Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th November 2024

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

Villarreal are third in the LaLiga standings after collecting 21 points from their initial 11 encounters. Deportivo Alaves trail them on 13 points after 12 rounds, leaving them as number 13 in the table.

Deportivo Alaves will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites Villarreal. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win on Saturday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

When it comes to goal-scoring Villarreal could be more prolific, scoring 18 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.8 goals per game in which, they conceded 17 times. This is an average of 1.7 a game, achieving a clean sheet in zero games.

Deportivo Alaves scored 13 goals, conceded 17 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Villarreal and Deportivo Alaves had to settle for a draw each in their most recent match, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 29/10.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Prediction

Villarreal Form

Villarreal have seen it all in their last three matches. First, they went down 2-0 against Real Madrid, before picking up a 1-1 draw against Getafe. Their latest match brought a 1-2 win in their encounter with Real Valladolid. Villarreal only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent LaLiga matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew three and lost one, as they scored 15 and conceded 16 goals.

Deportivo Alaves Form

In their last three matches, Deportivo Alaves lost against Rayo Vallecano by 1-0, beat Compostela by 0-1 winning 1-0 against Mallorca. Deportivo Alaves managed to win just once in their past six away games in the LaLiga. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 12 time and letting in seven.

The crowd usually get a very entertaining encounter, when Villarreal face Deportivo Alaves, and we see no reason for this to end this coming Saturday. The value bet lies with goals.

Villarreal scored 15 goals and conceded nine in their last seven games against teams from the bottom half of the LaLiga table. They collected 17 points and five victories. Deportivo Alaves won zero and claimed zero points in their two most recent games against teams inside the top six. They scored two conceded six goals. Villarreal are looking at a record of six wins, three draws and two defeats in the LaLiga this season. Deportivo Alaves have a record of four wins, one draw and seven defeats in the LaLiga.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Squads

Villarreal Squad

Marcelino Garcia 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 LaLiga this season):

Diego Conde (0/11), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/0), Alfonso Pedraza (0/0), Arnau Sola (0/0), Eric Bailly (0/8), Juan Bernat (0/5), Juan Foyth (0/0), Kiko (0/11), Logan Costa (1/8), Raul Albiol (0/9), Sergi Cardona (1/11), Willy Kambwala (0/1), Alejandro Baena (1/10), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (1/11), Denis Suarez (0/3), Pape Gueye (0/10), Ramon Terrats (0/9), Santi Comesana (1/11), Ayoze Perez (7/8), Gerard Moreno (0/2), Ilias Akhomach (0/10), Nicolas Pepe (1/10), Thierno Barry (3/10), Yeremi Pino (0/9).

Deportivo Alaves Squad

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

Antonio Sivera (0/12), Jesus Owono (0/0), Abdelkabir Abqar (0/11), Adrian Pica (0/5), Aleksandar Sedlar (0/5), Hugo Novoa (0/4), Manuel Sanchez (0/11), Moussa Diarra (0/8), Nahuel Tenaglia (1/10), Santiago Mourino (0/6), Ander Guevara (0/11), Antonio Blanco (0/11), Carlos Protesoni (1/6), Joan Jordan (0/6), Jon Guridi (1/10), Abderrahman Rebbach (0/6), Antonio Martinez (3/9), Asier Villalibre (1/7), Carlos Martin (1/6), Carlos Vicente (2/11), Kike Garcia (3/11), Luka Romero (0/5), Stoichkov (0/10), Tomas Conechny (1/7).

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Team News

Villarreal might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Deportivo Alaves. Alfonso Pedraza and Pape Gueye can't be called up by the Villarreal-manager, with both serving a ban.

Yeremi Pino and Denis Suarez nurses various injuries and won't take part for Villarreal against Deportivo Alaves at Estadio de la Ceramica.

Deportivo Alaves have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Villarreal this coming Saturday. Carlos Protesoni, Nahuel Tenaglia and Antonio Blanco can't be called upon by Deportivo Alaves, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

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

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Lineups

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves H2H

It finished all square on when Villarreal last faced Deportivo Alaves. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 29/10. Villarreal enter the match against Deportivo Alaves with a 4-2-4 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 40%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

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 eight times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies on Saturday.

Villarreal vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Tips

Kike Garcia 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 Ayoze Perez also look a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six LaLiga matches.

Villarreal won four of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing three and losing three as well. Deportivo Alaves won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew zero and lost six in this run. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Villarreal managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the games at Estadio de la Ceramica, Deportivo Alaves kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 away games.

Both teams to score was a winning bet ten times in the last ten encounters between Villarreal and Deportivo Alaves, while over 2.5 goals happened eight times. Villarreal managed an average of two goals, with Deportivo Alaves averaging 1.5 goals in these. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Villarreal, who scored an average of 2.2 goals along the way. 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 1.2 goals in these matches.