With the points that Barcelona has, it feels like this will be very easy to control. The opportunity for Madrid to catch up is also getting further away, so Xavi and his squad will play a little and control the situation in order to keep his players from getting injured.
Barcelona's fate this season is not much different from what was experienced by Arsenal, both of them tried to get up with the formation of young players, and both Xavi and Arteta managed to fulfill their desire in securing a trophy. Elche will not threaten Barcelona's defense too much with the track record of meeting the two on paper even before the match Barcelona had won a landslide victory.
Now Xavi can breathe easy because Barcelona has controlled the standings with 12 points advantage. Of course it is a very great achievement after the previous season so far away from Real Madrid, but things have changed for Barcelona this season.
I am stunned by Barcelona's defense this season, they have only conceded 9 goals in 26 matches. That's a really great thing to prove to the world even though Barcelona is in trouble with its finances. Xavi will likely aim for 100 points as a finish to complete his title this season, but I don't think it will be easy. About Elche, I think Barcelona will win and keep a clean sheet.
if he didn't have something to do with La Liga at least he said he would go home instead of to the stadium to be the manager of Barcelona