Villarreal da Alaves suna shirye-shirye don wasan da zai gudana a ranar 9 ga watan Nuwamba a Estadio de Mendizorroza, wanda zai yi matukar mahimmanci ga kowanne daga cikin kungiyoyin biyu. Villarreal na kan gaba a matsayi na 11 a gasar La Liga, yayin da Alaves ke matsayi na 14, tare da tsakanin su na pointi biyu kacal.
Wasan zai kasance da matukar zafi, saboda Villarreal na da tsarin wasa mai ban mamaki a wannan kakar, inda suka ci nasara a wasanni shida daga cikin goma na karshe (W6 D3 L2)[5]. Alaves, a gefe guda, sun ci nasara a wasansu na karshe da ci 1-0 a kan Mallorca, wanda ya kawo karshen rashin nasara su na wasanni biyar a jere.
Villarreal na da shakka kan wasanninsu na gida, inda suka yi nasara a wasanni biyu kati na biyar, tare da asarar daya kacal da suka yi a kan Barcelona. Sun ci kwallaye a dukkan wasanninsu na gida na gasar lig.
Alaves, a gefe guda, suna fuskantar matsala a wasanninsu na waje, inda suka sha kashi a wasanni huÉ—u a jere, tare da nasara daya kacal daga cikin wasanni shida da suka buga a waje.
Yayin da Alaves sun nuna ƙarfin su a wasansu na gida, suna da tsananin shakka kan wasanninsu na waje. An yi hasashen cewa Villarreal zai ci nasara da ci 2-1, saboda tsarin su na wasa da kuma matsayinsu na gasar lig[1].
