Elche have won just one of their last nine home games against Real Sociedad in LaLiga (D4 L4), a 1-0 victory in April 2015, after winning seven of their previous 11 home meetings in the competition (D2 L2).

Real Sociedad are unbeaten in their last eight LaLiga matches against Elche (W7 D1), their best current unbeaten run against any opponent in the competition (also eight games against Espanyol – W6 D2 and UD Las Palmas – W5 D3).