Elche to Play Barcelona in La Liga Match
Elche will play Barcelona in a football match.
The match is in the Spanish La Liga.
La Liga is a big football league in Spain.
Barcelona is a very famous football club.
Elche is also a football club from Spain.
People are talking about the two teams before the game.
News sites show stats about both teams.
Stats are numbers about how a team plays.
News sites also give a head-to-head report.
A head-to-head report shows old games between two teams.
There are also predictions for the match.
A prediction says what may happen in the game.
News sites show the lineups too.
A lineup is the list of players who will play.
Fans want to know who will play and who will win.
Vocabulary7 words
- La Liga
- the top football league in Spain
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- club
- a team that people play for
- stats
- numbers that show how well a team plays
- head-to-head
- a list of past games between two teams
- predictions
- guesses about what will happen
- lineups
- the players who will play in a game
Quiz
Answer key
1. Elche and Barcelona 2. La Liga 3. The list of players who will play
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Elche will play _____ in a football match.
The match is in the Spanish _____.
Barcelona is a very famous football _____.
News sites show _____ about both teams.
News sites also give a _____ report.
There are also _____ for the match.
News sites show the _____ too.
A lineup is the list of _____ who will play.
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