Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th March 2025

Struggling Deportivo Alaves are in for a tough assignment, when going up against Villarreal this coming Saturday at Estadio Mendizorroza. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take anything from this encounter.

Deportivo Alaves are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Villarreal. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they are in for a tough assignment this coming Saturday.

Deportivo Alaves are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 11 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.1 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 13 goals, or an average of 1.3 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to zero clean sheets in this run.

Villarreal scored 21 goals, conceded ten and held on for a clean sheet in two of their last ten matches.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Villarreal came away as 3-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Saturday.

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Prediction

Deportivo Alaves Form

Deportivo Alaves have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Leganes, they recorded a 3-3 draw, before coming up short against Espanyol, who ran out 0-1 winners. Lately, they recorded another draw in a 1-1 match with Mallorca. Deportivo Alaves didn't manage a single win in any of their previous six LaLiga games at the Estadio Mendizorroza. They have a record of three draws and three defeats, in which they conceded six and scored three goals.

Villarreal Form

Villarreal are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating Las Palmas by 1-2. This was followed by a 1-1 with Valencia and a 0-1 win against Rayo Vallecano. Villarreal won half their previous six away matches in the LaLiga, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored nine goals whilst conceding seven.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Deportivo Alaves renew Villarreal their acquaintance.

Deportivo Alaves fought their way to one wins and five points from their last eight games against teams inside the top six. They were on target seven times in these matches, but also let in 14 goals. Villarreal performed better against teams from the bottom six than any other side this season in the LaLiga. In their previous nine matches against these relegation-threatened teams, they won seven, scored 24 and conceded nine goals for a total of 23 points. Deportivo Alaves claimed five wins, eight draws as well as 13 defeats in the LaLiga this season. Villarreal enjoy a record of 12 wins, eight draws and five defeats in the LaLiga.

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Squads

Deportivo Alaves Squad

The 50-year-old coach of the home team, Eduardo Coudet, will select the lineup against Villarreal from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season:

Antonio Sivera (0/22), Gregoire Swiderski (0/0), Jesus Owono (0/5), Abdelkabir Abqar (0/24), Adrian Pica (0/8), Aleksandar Sedlar (0/7), Facundo Garces (0/1), Hugo Novoa (0/5), Iurie Iovu (0/0), Manuel Sanchez (0/22), Moussa Diarra (0/21), Nahuel Tenaglia (1/23), Santiago Mourino (0/15), Ander Guevara (0/24), Antonio Blanco (0/24), Carles Alena (0/13), Carlos Protesoni (1/10), Joan Jordan (4/15), Jon Guridi (2/23), Antonio Martinez (3/21), Asier Villalibre (1/11), Carlos Martin (2/17), Carlos Vicente (3/25), Kike Garcia (11/25), Pau Cabanes (1/12), Tomas Conechny (1/14).

Villarreal Squad

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

Diego Conde (0/19), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/7), Alfonso Pedraza (0/0), Arnau Sola (0/0), Eric Bailly (0/10), Juan Foyth (0/8), Kiko (0/21), Logan Costa (2/19), Pau Navarro (0/10), Raul Albiol (0/15), Sergi Cardona (1/24), Willy Kambwala (0/8), Alejandro Baena (6/23), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (3/23), Denis Suarez (1/13), Pape Gueye (2/23), Santi Comesana (3/23), Tajon Buchanan (0/3), Ayoze Perez (11/18), Gerard Moreno (3/12), Ilias Akhomach (1/11), Nicolas Pepe (1/17), Thierno Barry (8/24), Yeremi Pino (1/22).

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Team News

Deportivo Alaves might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Villarreal. Carlos Protesoni, Nahuel Tenaglia and Antonio Blanco can't be called up by the Deportivo Alaves-manager, with both serving a ban.

Villarreal are juggling with four absent players on on Saturday when travelling to Deportivo Alaves. Alfonso Pedraza, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo and Pape Gueye can't be called upon by Villarreal, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Lineups

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Villarreal came away as 3-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Saturday. All in all, Villarreal have a fine reading on Deportivo Alaves in previous seasons with a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Villarreal to win this match at best price odds of 11/8.

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only two times in ten matches between Deportivo Alaves and Villarreal. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 11/10 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Kike Garcia has three strikes in six LaLiga matches for Deportivo Alaves, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Villarreal. The visitors are looking to Ayoze Perez, who has provided his team with three LaLiga goals.

In their last 10 matches at Estadio Mendizorroza across all tournaments Deportivo Alaves won two times, drew three and lost five times. Villarreal claimed five wins, two draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. Deportivo Alaves managed a clean sheet in one of their games at home, Villarreal kept a clean sheet in one of their last 10.

Both teams to score was a winning bet nine times in the last ten encounters between Deportivo Alaves and Villarreal, while over 2.5 goals happened eight times. Deportivo Alaves managed an average of 1.3 goals, with Villarreal averaging 2.2 goals in these. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Deportivo Alaves’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Villarreal, who managed to score 2.1 times in those matches.