Week 24 brings us a match on Feb 13th where Deportivo Alavés will host Valencia in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Deportivo Alavés sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Elche. Joselu struck first for Deportivo Alavés in the 18th minute, then Pere Milla tied it up for Elche in the 46th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 58th minute on a goal by Pere Milla to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Valencia recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Real Sociedad. Neither Valencia nor Real Sociedad could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Valencia is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Deportivo Alavés and Valencia last played eachother at the Estadio De Mestalla on Aug 27th. Valencia was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of almost 11000 jubilant fans. Daniel Wass struck first for Valencia in the 3rd minute, then Carlos Soler added another in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Gonçalo Guedes In the end, Deportivo Alavés was frustrated by Valencia’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Valencia ended the match with the shutout victory.
Valencia is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Hugo Duro and Gonçalo Guedes each having 2 goals in their last five.
Rubén Duarte and Ximo Navarro are unavailable to play for José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria’s team, while José Bordalás Jiménez’s Valencia squad will be without Gabriel Paulista and Jasper Cillessen.