Valencia vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th May 2024

Deportivo Alaves go up against Valencia on Sunday for a La Liga meeting at Estadio Mestalla.

Valencia approach round 34 as number 8 in the La Liga table with 47 points on their account so far. With 33 rounds behind them, Deportivo Alaves have amassed 38 points, placing them as number 12 in the standings.

Valencia are looking for revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the last meeting against Deportivo Alaves. Judging by the odds from the bookmakers, they have a good chance of making it.

Valencia are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net eight times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.8 goals per game, as they conceded 11 goals. They managed five clean sheets in these matches.

Deportivo Alaves travel to their next La Liga match, averaging a lowly 0.8 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of eight goals, while also conceding eight goals. That amounts to an average of 0.8 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring four times.

Deportivo Alaves got the better of Valencia in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 1-0 and 2-1, respectively.

Valencia vs Deportivo Alaves Prediction

Valencia Form

Valencia managed one win in the last three matches, which was a 0-1 victory against Osasuna. They went on to lose 1-2 against Real Betis, before getting dumped in a 4-2 defeat against Barcelona. Valencia managed to win two of their past six home matches in the La Liga. In the remaining four, they drew three and lost one, as they scored six and conceded five goals.

Deportivo Alaves Form

Deportivo Alaves won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 2-0 against Granada, before beating Atletico Madrid 2-0. Another win followed, this time by 3-0 against Celta Vigo. In their last six away matches in the La Liga, Deportivo Alaves won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying seven goals conceded and six scored.

Both Valencia and Deportivo Alaves are having a hard time finding their way to the net. With the teams clashing in this round 34, we find a low scoring match is the natural pick.

Valencia took 32 points from their last 17 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the La Liga table. This amounts to nine wins after scoring 19 times and conceding 11. Deportivo Alaves scored ten goals and conceded 21 in their last 16 encounters with teams in the top half of the La Liga. This lead to two wins and 11 points. Valencia have a record of 13 wins, eight draws and 12 defeats in the La Liga this season. Deportivo Alaves have a record of ten wins, eight draws and 15 defeats in the La Liga.

Valencia vs Deportivo Alaves Squads

Valencia Squad

Ruben Baraja will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Deportivo Alaves from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Cristian Rivero (0/0), Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/33), Jaume Domenech (0/1), Cenk Ozkacar (0/19), Cristhian Mosquera (0/31), Dimitri Foulquier (0/28), Hugo Guillamon (1/24), Jesus Vazquez (1/19), Jose Gaya (1/22), Marco Camus (0/0), Mouctar Diakhaby (1/14), Thierry Correia (0/26), Yarek Gasiorowski (0/10), Andre Almeida (2/13), Fran Perez (1/32), Hugo Gonzalez (0/7), Javier Guerra (4/31), Pepelu (6/33), Peter Gonzalez (0/10), Selim Amallah (0/18), Alberto Mari (0/12), David Otorbi Ejededawe (0/0), Diego Lopez (3/31), Hugo Duro (13/33), Pablo Gozalbez (0/5), Roman Yaremchuk (3/21), Sergi Canos (1/22).

Deportivo Alaves Squad

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

Adrian Rodriguez (0/0), Antonio Sivera (0/33), Jesus Owono (0/0), Ruben Montero (0/0), Abdelkabir Abqar (0/22), Aleksandar Sedlar (1/11), Alex Sola (0/27), Andoni Gorosabel (1/32), Egoitz Munoz (0/0), Javi Lopez (0/28), Nahuel Tenaglia (1/21), Rafa Marin (0/29), Ruben Duarte (2/24), Victor Parada (0/2), Ander Guevara (1/32), Antonio Blanco (0/30), Carlos Benavidez (3/26), Jon Guridi (1/31), Tomas Mendes (0/1), Xeber Alkain (0/9), Abderrahman Rebbach (1/21), Carlos Vicente (0/14), Giuliano Simeone (1/10), Ianis Hagi (0/18), Joaquin Panichelli (0/5), Kike Garcia (3/30), Luis Rioja (5/33), Samuel Omorodion (9/31).

Valencia vs Deportivo Alaves Team News

Valencia might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Deportivo Alaves.

Diego Lopez, Thierry Correia and Andre Almeida are all absent from the Valencia squad that faces Deportivo Alaves at Estadio Mestalla.

Deportivo Alaves have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Valencia at Estadio Mestalla.

Aleksandar Sedlar won't be travelling with Deportivo Alaves this time, as he nurses an injury.

Valencia vs Deportivo Alaves Lineups

Valencia vs Deportivo Alaves H2H

Deportivo Alaves got the better of Valencia in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 1-0 and 2-1, respectively. Valencia won four matches and Deportivo Alaves won three Matches of the latest ten encounters. Deportivo Alaves came out 1-0 winners in the most recent meeting, though, and the bookies best betting odds on another away win at full-time are at 10/3.

Valencia vs Deportivo Alaves Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Valencia welcome Deportivo Alaves as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 13/8 with the bookies this coming Sunday.

Valencia vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Tips

Despite having scored only two times in his last 6 league matches, Pepelu has actually netted six goals during this La Liga season. He will surely want to add some more until the end of the campaign, and the upcoming match against outsiders Deportivo Alaves should be a good opportunity for him to improve on his recent goalscoring ratio. In short, siding with Pepelu to add another goal this season should be a bet to consider.

Valencia won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Estadio Mestalla. They drew four and lost two as well, while Deportivo Alaves won three of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost five. Goals are usually flowing for Valencia on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened two times for Deportivo Alaves in their last 10 league games away from home.

The last ten encounters between Valencia and Deportivo Alaves saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with Valencia averaging 1.7 goals a game. Deportivo Alaves scored 1.2 goals on average in these, as both teams scored eight times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Valencia, who scored an average of 0.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in one of Deportivo Alaves's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.