Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd October 2023

by Bob Maplewood at 11:01am on Fri 2nd February 2024

Bookmakers favour Villarreal to be victorious against Deportivo Alaves in their upcoming La Liga encounter. Despite their recent unconvincing form, a win for the former seems likely this coming Sunday. They should not underestimate Deportivo Alaves, though.

Villarreal are number 16 in the table on eight points after nine matches. Deportivo Alaves rank as number 17 with eight points after nine matches played.

It has been a lousy opening to the La Liga campaign for Villarreal. Nevertheless, they will be hopeful of three points against Deportivo Alaves on Sunday.

Villarreal scored 13 goals, conceded 17 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Deportivo Alaves scored seven goals, conceded 14 and kept their opponents from scoring once in ten matches.

Villarreal took a hit when Deportivo Alaves handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured three points to their name by claiming a 5-2 win.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Prediction

Villarreal Form

Consistency has not been a trademark for Villarreal recently, and their last three matches first saw them sharing the points in a 0-0 draw with Getafe. This was followed by a 1-0 win against Rennes, before they lost 1-2 against Las Palmas. In their last six La Liga matches at home, Villarreal have one win, while they've drawn one and lost four.

Deportivo Alaves Form

In their last three matches, Deportivo Alaves drew 1-1 with Celta Vigo, lost 0-2 against Osasuna, and drew 1-1 with Real Betis. Deportivo Alaves came through their last six away games in the La Liga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew one and lost five in which, they were outscored by 12 goals to two.

Both Villarreal and Deportivo Alaves seem a little too focused on not losing than actually chasing a win, and as such, the draw is a tasty value bet from our perspective.

Villarreal won six points from their last two encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won two, scored three and let in one goals. Deportivo Alaves earned one points from their last one games against teams placed in the bottom six of the La Liga table. They scored one goals in those matches, but also allowed one goals against on their way to zero wins. Villarreal are looking at a record of two wins, two draws and five defeats in the La Liga this season. Deportivo Alaves show off two wins, two draws and five defeats in the La Liga.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Stats

In 11 of the last 13 Villarreal home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
Villarreal have scored in 15 of the last 17 home matches
In the last 7 Villarreal matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
In 5 of the last 6 home matches Villarreal played, both teams scored
Villarreal have conceded in 11 of the last 13 home matches

In 30 of the last 32 Deportivo Alaves matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
In 14 of the last 15 Deportivo Alaves away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
In 14 of the last 15 Deportivo Alaves away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
In the last 7 Deportivo Alaves matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
Deportivo Alaves have lost 3 of the last 4 away matches without scoring a goal

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Squads

Villarreal Squad

The 55-year-old coach of the home team, Pacheta, will select the lineup against Deportivo Alaves from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season:

Filip Joergensen (0/9), Pepe Reina (0/0), Adria Altimira (0/0), Aissa Mandi (0/5), Alberto Moreno (0/5), Jorge Cuenca (1/5), Juan Foyth (1/9), Kiko (0/3), Raul Albiol (0/7), Alejandro Baena (1/8), Daniel Parejo (1/8), Denis Suarez (0/4), Etienne Capoue (0/9), Francis Coquelin (0/0), Manuel Trigueros (0/3), Ramon Terrats (0/6), Santi Comesana (0/6), Alexander Soerloth (4/9), Alfonso Pedraza (0/7), Ben Brereton (0/7), Gerard Moreno (3/7), Ilias Akhomach (0/5), Jose Luis Morales (0/7), Yeremi Pino (0/6).

Deportivo Alaves Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 50 year-old Deportivo Alaves manager Garcia will select his starting XI from these players:

Antonio Sivera (0/9), Jesus Owono (0/0), Ruben Montero (0/0), Abdelkabir Abqar (0/6), Aleksandar Sedlar (0/8), Alex Sola (0/8), Andoni Gorosabel (0/9), Javi Lopez (0/6), Nahuel Tenaglia (0/2), Nikola Maras (0/0), Rafa Marin (0/7), Ruben Duarte (1/9), Ander Guevara (0/9), Antonio Blanco (0/7), Carlos Benavidez (0/7), Jon Guridi (0/8), Xeber Alkain (0/7), Abderrahman Rebbach (0/6), Giuliano Simeone (0/0), Ianis Hagi (0/6), Jon Karrikaburu (0/2), Kike Garcia (2/9), Luis Rioja (1/9), Samuel Omorodion (2/8).

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Villarreal, as they prepare to meet Deportivo Alaves, since five could be missing. Villarreal have to alter their line-up, as both Alejandro Baena and Alfonso Pedraza get a day in the shade.

Yeremi Pino, Denis Suarez, Ramon Terrats, Jorge Cuenca and Francis Coquelin nurses various injuries and won't take part for Villarreal against Deportivo Alaves at Estadio de la Ceramica.

Deportivo Alaves seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Estadio de la Ceramica to face Villarreal.

Giuliano Simeone nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Deportivo Alaves.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Lineups

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves H2H

Villarreal claimed a 5-2 win, while Deportivo Alaves answered back with a 2-1 win in their two most recent meetings. Look for a win for either side in the betting market here, as a stalemate seems highly unlikely. They have not played out a single draw in their last ten encounters. Villarreal managed five wins, while Deportivo Alaves grabbed all three points five times in these ten encounters. Picking the home win gets you odds at 8/13 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 9/2.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out nine times in the last ten matches between Villarreal and Deportivo Alaves.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Tips

Alexander Soerloth is showing good form for Villarreal, scoring three goals in their last six matches. Samuel Omorodion scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

Villarreal claimed four wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing one and losing five. Deportivo Alaves won two of their last 10 away games, as they also drew four and lost four of these matches. Should Villarreal pull off a home win on Sunday, it could be an entertaining affair, since they only won two games to nil in their last 10 attempts.

Over 2.5 goals came out ten times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Villarreal managed an average of 2.2 goals, with Deportivo Alaves averaging 1.5 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet nine times in this run of matches. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, Villarreal saw five of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in two of the last ten outings for Deportivo Alaves, who managed to score 0.8 times in those matches.

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Tips

Draw

Villarreal and Deportivo Alaves are both very focused on not losing currently, and they'd rather nick a point than risk losing all three. The draw is the tasty value bet at Estadio de la Ceramica on Sunday.

Over 2.5

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Villarreal and Deportivo Alaves.

BTTS: Yes

Both Villarreal and visitors Deportivo Alaves seem to struggle just a wee bit much right now, with keeping a clean sheet. We go out on a limb here and suggest that, both teams will find the back of the net.

Villarreal to win

Bookmakers have Villarreal down as rather big favourites for the win against Deportivo Alaves. While it might prove a bit more troublesome than odds suggest, we find it equally tempting to side with the hosts.