Alaves visit The Estadio José Zorrilla on Sunday for the La Liga showdown with hosts Real Valladolid.
Our tips, poll and stats for Real Valladolid v Alaves can all be found here - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Real Valladolid
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Real Valladolid will be hoping to bounce back here after a 0-1 La Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Girona FC.
In that match, Real Valladolid managed 48% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. At the other end, Girona had 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Cristhian Stuani (80') was the scorer 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 ⚖
After a losing effort in their last game against Athletic Bilbao in La Liga competition, Alaves and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that game, Alaves had 40% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Alaves was Manu Sánchez (71' Own goal). On the other side, Athletic Bilbao got 11 shots at goal with 3 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 over their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 09/11/2019 shows that Real Valladolid have won 2 of them and Alaves 4, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.
In all, 13 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them from Pucela and 9 belonging to Babazorros. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.
The last league contest between the two was La Liga match day 10 on 18/10/2024 when it finished Alaves 2-3 Real Valladolid.
In that game, Alaves managed 62% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The goals were scored by Toni Martínez (6') and Kike García (97').
On the other side, Real Valladolid got 12 attempts on 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,
07:03 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.