Week 20 features a match on Sun Jan 9th, where Deportivo Alavés and Athletic Club will play a match in Vitoria-Gasteiz in a clash of these two mismatched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Deportivo Alavés recorded a 1-1 draw against Real Sociedad. Adnan Januzaj struck first for Real Sociedad in the 14th minute on a feed from Portu, then Joselu tied it up for Deportivo Alavés in the 58th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Deportivo Alavés. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while athletic Club sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Osasuna. Kike scored the first goal for Osasuna in the 10th minute, but Oihan Sancet got the equalizer for Athletic Club in the 16th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 25th minute on a goal by Oihan Sancet. Athletic Club looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in San Mamés Barria, Athletic Club won by a score of 1 to 0. Raúl García struck first for Athletic Club in the 44th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Deportivo Alavés was frustrated by Athletic Club’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Athletic Club ended the match with the shutout victory.
Oihan Sancet has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored four goals for Athletic Club. Joselu has been the most prolific scorer on Deportivo Alavés in his last five matches with 3 goals
Deportivo Alavés will be without Pere Pons and Ximo Navarro, while Unai Núñez, Lekue, Raúl García, Asier Villalibre, Yuri, Peru Nolaskoain and Dani Vivian are unavailable to play for Marcelino García Toral’s team.