Barça has kept a clean sheet in the last ten games against the Elche, representing their longest streak in history without conceding a goal against the same Spanish top-flight rival. In addition, it is almost 40 years since the last defeat against Elche, a 1-0 in December 1974, with Rinus Michels on the Barça bench and Johan Cruyff in the starting 11. Since then, the balance has been 13 wins and four draws.
Barca has played 22 home games in LaLiga against Elche, with a very positive balance of 15 wins and seven draws for the Catalans. There is no rival against whom Barça has played so many games without suffering any defeat. On Saturday, Xavi’s men will try to expand this statistic against Elche, who will seek their first victory at the Camp Nou to move away from the relegation zone.
Lucas Boyé, The Argentine forward, who plays his second season as a footballer for Elche, is about to make history. He is the team’s top scorer with five goals and is only two goals away from surpassing Jonathas (14) as the all-time leading scorer in the First Division in the 21st century. The Argentine, a natural striker, is part of the ‘club’ of seven footballers who have scored the most goals this season without having distributed any assistance, all of them
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