The La Liga clash at The Estadio José Zorrilla on Sunday sees home team Real Valladolid go into battle with opponents Alaves.
View all of the Real Valladolid v Alaves predictions, poll and stats below - along with the latest match odds.
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Real Valladolid
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Real Valladolid will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 0-1 La Liga loss in their previous game against Girona FC.
In that game, Real Valladolid had 48% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Girona got 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Cristhian Stuani (80') scored for Girona FC.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Real Valladolid haven’t conceded. The facts show that Real Valladolid have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 17 goals on the way. That kind of pattern might not be continued into this match, though.
Going into this encounter, Real Valladolid are without a win at home for the past 8 matches in the league. Such a poor run.
Alaves
WLDWDL ⚖
Since a loss in their previous game against Athletic Bilbao in La Liga action, Alaves will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, Alaves managed 40% possession and 3 shots at goal with 1 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Alaves was Manu Sánchez (71' Own goal). For their opponents, Athletic Bilbao got 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.
The strike force from Alaves have had real problems scoring goals in their past six encounters, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 3. In those fixtures, Babazorros have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 3.
Going into this contest, Alaves are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.
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Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 09/11/2019 tells us that Real Valladolid have won 2 of them & Alaves 4, with the tally of drawn games being 0.
A combined total of 13 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them for Pucela and 9 created by Babazorros. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.
The previous league match between these clubs was La Liga match day 10 on 18/10/2024 when it finished Alaves 2-3 Real Valladolid.
That day, Alaves managed 62% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Toni Martínez (6') and Kike García (97').
Real Valladolid had 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Mamadou Sylla (17'), Selim Amallah (72') and Anuar Tuhami (76') scored.
The match was refereed by Mario Melero López.
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Prediction
In this game, Real Valladolid will likely be able to score against this Alaves side, but a single goal is unlikely to be enough to give them the result that they want.
Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a narrow 1-2 advantage for Alaves after 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.
Lucas Pereira,
04:04 14/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Real Valladolid
Formed: 1928
Stadium: The Estadio José Zorrilla (27,846)
Captain: Javi Sánchez
Chairman: Ronaldo Nazário
Manager: Álvaro Rubio
Competitions: La Liga position 20
⭐ Star Man: Mamadou Sylla
Normally playing in the Striker position, Mamadou Sylla was born in Senegal. After having made a senior debut playing for Racing de Santander in the 2014 - 2015 season, the skilful Forward has bagged 5 league goals in the LaLiga 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 28 appearances.