Deportivo Alaves vs Athletic Club Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd May 2026

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

Athletic Club are aiming to extend the lead on Deportivo Alaves in the LaLiga table after they go toe-to-toe this coming Saturday. On the other hand, the hosts should be motivated to not let the current gap get any bigger than it already is.

Deportivo Alaves step into their next home match on Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 18 goals, while also allowing 20 goals against. That is an average of two goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet zero times in those matches.

Athletic Club are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 11 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.1 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 15 goals, and while Athletic Club claimed one clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.5 goals per match.

Athletic Club were knocked out cold when Deportivo Alaves took a 1-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, Athletic Club handed out in the game before.

Deportivo Alaves vs Athletic Club Prediction

Deportivo Alaves Form

Deportivo Alaves hope for some consistency, as their fans saw their team win, lose and draw in their last three matches. A close game with Real Sociedad resulted in a 3-3 draw, followed by a 2-1 defeat against Real Madrid, before beating Mallorca by 2-1. Deportivo Alaves claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the LaLiga. They also drew three and lost one, scored nine goals and conceded nine.

Athletic Club Form

It is all or nothing with Athletic Club following one win in their previous three outings. They first went down 1-2 in an encounter with Villarreal to which, they replied by beating Osasuna1-0. Their latest encounter once again had them on the losing side, when they lost 3-2 against Atletico Madrid. Athletic Club managed to win just once in their past six away games in the LaLiga. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring 12 time and letting in six.

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

Athletic Club recorded six wins from their last 11 games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected 19 points. They scored 18 goals while conceding 16. Deportivo Alaves have a record of nine wins, nine draws and 15 defeats in the LaLiga this season. Athletic Club are looking at 12 wins, five draws and 16 defeats in the LaLiga.

Deportivo Alaves vs Athletic Club Squads

Deportivo Alaves Squad

The 61-year-old coach of the home team, Quique Sanchez Flores, will select the lineup against Athletic Club from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season:

Antonio Sivera (0/33), Gregoire Swiderski (0/0), Raul Fernandez (0/0), Adrian Pica (0/0), Carlos Ballestero (0/0), Facundo Garces (0/10), Hugo Novoa (0/0), Jon Pacheco (0/22), Jonny Otto (0/32), Nahuel Tenaglia (1/31), Paco Sanz (0/0), Victor Parada (0/25), Xanet Olaiz (0/0), Youssef Enriquez (0/23), Ander Guevara (1/22), Antonio Blanco (1/31), Calebe (0/19), Carles Alena (0/33), Carlos Protesoni (0/9), Denis Suarez (1/25), Jon Guridi (0/23), Pablo Ibanez (1/32), Ville Koski (0/2), Abderrahman Rebbach (1/25), Aitor Manas (0/6), Angel Perez (1/11), Antonio Martinez (11/32), Diego Morcillo (0/1), Ibrahim Diabate (0/0), Izei Hernandez (0/0), Lander Pinillos (0/1), Lucas Boye (11/27), Mariano Diaz (0/10).

Athletic Club Squad

Here is the full team squad of Athletic Club. The 62 year-old Ernesto Valverde will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Alex Padilla (0/0), Unai Simon (0/33), Aitor Paredes (2/18), Andoni Gorosabel (0/19), Aymeric Laporte (0/21), Daniel Vivian (1/28), Inigo Lekue (0/10), Jesus Areso (0/24), Jon De Luis (0/0), Unai Eguiluz (0/0), Yeray Alvarez (0/2), Yuri Berchiche (0/29), Alejandro Rego (1/24), Benat Prados (0/0), Efe Korkut (0/0), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (1/30), Mikel Jauregizar (2/31), Mikel Vesga (0/21), Nico Williams (4/23), Oihan Sancet (3/26), Robert Navarro (5/27), Selton Sanchez (0/7), Unai Gomez (1/21), Adama Boiro (0/11), Alex Berenguer (2/28), Asier Hierro (0/0), Gorka Guruzeta (9/30), Inaki Williams (2/25), Maroan Sannadi (1/9), Nico Serrano (1/14), Urko Izeta (0/11).

Deportivo Alaves vs Athletic Club Team News

At the time of writing, Deportivo Alaves have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Athletic Club this coming Saturday. Jonny Otto, Carlos Protesoni, Nahuel Tenaglia and Antonio Blanco can't be called up by the Deportivo Alaves-manager, with both serving a ban.

Deportivo Alaves vs Athletic Club Lineups

Deportivo Alaves vs Athletic Club H2H

Athletic Club were knocked out cold when Deportivo Alaves took a 1-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, Athletic Club handed out in the game before. Deportivo Alaves have a 30% win rate against Athletic Club, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 3-3-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Deportivo Alaves vs Athletic Club Results

The previous ten matches between Deportivo Alaves and Athletic Club were not exactly one goal-fest after another as under 2.5 goals came out nine times.

Deportivo Alaves vs Athletic Club Betting Tips

It has been a superb season for Antonio Martinez so far as he managed to score impressive 11 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target six times in his last six games, and Deportivo Alaves rely on his abilities against Athletic Club. Siding with him to find the back of the net this coming Saturday seems like a decent punt.

Deportivo Alaves claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing two. Athletic Club won three of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost six of the games in this run. Goals are flowing freely for Deportivo Alaves on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in Athletic Club''s last 10 league games away from home.

Under 2.5 goals happened nine times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Deportivo Alaves managed an average of 0.5 goals, with Athletic Club averaging 0.8 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet eight times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Deportivo Alaves, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Athletic Club, who managed to score 0.9 times in those matches.