Real Madrid head to Elche aiming to extend rich recent record over hosts
Real Madrid travel to Elche on Matchday 6 of La Liga carrying the sort of momentum that contrasts sharply with their hosts' recent struggles. The visitors arrive off the back of four wins in their last five league outings, while Elche have managed just two draws and three defeats across the same span, without a single win to their name.
A lopsided recent history
The two sides' recent meetings tell a similar story of Real Madrid dominance. Of the last five encounters between the clubs, Real Madrid have won three, including a 4-1 victory back in March and a 4-0 win in February 2023, with the other two matches ending in draws. Elche have not beaten Real Madrid in any of those fixtures.
That pattern will offer little comfort to an Elche side already searching for their first win of this run of matches, as they look to arrest a slide that has yielded only two points from their last five league games.
Momentum favours the visitors
For Real Madrid, this fixture arrives as an opportunity to keep pace at the top of the table, buoyed by a run that has brought four wins in five. Their recent head-to-head record against Elche, allied to their current form, makes them the side with the clearer momentum heading into Matchday 6.
Elche, by contrast, will need a marked improvement on their recent output if they are to end their winless streak and disrupt a Real Madrid side that has rarely struggled against them in recent seasons.