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Alaves

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Alaves will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-0 La Liga loss in their previous game against Getafe.

In that game, Alaves had 55% possession and 9 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, Getafe had 14 shots on goal with 8 on target. Mauro Arambarri (42') and Luis Milla (58') scored for Getafe.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Alaves haven’t conceded. In fact, Alaves have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals in the process. That kind of trend might not follow through into this match, however.

Pre-game facts show that Alaves:

• are winless against Barcelona in their last 13 matches in the league. A shocking run, it really is.
• are unbeaten in their last 7 home league matches.

Barcelona

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Barcelona will come into the game following on from a 5-0 Champions League win against BSC Young Boys in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Barcelona had 70% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For Barcelona, the goalscorers were Robert Lewandowski (8', 51'), Raphinha (34') and Iñigo Martínez (37'). On the other side, Young Boys Bern had 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Mohamed Ali Camara (81' Own goal) scored for BSC Young Boys.

Proving their predisposition for high-scoring encounters, the back of the net has been hit 26 times in the previous six games in which Barcelona have sent out their troops, making it an average of 4.33 goals each clash. Opposing teams have managed 8 of those goals.

Coming into this meeting, Barcelona remain unbeaten by Alaves when they have played them away from home in the previous 9 league matches. It doesn't get much better than that.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head results going back to 31/10/2020 tells us that these encounters have not been kind to Alaves. They have not managed to get themselves any wins at all whereas Barcelona have dominated them, winning in 67% of those match-ups.

A total of 18 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 of them from Babazorros and 13 netted by Barça. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was La Liga match day 23 on 03/02/2024 which ended up with the score at Alaves 1-3 Barcelona.

That time, Alaves had 36% possession and 13 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Samuel Omorodion (51').

Barcelona got 8 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Robert Lewandowski (22'), İlkay Gündoğan (49') and Vitor Roque (63') scored.

The referee was Juan Martínez Munuera.

📋 Team News: Alaves

It seems likely that Babazorros should go for a 4-2-3-1 system, utilising Antonio Sivera, Nahuel Tenaglia, Santiago Mourino, Abdelkabir Abqar, Manuel Sanchez, Joan Jordan, Antonio Blanco, Carlos Vicente, Jon Guridi, Stoichkov and Kike Garcia.

📰 Team News: Barcelona

Barcelona boss Hansi Flick has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Dani Olmo (Muscle injury), Fermín López (Muscle injury), Gavi (Cruciate ligament tear), Ronald Araujo (Hamstring injury), Andreas Christensen (Achilles tendon irritation), Marc-André ter Stegen (Patellar tendon rupture) and Marc Bernal (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

There’s a good chance that Barça might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Inaki Pena, Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, Inigo Martinez, Alex Balde, Eric Garcia, Marc Casado, Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski.

💭 Prediction

In our opinion, Alaves will have a tough ask to score goals against this Barcelona outfit who we think should get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re going for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 advantage for Barcelona after 90 minutes.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 14:01 06/10/2024