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RC Deportivo La Coruña vs Elche CF — match prediction
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How our pre-match read held up
The result went against our pre-match call.
The prediction
Pre-match probability
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
RC Deportivo La Coruña 45%, draw 27%, Elche CF 28%.
Model comparison
1.52Expected goals1.15
55%Projected control45%
Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Goals lean
Over 2.5 goals: 50% · Under 2.5: 50%.
At a glance
- Tempo
- balanced
- Confidence
Why this number
Why this number
- Elo ratings: RC Deportivo La Coruña 1425 vs Elche CF 1451 (gap ~26).
- RC Deportivo La Coruña gets a home-venue bump.
- low data quality — RC Deportivo La Coruña 7 matches of history, Elche CF 45. We have barely seen RC Deportivo La Coruña at this level — their rating is carried over from a lower division and could be well off. Wider uncertainty than usual.
- Built from locked pre-match data: long-run team ratings, nudged only within tight caps by real, confirmed factors (never a guess) — see every one below.
Tactical read
Tactical read
AI-generatedLa Coruña hold a slight edge at home—marginally stronger in Elo, a touch more dangerous in front of goal—but this is genuinely competitive. Elche arrive as a credible threat, and the model flags high upset risk: fine margins separate these two, and home advantage counts for less than you'd expect.
Key matchup
La Coruña's attacking thrust versus Elche's ability to stay compact and hit on the break.
Biggest factor
Home field offers La Coruña only a modest boost; Elche have the quality to leave with something.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Context
Display-only — none of this is used in the prediction above.
Confirmed lineups
via FlashscoreContext only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when it comes from a source we can tie to this exact fixture — our scheduled-venue data, the club's registered home ground, or a matched Flashscore event. We never guess one.
Venue is shown for information only and is not used in the prediction.
Match stats
via FlashscoreReal measured stats for this match — shown for transparency. They are not part of the prediction above, which is a pre-match estimate from team ratings.
Match stats not available. They appear once a match is under way and Flashscore is carrying live stats for it — we never invent them.
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Sources & freshness
- Fixtures: football-data.org (live)
- Model: Elo + margin-of-victory, chronological replay with season boundary (re-centre, regress, league-changer shrink) — club-tuned FairPlay model
- Ratings generated: 2026-09-21
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- Scope: full-time / regulation
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