Alavés vs Villarreal Prediction & Betting Tips - LaLiga

Prediction published on 08/02/2024, 08:00  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 10/02/2024 at 00:00 in LaLiga Prediction

Alaves will welcome Villarreal at the Estadio de Mendizorroza on Saturday for a La Liga match. Coming into this game, hosts Alaves are placed 11th, three places higher than Villarreal. Having garnered 26 points so far, Alaves are nine points above the drop zone and are moving towards securing their survival. Here they will seek to recover from their 3-1 home loss at the hands of Barcelona. Samu Omorodion’s third goal in two matches wasn’t enough for the side, ending a two-game winning run. Alaves have three wins in their last five matches but will be concerned about their defending in recent games. They come into this game with two clean sheets in five. In the other three matches, Alaves conceded two or more in each. The hosts have managed just three clean sheets in the last 10 matches. They have no clean sheet in the last 12 meetings with Villarreal.

Villarreal haven't failed to score in this fixture in the last 12 meetings, with both teams scoring in each of the last 10. An area they’ll want to improve on is their performance when playing away to Alaves. They have straight losses in the last two visits to Alaves. Villarreal will however be looking at their three-game unbeaten run with positivity. They have one win in the last three games, sandwiched between two draws. In their last five matches, Villarreal have managed just one clean sheet. Clearly defence isn’t their strongest department. They’ve however failed to score in just three of their last 10 matches. One of those matches they failed to score in, was against Cadiz in their last outing. A 0-0 draw meant they couldn’t build on the enormous win over Barcelona. In four of five away matches, Villarreal have conceded three or more goals.