MADRID, 15 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Villarreal is looking for this Sunday at the Martínez Valero (2:00 p.m.), in the early match of the twenty-first day of LaLiga Santander, to get closer to the European zone at the expense of an Elche team that, before facing Real Madrid in the Cup and League, wants to continue marking distance on the relegation places.
Unai Emery’s men, who with their draw against Atlético de Madrid at La Cerámica (2-2) interrupted a streak of four consecutive league victories, hope to win after two games without achieving it; before sharing the points with Diego Pablo Simeone’s men, they were eliminated in the Copa del Rey against Real Sporting de Gijón (2-1).
With 29 units, only three separate the Castellón team from the last of the Europa League positions, which they will try to approach against a rival that has never managed to beat them in the First Division.
The team from Elche (19) cut with their victory against Espanyol (1-2) a series of three dates without winning, and now manages two rental points over the burning zone. In addition, Francisco’s men are eager for a moral victory before an intense week in which they will face Real Madrid twice.
Next Thursday, they will receive the white team in the round of 16 of the Cup, and on Sunday they will visit the Santiago Bernabéu, this time in LaLiga Santander.
Francis Coquelin, Rubén Peña, Paco Alcácer and Arnaut Danjuma will not be available for the ‘Yellow Submarine’, while the franjiverdes hope not to accuse the casualties of Fidel, Palacios and Kiko Casilla, all positive for coronavirus, and that of the Pedro Bigas headdress .
–SATURDAY PROGRAM IN LALIGA SANTANDER.
Elche-Villarreal. Pizarro Gómez (C. Madrid) 2:00 p.m.