Alaves will be facing visiting rivals Real Sociedad at The Estadio Mendizorrotza in the La Liga match on Sunday.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Alaves v Real Sociedad are shown on this page (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
Alaves
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Alaves won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 2-0 La Liga loss in their previous game against Athletic Bilbao.
In that match, Alaves had 40% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Athletic Bilbao had 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Gorka Guruzeta (32', 37') scored for Athletic Bilbao.
Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 6 of the past 6 fixtures where Alaves have taken part. With regard to the goal split from that period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 5 while Alaves got themselves 3.
Their previous form shows that Alaves:
- have left without a victory over Real Sociedad in their last 5 matches in the league.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.
Real Sociedad
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Real Sociedad come into this encounter following a 2-0 La Liga win in the defeat of Cádiz in their previous outing.
In that match, Real Sociedad managed 64% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Real Sociedad, goals were scored by Mikel Merino (28') and Arsen Zakharyan (68'). Cadiz had 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.
In their previous half-dozen clashes, Real Sociedad have helped themselves to the sum of 10 goals. Real Sociedad have also scored in every single one of those games. In that time, they have seen 11 goals go against them. We will find out if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Real Sociedad:
- are winless against Alaves when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
- remain undefeated by Alaves when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings going back to 18/06/2020 tells us that Alaves have won 1 of them & Real Sociedad 2, with the number of draws standing at 3.
A total of 11 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 4 of them from Babazorros and 7 netted by Txuri-urdin. That is an average goals per game value of 1.83.
The previous league fixture featuring these sides was La Liga match day 19 on 02/01/2024 when it finished Real Sociedad 1-1 Alaves.
That day, Real Sociedad managed 53% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The scorer was Zubimendi (96').
Alaves got 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Luis Rioja (76') scored.
The referee was Víctor García Verdura.
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Team News: Alaves
The Alaves manager Luis García Plaza will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match owing to a fully healthy group to pick from.
In all likelihood, Babazorros could kick off with a 4-3-3 formation for the game with Antonio Sivera, Andoni Gorosabel, Abdel Abqar, Rafa Marín, J. López Carballo, Ander Guevara, Ianis Hagi, Antonio Blanco, Carlos Vicente, Samu Omorodion and Luis Rioja.
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Team News: Real Sociedad
We believe Txuri-urdin could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup with a starting lineup of Alex Remiro, Hamari Traore, Jon Pacheco, Aritz Elustondo, Javi Galán, Brais Méndez, Martín Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Takefusa Kubo, Mikel Oyarzabal and Sheraldo Becker.
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Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Alaves may well find it hard to score goals against this Real Sociedad lineup who we think will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.
We’re therefore tipping a good tussle with a 0-1 winning score for Real Sociedad at the end of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
12:09 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Alaves
Formed: 1921
Stadium: The Estadio Mendizorrotza (19,840)
Captain: Luis Rioja
Chairman: Alfonso Fernández
Manager: Luis García Plaza
Competitions: La Liga position 13
⭐ Star Player: Samuel Omorodion
Generally taking to the field in the Striker position, Samuel Omorodion was born in Melilla, Spain. Having made a first senior appearance for Granada in the 2023 - 2024 season, the talented Forward has contributed 9 league goals in the LaLiga 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in a total of 28 appearances.