Alaves – Real Valladolid, La Liga Prediction

Alaves dreams of getting into the top 4 have been broken a long time ago, and the weak results of the team have also discouraged fans and everyone around the club. Still, it can’t remain one of the memorable seasons for them, against the background of their overall performance in recent years. At home, they are still a very tough rival, and are actually trying to get in the Europa League zone, which is likely to be the top 7, so their motivation should not have disappeared.

For Valladolid, it is clear that from here until the end of the season they will seek victory in every match. They are in a weak form and are in the relegation zone, but their approach to the meeting may be more defensive at first. They will most likely try to keep the score 0-0 for a long time and then they will press or try to take advantage of errors and set pieces.

We think here Alaves are obliged to react after the weak games lately. Definitely the hosts should start a much stronger match, so our forecast here is First Half – Alaves 0.0 AH at 1.60, because Valladolid is quite weak in the first half of the games and Alaves are strong hosts at the beginning. Indeed, Alaves have played with some pretty heavy rivals lately, so their results are not that surprising.

• Alaves have only conceded 6 goals in the first half in La Liga at home
• Valladolid has only scored 4 goals in their away games in La Liga in the first half