Deportivo Alavés vs Espanyol preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mendizorroza (19840 seats)

Espanyol know they face a hard visit to Deportivo Alavés and their Estadio de Mendizorroza. This guide has all the intelligence you need before the fixture.

Insights:
  • Deportivo Alavés have the fewest scored goals (28) in La Liga
  • Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Deportivo Alavés form and stats

Deportivo Alavés have collected 22 points from their La Liga home games so far after 6-4-7. Two home wins in a row for Alavés bring valid hopes of a third.

The regulars are hoping that Deportivo Alavés will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the game against Celta de Vigo (placed 11th). Deportivo Alavés were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The forward Joselu outshone all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.01 out of 10. Joselu dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Villarreal in a game that was won 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Deportivo Alavés perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Deportivo Alavés as a small favourite), we find six games. Alavés has won three of these, drawn two and lost one.

Deportivo Alavés are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Levante awaits in four days.

Deportivo Alavés have scored 15 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Espanyol form and stats

Espanyol have only collected 8 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-5-11 (17 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Peris, the Espanyol manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Espanyol's last game was the home draw against Osasuna (1-1). As mentioned above, Espanyol drew the match against Osasuna. Manager Peris brought on Melamed to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Gómez, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Gómez won 1 of 3 duels.

Prior to that match, the Espanyol manager Peris faced defeat when travelling to Real Madrid and losing 0-4.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Espanyol in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Espanyol, three draws and two defeats.

A new game in only four days for Espanyol, the La Liga home match versus Valencia. Busy days.

The attacking power of Espanyol when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Espanyol rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 32 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have met before this season: Espanyol - Deportivo Alavés 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Alavés wins - draws - Espanyol wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EspanyolR. de Tomás Gómez
R. de Tomás Gómez
15 goals
Deportivo AlavésJ. Sanmartín Mato
J. Sanmartín Mato
13 goals
Deportivo AlavésG. Escalante
G. Escalante
4 goals

Deportivo Alavés missing players

Espanyol missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Deportivo Alavés Espanyol
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 35
7 6 3 Won W 0 1 10
7 4 1 Drew D 3 5 10
21 7 2 Lost L 2 11 15
28 15 6 Scored S 6 14 38
60 19 6 Conceded C 8 32 50
94% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
66% 53% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 69%
49% 35% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 59% 46%
26% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 35% 26%
11% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
46% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 59% 54%
17% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 26%
43% 35% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 41% 26%
 
3.4 3.4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.4 4.7
6.3 6.1 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.5 5.7
2.4 2.6 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.5 2.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
9.9 11.1 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 11 11.2
3.3 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.6 3.8
24% 24% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 23% 28%
 
14.3 13 13 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 13.5 13.1
4.9 4.4 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5.4 4.6
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Deportivo Alavés have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Deportivo Alavés have the fewest scored goals (28) in La Liga
  • Deportivo Alavés have the the worst goal difference (-32) in La Liga
  • Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 35 25 6 4 73 30 17 12 4 1 38 13 18 13 2 3 35 17 43 81
2 Barcelona 35 20 9 6 65 35 17 11 2 4 34 16 18 9 7 2 31 19 30 69
3 Sevilla 35 17 14 4 51 29 17 11 5 1 35 17 18 6 9 3 16 12 22 65
4 Atlético Madrid 35 19 7 9 60 41 18 12 4 2 32 15 17 7 3 7 28 26 19 64
5 Real Betis 35 17 7 11 57 40 18 9 2 7 32 22 17 8 5 4 25 18 17 58
6 Real Sociedad 35 15 11 9 34 34 17 9 5 3 12 7 18 6 6 6 22 27 0 56
7 Villarreal 35 14 11 10 55 34 18 10 6 2 39 16 17 4 5 8 16 18 21 53
8 Athletic Club 35 13 13 9 41 34 18 9 4 5 27 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 7 52
9 Osasuna 35 12 10 13 36 46 17 5 6 6 16 23 18 7 4 7 20 23 -10 46
10 Valencia 35 10 14 11 45 49 17 5 8 4 24 21 18 5 6 7 21 28 -4 44
11 Celta de Vigo 35 11 10 14 41 38 18 6 4 8 25 23 17 5 6 6 16 15 3 43
12 Rayo Vallecano 35 11 9 15 35 39 17 8 5 4 23 13 18 3 4 11 12 26 -4 42
13 Espanyol 35 10 10 15 38 50 18 9 5 4 24 18 17 1 5 11 14 32 -12 40
14 Elche 35 10 9 16 37 48 17 6 6 5 21 18 18 4 3 11 16 30 -11 39
15 Getafe 35 8 13 14 31 37 18 7 6 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 37
16 Cadiz 35 7 14 14 33 47 18 3 8 7 18 23 17 4 6 7 15 24 -14 35
17 Granada 35 7 13 15 43 59 17 4 6 7 21 29 18 3 7 8 22 30 -16 34
18 Mallorca 35 8 8 19 32 62 18 6 6 6 18 24 17 2 2 13 14 38 -30 32
19 Levante 35 6 11 18 44 67 18 4 7 7 25 29 17 2 4 11 19 38 -23 29
20 Deportivo Alavés 35 7 7 21 28 60 17 6 4 7 15 19 18 1 3 14 13 41 -32 28

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 35 25 6 4 73 30 17 12 4 1 38 13 18 13 2 3 35 17 43 81
2 Barcelona 35 20 9 6 65 35 17 11 2 4 34 16 18 9 7 2 31 19 30 69
3 Sevilla 35 17 14 4 51 29 17 11 5 1 35 17 18 6 9 3 16 12 22 65
4 Atlético Madrid 35 19 7 9 60 41 18 12 4 2 32 15 17 7 3 7 28 26 19 64
5 Real Betis 35 17 7 11 57 40 18 9 2 7 32 22 17 8 5 4 25 18 17 58
6 Real Sociedad 35 15 11 9 34 34 17 9 5 3 12 7 18 6 6 6 22 27 0 56
7 Villarreal 35 14 11 10 55 34 18 10 6 2 39 16 17 4 5 8 16 18 21 53
8 Athletic Club 35 13 13 9 41 34 18 9 4 5 27 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 7 52
9 Osasuna 35 12 10 13 36 46 17 5 6 6 16 23 18 7 4 7 20 23 -10 46
10 Valencia 35 10 14 11 45 49 17 5 8 4 24 21 18 5 6 7 21 28 -4 44
11 Celta de Vigo 35 11 10 14 41 38 18 6 4 8 25 23 17 5 6 6 16 15 3 43
12 Rayo Vallecano 35 11 9 15 35 39 17 8 5 4 23 13 18 3 4 11 12 26 -4 42
13 Espanyol 35 10 10 15 38 50 18 9 5 4 24 18 17 1 5 11 14 32 -12 40
14 Elche 35 10 9 16 37 48 17 6 6 5 21 18 18 4 3 11 16 30 -11 39
15 Getafe 35 8 13 14 31 37 18 7 6 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 37
16 Cadiz 35 7 14 14 33 47 18 3 8 7 18 23 17 4 6 7 15 24 -14 35
17 Granada 35 7 13 15 43 59 17 4 6 7 21 29 18 3 7 8 22 30 -16 34
18 Mallorca 35 8 8 19 32 62 18 6 6 6 18 24 17 2 2 13 14 38 -30 32
19 Levante 35 6 11 18 44 67 18 4 7 7 25 29 17 2 4 11 19 38 -23 29
20 Deportivo Alavés 35 7 7 21 28 60 17 6 4 7 15 19 18 1 3 14 13 41 -32 28

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