LaLiga: Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the LaLiga round 3 match between Deportivo Alaves and Villarreal and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Deportivo Alaves hope to live up to their early billing as the LaLiga title favourites on Friday when they welcome Villarreal over to the Estadio Mendizorroza for a round 3 match.

The current difference in the LaLiga standings between the two teams clashing at Estadio Mendizorroza on Friday is two points.

Team form: Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal

Deportivo Alaves Form

Deportivo Alaves have seen it all in their last three matches. Against Rayo Vallecano, they came out empty-handed in a 1-2 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 3-0 win against Getafe. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Rayo Vallecano. Deportivo Alaves won three of their previous six matches at Estadio Mendizorroza in the LaLiga. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring 11 goals to nine against.

Villarreal Form

In their previous three outings, Villarreal won by 5-1 against Atletico Madrid, drew 2-2 with Racing Santander, before also drawing 2-2 against Atletico Madrid. Villarreal 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 nine time and letting in eight.

Betting stats and facts for Deportivo Alaves and Villarreal

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Deportivo Alaves and Villarreal. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal

Antonio Martinez has three strikes in six LaLiga matches for Deportivo Alaves, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Villarreal. The visitors are looking to Ayoze Perez, who has provided his team with three LaLiga goals.

Betting markets: Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at Estadio Mendizorroza across all tournaments Deportivo Alaves won four times, drew four and lost two times. Villarreal claimed three wins, four draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Astonishingly, Villarreal conceded a goal in their last 16 matches. Deportivo Alaves have not lost to Villarreal in 5 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Deportivo Alaves scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Villarreal scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Deportivo Alaves probably enjoy the prospect of scoring this coming Friday, as Villarreal managed only one clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed five clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Deportivo Alaves have scored in 7 consecutive home meetings with Villarreal.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Deportivo Alaves, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Villarreal, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.8 times goals per game. Deportivo Alaves are on a nice streak of scoring at least once in their previous 14 matches.