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Espanyol and Elche<\/a> face off tonight at the RCDE Stadium in the match corresponding to Matchday 7 of LaLiga<\/a> EA Sports.<\/strong> Manolo Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s side hope to recapture the feelings they showed in last week\u2019s match at El Sadar<\/strong> and put the game against Rayo Vallecano behind them. Mart\u00edn Anselmi\u2019s men are hoping to claim their first win of the campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n After a poor first half at Butarque against Rayo Vallecano, Manolo said in the pre-match press conference for today\u2019s game that his team need to come out focused to avoid mistakes<\/strong>. To do that, they need to recover the good feelings from last week\u2019s game against Osasuna at El Sadar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n For this match, Manolo will be without a key player at right-back. Omar El Hilali was sent off in the final minute of the match against Rayo<\/strong>. That absence comes on top of those of Kike Garc\u00eda and Andoni Gorosabel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Omar El Hilali\u2019s red card against Rayo. Source: x.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Elche have not started the season well. Anselmi\u2019s side have yet to win a single match.<\/strong> In fact, they come into this game as bottom of LaLiga<\/strong>. Even so, they came close to earning a point at the Mart\u00ednez Valero against Real Madrid<\/strong> after Los Blancos went into the break 0-2 up. With that in mind, and despite the franjiverdes\u2019 situation, Mart\u00edn Anselmi called for everyone to keep fighting together<\/strong> and, above all, to know how to compete in every match situation. On top of that, the Elche coach has said that the team have managed to \u201cfind a way to stay competitive until the end.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n