Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th January 2026

Form hasn't been great recently for Villarreal, who hope to turn things around against Deportivo Alaves on Saturday. This is a round 19 match in the current LaLiga campaign, and they face each other at Estadio de la Ceramica.

Villarreal are placed threeth with 38 points after 17 matches. Deportivo Alaves occupy a position as 13th in the league on 19 points.

Villarreal are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Deportivo Alaves and odds favour them to pull it off.

Villarreal scored 2.1 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 21 times. They conceded 11 goals, an average of 1.1 and pulled off four clean sheets.

Deportivo Alaves scored six goals, conceded 13 and kept their opponents from scoring two times in ten matches.

Villarreal lost to 1-0 Deportivo Alaves in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 3-0 win, which Villarreal dished out the match before that.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Prediction

Villarreal Form

Villarreal suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Racing Santander in a 2-1 defeat. Barcelona also proved too hard to handle, as they won 0-2, before Villarreal were able to strike back last time out in a 1-3 win against Elche. Villarreal won four of their previous six LaLiga games at the Estadio de la Ceramica. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded five and scored 11 goals.

Deportivo Alaves Form

In has been a bit of everything for Deportivo Alaves in their previous three matches, as they first beat Sevilla by 1-0. This was followed by a disappointing 3-0 defeat against Osasuna, before an encounter with Real Oviedo produced a 1-1 draw. Deportivo Alaves didn't manage a single away win in their last six LaLiga matches, but managed one draws, while suffering five defeats. They conceded ten and scored two goals themselves.

Anything but a home win for Villarreal will be a massive surprise, and with goals flowing freely Deportivo Alaves could be in for a hammering.

Villarreal recorded 15 points following five wins from their last five games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 14 goals, but also conceded three. Deportivo Alaves claimed one wins and four points in their last five games against teams from the top six. They scored five times in these matches, but also conceded eight goals. Villarreal claimed 12 wins, two draws as well as three defeats in the LaLiga this season. Deportivo Alaves have a record of five wins, four draws and nine defeats in the LaLiga.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Squads

Villarreal Squad

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

Arnau Tenas (0/3), Diego Conde (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/14), Alfonso Pedraza (1/12), Ismael Sierra (0/0), Juan Foyth (0/10), Logan Costa (0/0), Pau Navarro (0/7), Rafa Marin (1/13), Santiago Mourino (0/11), Sergi Cardona (0/14), Willy Kambwala (0/0), Alberto Moleiro (7/17), Carlos Macia (0/3), Daniel Parejo (0/14), Mahamoud Barry (0/0), Pape Gueye (2/13), Renato Veiga (0/14), Santi Comesana (2/16), Tajon Buchanan (5/16), Thiago Fernandez (0/0), Thomas Partey (0/12), Ayoze Perez (2/10), Georges Mikautadze (4/12), Gerard Moreno (4/8), Ilias Akhomach (0/9), Nicolas Pepe (2/16), Pau Cabanes (0/0), Tani Oluwaseyi (2/14).

Deportivo Alaves Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Deportivo Alaves players that the manager Eduardo Coudet will choose from for the upcoming game:

Antonio Sivera (0/18), Gregoire Swiderski (0/0), Raul Fernandez (0/0), Adrian Pica (0/0), Carlos Ballestero (0/0), Facundo Garces (0/6), Hugo Novoa (0/0), Jon Pacheco (0/12), Jonny Otto (0/18), Moussa Diarra (0/3), Nahuel Tenaglia (1/17), Nikola Maras (0/0), Victor Parada (0/14), Xanet Olaiz (0/0), Youssef Enriquez (0/13), Ander Guevara (1/11), Antonio Blanco (0/16), Calebe (0/13), Carles Alena (0/18), Carlos Protesoni (0/5), Denis Suarez (1/16), Jon Guridi (0/11), Pablo Ibanez (1/18), Abderrahman Rebbach (0/15), Aitor Manas (0/2), Antonio Martinez (2/17), Carlos Vicente (4/18), Diego Morcillo (0/1), Izei Hernandez (0/0), Lander Pinillos (0/1), Lucas Boye (4/13), Mariano Diaz (0/9).

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Team News

Villarreal could be looking at five players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Deportivo Alaves. Alfonso Pedraza, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo, Georges Mikautadze and Pape Gueye can't be called up by the Villarreal-manager, with both serving a ban.

Deportivo Alaves are juggling with four absent players on this coming Saturday when travelling to Villarreal. Jonny Otto, Carlos Protesoni, Nahuel Tenaglia and Antonio Blanco racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Deportivo Alaves travelling party for their next match.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Lineups

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves H2H

Villarreal took a hit when Deportivo Alaves handed them a 1-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 3-0 win. Villarreal hold a 5-2-3 advantage against Deportivo Alaves from their latest encounters. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 4/7.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Villarreal 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 1/1 with the bookies on Saturday.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Tips

Lucas Boye shows decent form right now for Deportivo Alaves, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the LaLiga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Villarreal, who are strong favourites this coming Saturday. Siding with Alberto Moleiro also look a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six LaLiga matches.

Villarreal claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Deportivo Alaves won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing six in this series of matches. Both teams scored in four of the last 10 LaLiga matches for Villarreal at Estadio de la Ceramica. Both teams also found their way to the target in two of the previous 10 away games for Deportivo Alaves.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Villarreal managed an average of 2.1 goals, with Deportivo Alaves averaging 1.2 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in this run of matches. Villarreal saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Deportivo Alaves's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of one goal in these matches.