Comments and predictions for Alaves vs Valencia: Sorrow for the home team
The match between Alaves vs Valencia in La Liga takes place at 1:00 a.m. on May 15. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Alaves vs Valencia team information
Alaves are still without defender Abdel Abqar due to a hamstring injury, he has missed the last four matches.
Coach Eduardo Coudet hopes Kike Garcia will be back in time for Wednesday after missing last weekend with a groin problem.
Nahuel Tenaglia was only fit enough to come off the bench in Sunday's defeat, but could start on the right side of defence against Valencia.
On Valencia's side, Thierry Correia is still absent for a long time due to a knee injury, while Javi Guerra is suspended for one match for receiving enough yellow cards.
Bournemouth loanee Max Aarons missed the weekend with a calf injury, but has returned to training and could be on the bench for tomorrow's game.
Pepelu and Andre Almeida are both expected to feature despite being forced off in Saturday's win over Getafe.
Latest expected lineup for Alaves vs Valencia
Alaves:
Rivera; Tenaglia, Garces, Mourino, Sanchez; Blanco, Guevara; Vicente, Guridi, Alena; Kike
Valencia:
Mamardashvili; Foulquier, Tarrega, Mosquera, Gaya; Rioja, Barrenechea, Pepelu, Lopez; Mir, Duro
Latest football commentary on Alaves vs Valencia
Alaves are hovering above the relegation zone after winning eight, drawing 11 and losing 16 of their 35 La Liga games this season.
“El Glorioso” enters Sunday’s clash with Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao on the back of a three-game unbeaten run, having drawn with Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, sandwiched between a narrow 1-0 win over Real Sociedad.
The defeat leaves Alaves just one point above 18th-placed Leganes and three points ahead of Las Palmas. They have three remaining games against Valencia, Real Valladolid and Osasuna.
Going into Wednesday's home game, Alaves have reason to be concerned, having gone 12 consecutive La Liga games without scoring more than once, since last doing so in a defeat to Real Valladolid in October.
However, they have shown their steadfastness at Mendizorroza, having only conceded more than one goal once in their last 12 home games in the competition, while also keeping three clean sheets in their last five home games.
Alaves can also be confident when they are unbeaten in their last 5 home games against Valencia, including 2 wins in the last two meetings at Mendizorroza.
Carlos Corberan has brought a remarkable transformation to Valencia since taking over from Ruben Baraja in December.
The former West Brom coach leads a team that is ranked 19th, 4 points behind the safety group and has won only 2/17 matches at the beginning of the season.
Since then, Corberan has steered Valencia out of danger and into contention for European football, with a record of nine wins, six draws and just three defeats in 18 La Liga games under his belt.
More impressively, “Los Che” are on a 10-match unbeaten streak since their defeat to Atletico Madrid on February 22, including two recent consecutive wins against Las Palmas and Getafe.
After scoring three goals to beat Las Palmas 3-2, Valencia continued their strong scoring form by beating Jose Bordalas' former club Getafe on Saturday. Pepelu and Hugo Duro scored from the penalty spot, with Diego Lopez in between to give them a 3-0 lead at half-time.
With their fourth win in their last five home games, Valencia are now just two points off the Conference League places and four points behind seventh-placed Celta Vigo (the final Europa League spot).
“Los Che” will hope their impressive form will see them beat Alaves for the first time since a 3-0 home win in August 2021. However, they have not won at Mendizorroza in La Liga since October 2017.
Latest Alaves vs Valencia score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Alaves vs Valenciaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Alaves 1-2 Valencia
- WhoScore:Alaves 0-1 Valencia
- Our newspaper predicts:Alaves 0-1 Valencia
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