Soccer betting preview: Deportivo Alavés welcomes Levante in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 12.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mendizorroza (19840 seats)

Both participants are happy with a fine season so far and matches like this could be key. Get the info on Deportivo Alavés - Levante!

Insights:
  • Deportivo Alavés have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Levante have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a La Liga 2 game only four days ago.

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Deportivo Alavés form and stats

Deportivo Alavés are steadily winning La Liga 2 games and points here at Estadio de Mendizorroza. 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games. Deportivo Alavés are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

In their previous game, the manager Plaza led his Alavés to a defeat away at Tenerife. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio de Mendizorroza. Tenaglia was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.15 out of 10. The defender Tenaglia hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Deportivo Alavés lost 1-3 at Granada's place.

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 12 games. Deportivo Alavés has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

The Alavés fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Deportivo Alavés have only let in {4 goals} at home.

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Levante form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. In general it has been a productive period now for Levante as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Levante goalkeeper Daniel Cardenas Lindez is eager to challenge this, with his 258 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Levante's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ponferradina that finished 0-0. Midfield player Pepelu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.75/10. Pepelu had 81 successful passes (of 88 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Malaga.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Levante playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 2 Levante wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Levante are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Alavés six wins, two draws and Levante two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo AlavésM. De la Fuente Escudero
M. De la Fuente Escudero
4 goals
Deportivo AlavésL. Rioja González
L. Rioja González
3 goals
Deportivo AlavésX. Alkain Mitxelena
X. Alkain Mitxelena
3 goals

Deportivo Alavés missing players

Levante missing players

Deportivo Alavés Levante
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 2 9 19
9 6 0 Won W 0 3 8
7 3 1 Drew D 2 5 8
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
22 12 1 Scored S 0 9 20
17 4 1 Conceded C 0 8 13
84% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 74%
68% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 47%
42% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 26%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
58% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 56% 42%
37% 56% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 44% 47%
21% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 37%
 
4.9 4.8 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 4.9
4.1 3.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.2 4.1
2.4 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.9 3.3
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.5 12 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.9 11.8
3.4 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 3.8
34% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 27%
 
10.9 9.9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12.7 11.7
2.9 2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 3.7
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Deportivo Alavés have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Deportivo Alavés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Levante 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 Las Palmas 19 9 8 2 22 10 9 5 3 1 10 4 10 4 5 1 12 6 12 35
2 Deportivo Alavés 19 9 7 3 22 17 9 6 3 0 12 4 10 3 4 3 10 13 5 34
3 Burgos 19 9 7 3 18 9 10 5 3 2 12 6 9 4 4 1 6 3 9 34
4 Eibar 19 9 6 4 23 17 9 6 3 0 13 4 10 3 3 4 10 13 6 30
5 Levante 19 8 8 3 20 13 10 5 3 2 11 5 9 3 5 1 9 8 7 31
6 FC Cartagena 19 9 4 6 23 18 10 5 2 3 13 10 9 4 2 3 10 8 5 31
7 Granada 19 8 5 6 23 14 9 7 2 0 20 2 10 1 3 6 3 12 9 28
8 Villarreal II 19 7 6 6 21 22 9 5 4 0 14 6 10 2 2 6 7 16 -1 27
9 Huesca 19 7 6 6 16 14 10 6 3 1 11 4 9 1 3 5 5 10 2 27
10 FC Andorra 19 8 3 8 20 15 9 5 0 4 13 5 10 3 3 4 7 10 5 27
11 Albacete 19 6 8 5 21 24 10 3 5 2 9 8 9 3 3 3 12 16 -3 26
12 Sporting Gijon 19 6 8 5 22 21 9 4 3 2 15 10 10 2 5 3 7 11 1 23
13 Leganes 19 7 5 7 19 18 10 5 3 2 12 9 9 2 2 5 7 9 1 26
14 Real Oviedo 19 6 6 7 12 14 10 4 2 4 6 7 9 2 4 3 6 7 -2 24
15 Tenerife 19 6 5 8 19 21 10 5 3 2 12 7 9 1 2 6 7 14 -2 23
16 Real Zaragoza 19 5 7 7 14 17 9 3 4 2 8 8 10 2 3 5 6 9 -3 22
17 Mirandes 19 4 8 7 21 25 10 4 4 2 16 13 9 0 4 5 5 12 -4 20
18 Ponferradina 19 4 6 9 18 27 9 2 3 4 9 12 10 2 3 5 9 15 -9 17
19 Lugo 19 4 6 9 17 25 10 2 4 4 7 8 9 2 2 5 10 17 -8 18
20 Racing Santander 19 4 6 9 9 15 9 1 4 4 3 7 10 3 2 5 6 8 -6 18
21 UD Ibiza 19 4 3 12 13 27 10 3 2 5 9 13 9 1 1 7 4 14 -14 12
22 Malaga 19 3 6 10 14 24 9 2 4 3 8 12 10 1 2 7 6 12 -10 14

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Read more about La Liga 2

The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.