Football betting preview: Deportivo Alavés with moderate expectations before welcoming Barcelona

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 19.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olaranbe (4000 seats)

Struggling Deportivo Alavés will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Barcelona in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Deportivo Alavés and Barcelona.

Alavés can neither be promoted or relegated from La Liga. Barcelona have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 2nd place no matter what happens.

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Deportivo Alavés form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga, Deportivo Alavés have managed 7 wins, 6 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games.

Alavés enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Real Betis's place. The match ended 2-1 with Rodrigo Ely and Joselu scoring. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Getafe.

Alavés goalkeeper Roberto Jiménez did an outstanding job against Real Betis with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.

Alavés has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Deportivo Alavés are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Olaranbe in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 18 matches.

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Barcelona form and stats

Playing away, Barcelona, who have the most scored goals (81) in La Liga, have won 8 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the La Liga this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Barcelona, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Home advantage was not enough for Barcelona in their previous game, as they lost their La Liga-match, hosting Osasuna, 1-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Real Valladolid.

Late heartbreak for Barcelona in the Osasuna match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

Barcelona are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 29 times in 18 away games so far. As opposed to that, Barcelona have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Barcelona - Deportivo Alavés 4-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - zero - nine (Alavés wins - draws - Barcelona wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarcelonaL. Messi
L. Messi
23 goals
BarcelonaL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
15 goals
AlavésJ. Sanmartín Mato
J. Sanmartín Mato
11 goals

Deportivo Alavés missing players

Barcelona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Deportivo Alavés Barcelona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
10 7 1 Won W 4 8 24
9 6 1 Drew D 2 5 7
18 5 3 Lost L 0 5 6
34 20 5 Scored S 14 29 81
54 14 6 Conceded C 7 22 38
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
78% 72% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 78% 76%
38% 28% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 56% 62%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 46%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 24%
46% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 44% 51%
24% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 38%
35% 28% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 28% 16%
 
3.6 4.1 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.6 5
4.7 4.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 3.8 3.6
3 3.4 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.5
7 1 1 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
311 181 55 Total Shots T S 76 205 471
105 62 18 Shots on Target S O 33 89 210
32% 32% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 33% 39%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Barcelona has the most scored goals (29) away
  • Barcelona has the most scored goals (81)
  • Barcelona has the most scored goals in the first half (41)
  • Barcelona has the most scored goals in the second half (40)
  • Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Barcelona have scored more than double the goals of Deportivo Alavés.
  • Deportivo Alavés has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)

  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 37 26 8 3 68 23 19 15 4 0 40 11 18 11 4 3 28 12 45 86
2 Barcelona 37 24 7 6 81 38 19 16 2 1 52 16 18 8 5 5 29 22 43 79
3 Atlético Madrid 37 18 15 4 50 26 18 12 5 1 27 10 19 6 10 3 23 16 24 69
4 Sevilla 37 18 13 6 53 34 18 9 7 2 25 14 19 9 6 4 28 20 19 67
5 Villarreal 37 17 6 14 59 49 18 8 5 5 33 25 19 9 1 9 26 24 10 57
6 Real Sociedad 37 16 7 14 55 47 19 9 4 6 33 20 18 7 3 8 22 27 8 55
7 Getafe 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 8 6 5 25 20 18 6 6 6 18 16 7 54
8 Valencia 37 14 11 12 46 52 19 11 7 1 29 16 18 3 4 11 17 36 -6 53
9 Granada 37 15 8 14 48 45 18 9 3 6 22 16 19 6 5 8 26 29 3 53
10 Athletic Club 37 13 12 12 41 34 19 9 4 6 21 14 18 4 8 6 20 20 7 51
11 Osasuna 37 13 12 12 44 52 18 7 6 5 24 27 19 6 6 7 20 25 -8 51
12 Levante 37 13 7 17 46 53 18 8 5 5 26 19 19 5 2 12 20 34 -7 46
13 SD Eibar 37 11 9 17 39 52 19 8 3 8 25 25 18 3 6 9 14 27 -13 42
14 Real Betis 37 10 11 16 48 58 19 9 4 6 34 27 18 1 7 10 14 31 -10 41
15 Real Valladolid 37 8 15 14 30 43 18 4 10 4 16 15 19 4 5 10 14 28 -13 39
16 Deportivo Alavés 37 10 9 18 34 54 18 7 6 5 20 14 19 3 3 13 14 40 -20 39
17 Celta de Vigo 37 7 15 15 37 49 19 5 8 6 22 20 18 2 7 9 15 29 -12 36
18 Leganés 37 8 11 18 28 49 18 5 4 9 15 24 19 3 7 9 13 25 -21 35
19 Mallorca 37 9 5 23 38 63 19 8 3 8 25 22 18 1 2 15 13 41 -25 32
20 Espanyol 37 5 9 23 27 58 18 2 5 11 15 31 19 3 4 12 12 27 -31 24

Deportivo Alavés:
Barcelona:
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 37 26 8 3 68 23 19 15 4 0 40 11 18 11 4 3 28 12 45 86
2 Barcelona 37 24 7 6 81 38 19 16 2 1 52 16 18 8 5 5 29 22 43 79
3 Atlético Madrid 37 18 15 4 50 26 18 12 5 1 27 10 19 6 10 3 23 16 24 69
4 Sevilla 37 18 13 6 53 34 18 9 7 2 25 14 19 9 6 4 28 20 19 67
5 Villarreal 37 17 6 14 59 49 18 8 5 5 33 25 19 9 1 9 26 24 10 57
6 Real Sociedad 37 16 7 14 55 47 19 9 4 6 33 20 18 7 3 8 22 27 8 55
7 Getafe 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 8 6 5 25 20 18 6 6 6 18 16 7 54
8 Valencia 37 14 11 12 46 52 19 11 7 1 29 16 18 3 4 11 17 36 -6 53
9 Granada 37 15 8 14 48 45 18 9 3 6 22 16 19 6 5 8 26 29 3 53
10 Athletic Club 37 13 12 12 41 34 19 9 4 6 21 14 18 4 8 6 20 20 7 51
11 Osasuna 37 13 12 12 44 52 18 7 6 5 24 27 19 6 6 7 20 25 -8 51
12 Levante 37 13 7 17 46 53 18 8 5 5 26 19 19 5 2 12 20 34 -7 46
13 SD Eibar 37 11 9 17 39 52 19 8 3 8 25 25 18 3 6 9 14 27 -13 42
14 Real Betis 37 10 11 16 48 58 19 9 4 6 34 27 18 1 7 10 14 31 -10 41
15 Real Valladolid 37 8 15 14 30 43 18 4 10 4 16 15 19 4 5 10 14 28 -13 39
16 Deportivo Alavés 37 10 9 18 34 54 18 7 6 5 20 14 19 3 3 13 14 40 -20 39
17 Celta de Vigo 37 7 15 15 37 49 19 5 8 6 22 20 18 2 7 9 15 29 -12 36
18 Leganés 37 8 11 18 28 49 18 5 4 9 15 24 19 3 7 9 13 25 -21 35
19 Mallorca 37 9 5 23 38 63 19 8 3 8 25 22 18 1 2 15 13 41 -25 32
20 Espanyol 37 5 9 23 27 58 18 2 5 11 15 31 19 3 4 12 12 27 -31 24

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