LaLiga: Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the LaLiga round 35 match between Athletic Club and Deportivo Alaves and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Form hasn’t been great recently for Athletic Club, who hope to turn things around against Deportivo Alaves this coming Sunday. This is a round 35 match in the current LaLiga campaign, and they face each other at San Mames.

Athletic Club approach the next LaLiga round as number 4 in the table, having claimed 61 points this season so far. With 34 games behind them, Deportivo Alaves amassed 35 points, placing them as number 17 before their next fixture.

Form: Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves

Athletic Club Form

A draw is the best Athletic Club can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 0-3 defeat against Manchester United. A0-0 draw with Real Sociedad followed before they were defeated 4-1 by Manchester United. Athletic Club managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the LaLiga, where they also drew twice and lost none. They scored 15 goals and conceded three times.

Deportivo Alaves Form

Deportivo Alaves are unbeaten in their last three matches, which began with a 1-1 draw against Sevilla. Then, they took out Real Sociedad 1-0, followed by a 0-0 draw with Atletico Madrid. Deportivo Alaves managed to win just once in their past six away games in the LaLiga. On top of winning once they also drew four as well as losing one, while scoring eight time and letting in eight.

Betting facts for Athletic Club and Deportivo Alaves

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Athletic Club and Deportivo Alaves. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Athletic Club vs Deportivo Alaves

While only scoring two goals in his last six outings for Athletic Club, Oihan Sancet has been good for them over the course of the season with 15 goals to his name so far. He should be highly motivated to expand of his tally against Deportivo Alaves, and he looks well worth a place in an accumulator this coming Sunday, depending on your betting strategy.

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Full-time result

Athletic Club won seven of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at San Mames. They drew two and lost one as well, while Deportivo Alaves won two of their last 10 games away. They drew seven and lost one. Athletic Club are on an amazing streak of now 14 games at home in a row without defeat. Deportivo Alaves remained without defeat in 5 away games on the bounce. Athletic Club have not lost to Deportivo Alaves in 8 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Athletic Club scored first in six of their last ten home games. Deportivo Alaves got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Deportivo Alaves managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Athletic Club were first on target in four of their last 10 outings. Athletic Club have scored in 5 consecutive league meetings with Deportivo Alaves.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Athletic Club’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in one of the last ten outings for Deportivo Alaves, who managed to score 0.7 times in those matches. Athletic Club’s last 3 matches had less than three goals.