Deportivo Alavés go dey host Getafe for Estadio de Mendizorroza on Sunday morning, 16 August 2026, by 00:30. Both teams don start season with zero points, but di table no lie: Getafe dey third while Alavés dey fourteen. However, points na wetin matter, and both dey level for that one.
Recent head-to-head records show say Getafe don win three of dia last four matches against Alavés, and dem draw one. Dat one don give di visitors strong confidence as dem enter dis game. But Alavés go use home advantage to fight, and dia fans for Vitoria go dey behind dem.
Alavés don prepare well for dis season. Dem spend six weeks for preseason and play four friendlies without any defeat. Di club make only four new signings, including Koski wey dem buy permanently. Coach Quique Sánchez Flores want make di team continue di good form from last season, but he also wan add more options for di squad.
Di tactician dey plan to start with 5-3-2 formation, but he fit change to 4-4-2 depending on how di match dey go. Di style na to defend well and use fast attack for counter-attack. Some players like Antonio Blanco fit help di team to hold ball, but e fit still leave sha because e only get one year contract.
For injury news, Lucas Boyé get muscle problem and e dey doubt. Garcés no go play until November because FIFA don punish am. Nicolás Valentini also no fit play due to suspension from Italy. So Quique go need to use Tenaglia and Jonny as full-backs, or give chance to young players like Xanet Olaiz and Izei Hernández, wey dey train with di main team.
All di Alavés players don register for di league, so no last-minute problem. But Diarra fit still leave, and Adrián Rodríguez and Owono remain. Di club dey ready for di match.
Referee for di match na Manuel Jesús Orellana Cid, a 34-year-old from Sevilla. Na im first time go referee both teams. For VAR, Carlos del Cerro Grande go dey di room. For di other match, Sevilla vs Rayo Vallecano, Ricardo de Burgos Bengoechea go referee, with Daniel Trujillo Suarez for VAR.
