Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th March 2024

Athletic Club enjoy home advantage, when visitors Deportivo Alaves swing by on Saturday for a clash in the La Liga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Athletic Club approach round 29 as number 5 in the La Liga table with 53 points on their account so far. With 28 rounds behind them, Deportivo Alaves have amassed 32 points, placing them as number 13 in the standings.

Athletic Club came away with three points from the latest encounter with Deportivo Alaves. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other on Saturday.

Athletic Club go into their next La Liga match, scoring a humble average of 1.4 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 14 times, while conceding seven. That amounts to an average of 0.7 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring six times.

Deportivo Alaves scored 12 goals, conceded nine and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Athletic Club came away with a 0-2 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at San Mames, but face stern opposition, of course.

Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves Prediction

Athletic Club Form

In their last three matches, Athletic Club won 3-0 against Atletico Madrid, before settling for a point in a 0-0 draw against Barcelona. They were back on top last time out, defeating Las Palmas 0-2. Athletic Club won five of their last six La Liga matches at the San Mames, scoring 12 and conceding three along they way. They also drew once as they remained without defeat.

Deportivo Alaves Form

In their last three matches, Deportivo Alaves drew 1-1 with Mallorca, lost 1-0 against Osasuna and beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0. Deportivo Alaves won twice, while also recording two draws, and two defeats in their last six away matches in the La Liga. The scoreline from these matches says seven goals conceded and seven scored.

Deportivo Alaves and Athletic Club are almost always cautious, when going toe-to-toe with each other, which makes under 2.5 goals the value bet this coming Saturday.

Athletic Club scored 28 goals and conceded eight in their last 13 games against teams from the bottom half of the La Liga table. They collected 29 points and eight victories. Deportivo Alaves won zero and claimed one points in their seven most recent games against teams inside the top six. They scored four conceded 14 goals. Athletic Club are looking at a record of 15 wins, eight draws and five defeats in the La Liga this season. Deportivo Alaves have a record of eight wins, eight draws and 12 defeats in the La Liga.

Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves Squads

Athletic Club Squad

The 60-year-old coach of the home team, Ernesto Valverde, will select the lineup against Deportivo Alaves from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season:

Julen Agirrezabala (0/0), Unai Simon (0/28), Aitor Paredes (1/27), Daniel Vivian (0/25), Hugo Rincon (0/0), Imanol Garcia de Albeniz (0/6), Inigo Lekue (0/19), Oscar de Marcos (1/21), Yeray Alvarez (0/11), Yuri Berchiche (3/21), Ander Herrera (0/17), Benat Prados (0/18), Dani Garcia (1/12), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (1/22), Mikel Jauregizar (0/4), Mikel Vesga (3/20), Oihan Sancet (3/26), Raul Garcia (0/12), Unai Gomez (2/19), Alex Berenguer (6/25), Asier Villalibre (1/13), Gorka Guruzeta (11/27), Iker Muniain (1/14), Inaki Williams (9/25), Malcom Ares (0/9), Nico Williams (3/23).

Deportivo Alaves Squad

Here is the full team squad of Deportivo Alaves. The 51 year-old Luis Garcia will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Adrian Rodriguez (0/0), Antonio Sivera (0/28), Jesus Owono (0/0), Ruben Montero (0/0), Abdelkabir Abqar (0/19), Aleksandar Sedlar (1/11), Alex Sola (0/25), Andoni Gorosabel (1/27), Egoitz Munoz (0/0), Javi Lopez (0/24), Nahuel Tenaglia (1/17), Rafa Marin (0/25), Ruben Duarte (2/22), Victor Parada (0/2), Ander Guevara (1/27), Antonio Blanco (0/25), Carlos Benavidez (1/21), Jon Guridi (0/27), Tomas Mendes (0/1), Xeber Alkain (0/9), Abderrahman Rebbach (1/19), Carlos Vicente (0/9), Giuliano Simeone (0/5), Ianis Hagi (0/17), Joaquin Panichelli (0/1), Kike Garcia (3/25), Luis Rioja (4/28), Samuel Omorodion (9/27).

Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves Team News

Athletic Club could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Saturday. For their upcoming match in round 29, Athletic Club are unable to call upon Aitor Paredes, who is suspended.

Sidelined with an injury, Athletic Club can't field Nico Williams on Saturday against Deportivo Alaves.

Deportivo Alaves seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to San Mames to face Athletic Club.

Aleksandar Sedlar is too injured to face Deportivo Alaves.

Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves Lineups

Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves H2H

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Athletic Club came away with a 0-2 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at San Mames, but face stern opposition, of course. Athletic Club have a 30% win rate in the against Deportivo Alaves, who won three of these matches. The total record reads 3-4-3, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only two times in the last ten matches Athletic Club took on Deportivo Alaves. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/3 with the bookies.

Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Tips

Samuel Omorodion shows decent form right now for Deportivo Alaves, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the La Liga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Athletic Club, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Gorka Guruzeta also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six La Liga matches.

Athletic Club won nine of their last 10 matches on home soil, drew one and lost none. Deportivo Alaves won three games, drew four and lost three in their last 10 away games across all tournaments. Athletic Club kept visitors at San Mames from scoring seven times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Deportivo Alaves have been able to keep a clean sheet in four of their last 10 games away from home.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times in the last ten encounters between Athletic Club and Deportivo Alaves. Under 2.5 goals came out eight times in these with Athletic Club managing an average of 0.8 goals, and Deportivo Alaves 0.7 goals a game. Athletic Club saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in three of the last ten matches that Deportivo Alaves played across all tournaments. They scored 1.1 times on average in the process.