Deportivo Alavés manager Plaza looking for three points in Tenerife showdown

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 25.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mendizorroza (19840 seats)

More points have been won by Deportivo Alavés so far this season, with their 5th place in the La Liga 2 table and looking forward to facing Tenerife (who are placed 11th).

Insights:
  • Deportivo Alavés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Tenerife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Tenerife when visiting Alavés as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!

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Deportivo Alavés form and stats

Deportivo Alavés have performed here at Estadio de Mendizorroza this season with 10 wins from 16 La Liga 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 1. Deportivo Alavés have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Deportivo Alavés are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 360 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Alkain).

Alavés lost their last game at Ponferradina (after extra-time) (placed 19th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfielder Moya was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Moya hit two key passes.

In the match before that, Deportivo Alavés hosted Lugo (after extra-time) and drew the game 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Deportivo Alavés handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 13 most recent league fixtures shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The Alavés fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 16 matches. Deportivo Alavés have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tenerife form and stats

Tenerife have only collected 12 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 2-6-8 (16 played).

Tenerife had fun at their own home (Estadio de Mendizorroza) last time out, beating Las Palmas (after extra-time) 4-1. Martínez, Marín and Gallego (2) scored. That victory felt good as this side had gone three league matches without winning. Gallego, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.63. Gallego scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 0-0 draw at Real Oviedo (after extra-time)'s stadium before that.

Tenerife are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Few goals the story here? 11 of this club's latest 12 league matches have had two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tenerife as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Tenerife have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other previously this season, with the result Tenerife - Deportivo Alavés 2-1 logged in the official records. Previous ten meetings between these sides: Deportivo Alavés won one, Tenerife were winners in six and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AlavésL. Rioja González
L. Rioja González
9 goals
TenerifeE. Gallego Puigsech
E. Gallego Puigsech
7 goals
Deportivo AlavésM. De la Fuente Escudero
M. De la Fuente Escudero
4 goals

Deportivo Alavés missing players

Tenerife missing players

Deportivo Alavés Tenerife
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 6 16 32
15 10 3 Won W 1 2 10
9 5 1 Drew D 1 6 11
8 1 0 Lost L 4 8 11
39 22 5 Scored S 4 12 31
27 8 1 Conceded C 10 21 31
84% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
59% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 62% 59%
38% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 25%
16% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 19% 16%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
44% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 44%
38% 62% 75% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 31%
34% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 34%
 
5.5 5.4 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 5.2
3.8 3 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.5 4.2
2.6 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 3
7 3 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
12.2 13.9 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.8 11.9
3.9 4.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 3.3
31% 29% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 29%
 
10 8.8 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 9.6 8.4
3.2 2.3 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Deportivo Alavés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Tenerife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tenerife have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Eibar 31 17 8 6 34 23 16 11 4 1 20 8 15 6 4 5 14 15 11 59
2 Granada 32 17 7 8 43 23 16 13 3 0 31 4 16 4 4 8 12 19 20 58
3 Las Palmas 32 15 13 4 38 21 16 9 5 2 22 10 16 6 8 2 16 11 17 58
4 Levante 32 14 14 4 35 22 16 9 5 2 19 7 16 5 9 2 16 15 13 56
5 Deportivo Alavés 32 15 9 8 39 27 16 10 5 1 22 8 16 5 4 7 17 19 12 54
6 Albacete 32 13 12 7 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 13 16 5 7 4 18 21 6 51
7 Burgos 31 11 12 8 25 20 15 6 6 3 17 12 16 5 6 5 8 8 5 45
8 FC Cartagena 31 12 8 11 34 31 16 6 3 7 16 20 15 6 5 4 18 11 3 44
9 Huesca 31 9 14 8 28 26 15 8 6 1 18 7 16 1 8 7 10 19 2 41
10 Villarreal II 31 11 8 12 33 38 15 7 5 3 21 15 16 4 3 9 12 23 -5 41
11 Tenerife 32 10 11 11 31 31 16 8 5 3 19 10 16 2 6 8 12 21 0 41
12 FC Andorra 32 11 7 14 33 29 16 7 3 6 20 11 16 4 4 8 13 18 4 40
13 Mirandes 31 10 10 11 36 38 16 8 5 3 24 18 15 2 5 8 12 20 -2 40
14 Leganes 32 10 10 12 27 30 17 8 5 4 18 14 15 2 5 8 9 16 -3 40
15 Real Oviedo 32 10 9 13 20 25 16 6 4 6 9 10 16 4 5 7 11 15 -5 39
16 Real Zaragoza 31 9 11 11 26 29 15 5 7 3 15 12 16 4 4 8 11 17 -3 38
17 Racing Santander 31 9 10 12 25 28 15 4 6 5 12 13 16 5 4 7 13 15 -3 37
18 Sporting Gijon 31 8 12 11 30 34 16 6 7 3 22 16 15 2 5 8 8 18 -4 36
19 Ponferradina 32 7 12 13 27 40 16 5 5 6 14 18 16 2 7 7 13 22 -13 33
20 Malaga 32 5 12 15 26 37 16 4 7 5 14 16 16 1 5 10 12 21 -11 27
21 UD Ibiza 32 5 10 17 25 48 16 3 7 6 16 21 16 2 3 11 9 27 -23 25
22 Lugo 31 5 9 17 20 41 15 3 6 6 9 12 16 2 3 11 11 29 -21 24

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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.