Deportivo Alaves vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd February 2024

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

Deportivo Alaves are placed 11th with 26 points after 22 matches. Barcelona occupy a position as fourth in the league on 47 points.

Deportivo Alaves will try to spring a surprise on favourites Barcelona on Saturday and continue in their series of matches without defeat. Three more points would be massive for the team and their upcoming La Liga challenges.

Deportivo Alaves scored 12 goals, conceded 11 and fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Barcelona scored 20 goals, conceded 17 and kept their opponents from scoring two times in their last ten matches.

Barcelona celebrated a 2-1 win as well as a 1-0 victory in the last two matches played against Deportivo Alaves.

Deportivo Alaves vs Barcelona Prediction

Deportivo Alaves Form

In the previous three matches, Deportivo Alaves lost 2-0 against Athletic Club, beat Cadiz by 1-0 and won 0-3 against Almeria. In their last six La Liga home matches, Deportivo Alaves have three wins, while they've drawn one and lost two. They scored six and conceded four goals.

Barcelona Form

Barcelona claimed four points in their last three matches, starting by a 2-2 draw with Athletic Club. A 3-5 defeat against Villarreal was next up, before beating Osasuna by 1-0. Barcelona managed a decent return of three wins in their last six La Liga away matches, in which they scored 11 while also conceding seven times. They also experienced three draws and zero defeats.

Bookmakers have Barcelona down as rather big favourites for the win against Deportivo Alaves. While the hosts will obviously come out fighting, we still think the visitors will prevail in the end.

Deportivo Alaves fought their way to zero wins and one point from their last six games against teams inside the top six. They were on target three times in these matches, but also let in 11 goals. Deportivo Alaves claimed seven wins, five draws as well as ten defeats in the La Liga this season. Barcelona enjoy a record of 14 wins, five draws and three defeats in the La Liga.

Deportivo Alaves vs Barcelona Squads

Deportivo Alaves Squad

Garcia will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Barcelona from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Adrian Rodriguez (0/0), Antonio Sivera (0/22), Jesus Owono (0/0), Ruben Montero (0/0), Abdelkabir Abqar (0/14), Aleksandar Sedlar (1/11), Alex Sola (0/19), Andoni Gorosabel (0/22), Egoitz Munoz (0/0), Javi Lopez (0/18), Nahuel Tenaglia (1/13), Nikola Maras (0/0), Rafa Marin (0/19), Ruben Duarte (2/18), Victor Parada (0/2), Ander Guevara (1/21), Antonio Blanco (0/20), Carlos Benavidez (0/16), Jon Guridi (0/21), Tomas Mendes (0/1), Xeber Alkain (0/9), Abderrahman Rebbach (1/16), Carlos Vicente (0/4), Giuliano Simeone (0/3), Ianis Hagi (0/14), Kike Garcia (3/21), Luis Rioja (4/22), Samuel Omorodion (7/21).

Barcelona Squad

Below is the full team squad of Barcelona. The manager Hernandez will pick his starting XI against Deportivo Alaves from these players:

Inaki Pena (0/9), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/13), Alex Balde (0/18), Andreas Christensen (0/16), Hector Fort (0/1), Inigo Martinez (0/8), Joao Cancelo (2/18), Jules Kounde (1/19), Marcos Alonso (0/4), Ronald Araujo (1/16), Sergi Roberto (3/6), Fermin Lopez (1/15), Ferran Torres (7/21), Frenkie de Jong (1/14), Gavi (1/12), Ilkay Gundogan (4/22), Oriol Romeu (0/16), Pedri (2/11), Joao Felix (4/18), Lamine Yamal (1/22), Raphinha (3/15), Robert Lewandowski (8/20), Vitor Roque (1/4).

Deportivo Alaves vs Barcelona Team News

Deportivo Alaves seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment on Saturday. For their upcoming match in round 23, Deportivo Alaves are unable to call upon Andoni Gorosabel, who is suspended.

Sidelined with an injury, Deportivo Alaves can't field Aleksandar Sedlar on Saturday against Barcelona.

Barcelona could have up to eight players on the injured and absent players for their match on Saturday atEstadio Mendizorroza

Names like Joao Felix, Sergi Roberto, Alex Balde, Raphinha, Inigo Martinez, Marcos Alonso, Gavi and Marc-Andre ter Stegen most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Deportivo Alaves.

Deportivo Alaves vs Barcelona Lineups

Deportivo Alaves vs Barcelona H2H

It finished with a 2-1 win for Barcelona in the most recent meeting between the two sides. Will they be able to put the brakes on their opponent again this coming Saturday at Estadio Mendizorroza, or will Deportivo Alaves manage to assert some revenge? In total, they have played four matches in past seasons with Barcelona running away with most of the points. They won three encounters, with Deportivo Alaves stealing all 3 points in zero matches. Naturally, the last one game ended all square. The bookies have Barcelona to win this match at best price odds of 4/5.

Deportivo Alaves vs Barcelona Results

Both teams found the back of the net six times in the past ten matches between home side Deportivo Alaves and Barcelona. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 4/5.

Deportivo Alaves vs Barcelona Betting Tips

With three goals in six matches Luis Rioja has been a regular feature on the scoresheet in recent matches, making him a tempting betting prospect, when going up against Barcelona and their defence. The visitors hope Ferran Torres adds another to his current tally of four goals in his latest matches.

Of their 10 most recent games at Estadio Mendizorroza across all tournaments, Deportivo Alaves won five times, drew one and lost four. Barcelona won four of their recent 10 games on their travels, as well as drawing two and losing four. Barcelona scored the opener a mere four times in 10 away games, while Deportivo Alaves did the same in five of their last 10 outings at Estadio Mendizorroza.

Both teams scored six times in the last ten encounters between Deportivo Alaves and Barcelona, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. Deportivo Alaves scored 0.6 goals on average, while Barcelona pulled 2.6 goals on average. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, Deportivo Alaves saw three of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches Barcelona played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.3 goals themselves during this run.