📏 Form Guide

Valencia

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Valencia will be looking for an improved result here following a 4-2 La Liga defeat last time out to Barcelona.

In that match, Valencia had 20% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Valencia, the scorers were Hugo Duro (27') and Pepelu (38'). On the other side, Barcelona got 27 attempts on goal with 13 on target. Fermín (22') and Robert Lewandowski (49', 82', 93') scored for Barcelona.

Rubén Baraja's Valencia have found the net a sum total of 5 times in their prior six outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in that same time amounts to 7.

A look at their previous results shows us that Valencia:

• haven't beaten Alaves in their last 2 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Alaves

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Alaves will come into the clash after a 3-0 La Liga win with the eclipse of Celta Vigo in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Alaves had 37% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For Alaves, goals were scored by Giuliano Simeone (48'), Jon Guridi (54') and Carlos Benavídez (86'). For their opponents, Celta Vigo got 4 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

Over the course of 5 of the previous six clashes involving Alaves, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game during that period comes out as a paltry 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by Babazorros being 1.

Their prior results show that Alaves:

• haven't beaten Valencia in away games against them for the last 9 league games. Very poor away form.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 06/03/2020 shows us that Valencia have won 1 of these games and Alaves 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

In all, 15 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 for Los Che and 7 created by Babazorros. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The last league game between the two was La Liga match day 4 on 02/09/2023 when the final score was Alaves 1-0 Valencia.

On that day, Alaves managed 39% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

On the other side, Valencia had 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Cenk Özkacar (6' Own goal) was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Pablo González Fuertes.

📋 Team News: Valencia

Roman Yaremchuk (Knee injury) and Mouctar Diakhaby (Knee injury) will not be able to play for Valencia manager Rubén Baraja.

It’s our opinion that Los Che will probably opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation, beginning the first half with Jaume Domenech, Thierry Correia, Cristhian Mosquera, Yarek Gasiorowski, Jesus Vazquez, Pepelu, Javier Guerra, Peter Gonzalez, Andre Almeida, Diego Lopez and Hugo Duro.

📰 Team News: Alaves

With a completely injury-free group available for selection, the Alaves manager Luis García Plaza does not have any fitness concerns to report coming into this match.

From our viewpoint, Babazorros will likely begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, going with Antonio Sivera, Andoni Gorosabel, Nahuel Tenaglia, Abdelkabir Abqar, Javi Lopez, Carlos Benavidez, Antonio Blanco, Jon Guridi, Carlos Vicente, Kike Garcia and Giuliano Simeone.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, Alaves are capable enough to break down this Valencia team, but it possibly won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We think that it’s going to be a narrow 2-1 win for Valencia at the end of the match. It really should be an interesting one.

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

Peter Guest, 16:02 05/05/2024