Deportivo Alaves and Valencia go meet for La Liga match on Tuesday 15 September for Estadio Mendizorroza inside Vitoria. Kick-off na 14:00. Na match wey mean different things for both teams.
Alaves dey third place and dem dey solid form. Dem win three of dia last four league matches. Quique Sanchez Flores side dey play with confidence. If dem win this one, e go keep dem close to early pacesetters for top of table.
But Valencia own no be the same at all. Carlos Corberan tenure end this week after club sack both head coach and CEO of Football Ron Gourlay. The poor start leave Valencia rooted to foot of table without single league win. Interim coach Oscar Sanchez take charge of squad wey injuries don stretch.
Mood around Valencia toxic. Supporters protest outside Mestalla after 5-0 defeat to Barcelona earlier this month. Club legend Santiago Canizares publicly urge fans to boycott ground entirely to force change in ownership. The squad arrive Vitoria carrying that weight.
On pitch, Valencia lose four straight LaLiga matches. Dem concede ten goals and score just one. Dem also fall 1-0 at Sevilla for dia most recent outing. That result deepen crisis before managerial change. Valencia only point come from 0-0 draw with Celta Vigo at start of that run. Across dia last five matches for all competitions, Valencia lose four and draw one. Dem score just one goal and concede ten.
Alaves by contrast full of momentum. Dia 5-2 dismantling of Osasuna last weekend show dia attacking quality, and dem head into this one as clear favourites. Deportivo Alaves win three, draw one, and lose one of dia last five LaLiga matches. Dia most recent result na 2-1 defeat to Racing Santander on September 12, wey end run of back-to-back wins. Before that, dem beat Osasuna 5-2 and Villarreal 1-0 in consecutive outings. Across the five matches, Alaves score ten goals and concede five.
Alaves league record for opening five La Liga matches: ten points. Dem get three straight home wins. Quique Sanchez Flores side suffer 2-1 defeat away to Racing Club Santander at Estadio El Sardinero last time out. Dem get 43% possession and record eight shots on target, with Ville Koski register the goal.
Valencia start La Liga season poorly. Dem pick up just one point from first five games and score only once. Los Che suffer dia fourth consecutive defeat when dem lose 1-0 away to Sevilla at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan for previous outing. Valencia get 54% possession but fail to register single shot on target.
Head-to-head: Valencia beat Alaves in dia last clash. E be 3-2 home win at Estadio Mestalla. Previous 10 H2H matches end with four Alaves wins, two Valencia victories and four draws. Most recent meeting between these sides come in LaLiga on March 8, 2026, when Valencia win 3-2 at home. Before that, Alaves win 1-0 at Mendizorroza in May 2025, and the two sides draw 0-0 at same venue in October 2025. Across last five recorded meetings, each side win twice, with one draw.
Alaves stats: 5 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws, averaging 1.7 goals from 5.1 shots on goal and 12.4 attempts. Vitoria-Gasteiz outfit average 40.5% possession, 305.1 passes and 5.2 corners per game, with opponents scoring 1.2 goals from 3.6 shots on goal, 10.4 attempts and 5.3 corners. Top goalscorer Lucas Boye find net 4 times, with Mariano Diaz and Antonio Martinez score 3 each. Angel Perez get most assists with 4, while goalkeeper Antonio Sivera get 4 clean sheets.
Valencia stats: 3 victories, 5 defeats and 2 draws, with average of 1.0 goals from 10.4 attempts and 2.9 shots on goal. Dem get average of 44.1% possession, 399.6 passes, 3.9 corners awarded and 5.1 corners against them, while dem concede 1.7 goals from 13.3 attempts and 4.4 shots on goal. Javier Guerra top score with 3, while Umar Sadiq and Guido Rodriguez next best on 2. Eray Coemert, Andre Almeida and Thierry Correia top assists providers with 1, while Stole Dimitrievski record 2 clean sheets in previous 10 games.
Confirmed lineups: Alaves (3-5-2): Antonio Sivera (GK), Nahuel Tenaglia, Ville Koski, Nicolas Valentini, Angel Perez, Pablo Ibanez, Antonio Blanco, Denis Suarez, Abderrahman Rebbach, Lucas Boye, Antonio Martinez. Valencia (4-4-2): Stole Dimitrievski (GK), Pablo Maffeo, Pepelu, Justin De Haas, Jose Gaya, Filip Ugrinic, Aaron Mayol, Guido Rodriguez, Arnaut Danjuma, Javier Guerra, Hugo Duro.
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