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Alaves vs Valladolid Prediction & Betting tips
Another great football weekend awaits us in LaLiga. We start the Friday evening with the exciting relegation cracker between Alaves and Real Valladolid. Both teams have been out of it for quite some time now, but cannot really afford to make a mistake in this six-point match.
Deportivo Alaves:
With just one point from the last five league matches and elimination in the Copa del Rey, 2021 is still a black year for Alaves. The recently appointed coach Abelardo has not yet been able to ensure the turnaround, so that the Basques with an eighteenth place in LaLiga are now in acute relegation needs.
Still, Abelardo is confident that it will end well. “We have found the way up,” the coach exulted last week after the scoreless draw at Getafe. That was indeed not bad, because with no less than eleven goals against in the previous three duels, the blue and white were yearning for some more defensive solidity. At the front, however, with only eighteen goals, it remains very poor, although Athletic Bilbao mercenary Inigo Cordoba and the fit again Lucas Perez could change that. However, it is expected that the duo will start on the couch.
Real Valladolid:
Real Valladolid has also been hopelessly out of shape in recent weeks. The last four league matches yielded only two points, with the 1-3 defeat against PhD candidate Huesca as the most recent downer. The board this week expressed its confidence in trainer Sergio Gonzalez, and said he will finish the season anyway. Gonzalez knows the laws of football, however, and will no doubt be aware that those words mean little if there is no quick win.
However, that will be difficult again on Friday-evening, as Real Valladolid is still struggling with a laundry list of absentees. Raul Garcia, Sergi Guardiola and Kike Olivas, among others, are still in the rag basket, although Lucas Olaza, who came over from Celta de Vigo, is a welcome reinforcement.
Alaves vs Valladolid head to head matches
25.10.20 LL Valladolid Alaves 0 : 2
04.07.20 LL Valladolid Alaves 1 : 0
09.11.19 LL Alaves Valladolid 3 : 0
19.04.19 LL Alaves Valladolid 2 : 2
16.09.18 LL Valladolid Alaves 0 : 1