedents in the Second Division, with clear local dominance.
Granada and Elche They faced each other in the final of the promotion phase to First Division, in the 2010-11 season, from which the Andalusian team emerged the winner after two controversial games.
Despite the poor results of recent years, Granada It is also remembered by the Elche fans as the stage that gave rise to First Division in the 1987-88 academic year.
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