Home advantage could prove decisive in Valencia - Deportivo Alavés battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Fri 27.August
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mestalla (54000 seats)

This is shaping up to be another intriguing meeting at Estadio de Mestalla in the La Liga. Valencia is in 3rd place and welcome Deportivo Alavés in 20th place. Read all about the fixture here!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Valencia form and stats

The hosts won their first La Liga game here at Estadio de Mestalla, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Valencia last season were 8 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses from 19 games.

Valencia shared the glory with Granada in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. José Luis Gayà was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender Gayà won 8 of 12 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Getafe in a game that was won 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Valencia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won eight times, drawn six and lost zero.

Early season league goal statistics from Valencia's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.

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Deportivo Alavés form and stats

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a La Liga home defeat versus Mallorca with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Manu García was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. García hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

A 1-4 loss hosting Real Madrid before that.

Alavés are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and four defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Valencia won five, Deportivo Alavés triumphed in two and we saw three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciaC. Soler Barragán
C. Soler Barragán
2 goals
Deportivo AlavésJ. Sanmartín Mato
J. Sanmartín Mato
1 goals

Valencia missing players

Deportivo Alavés missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valencia Deportivo Alavés
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 0 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
2 1 1 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
3.5 1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0.5
5.5 9 9 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
4 6 6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 4 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
4 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
25% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
Valencia Last season Deportivo Alavés
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 8   Won W   3 9
13 7   Drew D   5 11
15 4   Lost L   11 18
50 34   Scored S   15 36
53 23   Conceded C   32 57
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
76% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 68%
55% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 45%
32% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 26%
11% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
63% 68%   BTTS BTTS   47% 53%
18% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 24%
24% 16%   Failed to Score F T   42% 34%
 
4.3 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 3.7
5.3 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.3
2.1 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.6
5 2   Red cards R C   3 8
 
10.1 9.7   Shots (avg) S (   7.7 8.6
3.5 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 2.6
38% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
2 Mallorca 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
3 Valencia 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
5 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
6 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Cadiz 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
8 Real Betis 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
9 Athletic Club 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
10 Granada 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Espanyol 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Villarreal 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Elche 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Deportivo Alavés 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 38 26 8 4 67 25 19 15 3 1 41 11 19 11 5 3 26 14 42 86
2 Real Madrid 38 25 9 4 67 28 19 13 3 3 33 13 19 12 6 1 34 15 39 84
3 Barcelona 38 24 7 7 85 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 19 13 2 4 41 18 47 79
4 Sevilla 38 24 5 9 53 33 19 14 1 4 27 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 20 77
5 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 59 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 19 8 5 6 25 17 21 62
6 Real Betis 38 17 10 11 50 50 19 10 5 4 27 21 19 7 5 7 23 29 0 61
7 Villarreal 38 15 13 10 60 44 19 8 6 5 29 23 19 7 7 5 31 21 16 58
8 Celta de Vigo 38 14 11 13 55 57 19 9 3 7 30 30 19 5 8 6 25 27 -2 53
9 Granada 38 13 7 18 47 65 19 9 4 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 46
10 Athletic Club 38 11 13 14 46 42 19 8 6 5 29 19 19 3 7 9 17 23 4 46
11 Osasuna 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 7 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 16 25 -11 44
12 Cadiz 38 11 11 16 36 58 19 5 5 9 17 30 19 6 6 7 19 28 -22 44
13 Valencia 38 10 13 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 19 2 6 11 16 30 -3 43
14 Levante 38 9 14 15 46 57 19 5 9 5 27 30 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 41
15 Getafe 38 9 11 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 19 3 5 11 13 30 -15 38
16 Deportivo Alavés 38 9 11 18 36 57 19 6 6 7 21 25 19 3 5 11 15 32 -21 38
17 Elche 38 8 12 18 34 55 19 5 8 6 18 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -21 36
18 Huesca 38 7 13 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 34
19 Real Valladolid 38 5 16 17 34 57 19 3 7 9 19 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -23 31
20 Eibar 38 6 12 20 29 52 19 2 7 10 12 21 19 4 5 10 17 31 -23 30

Valencia:
Deportivo Alavés:
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 Barcelona 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
2 Mallorca 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
3 Valencia 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
5 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
6 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Cadiz 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
8 Real Betis 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
9 Athletic Club 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
10 Granada 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Espanyol 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Villarreal 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Elche 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Deportivo Alavés 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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