Alaves - Villarreal CF predictions and free betting tips [10/02/2024]

On Saturday, 10th February within the 24th tour of the Spanish Primera, "Alavés" will host "Villarreal" on their field. The visitors occupy only 14th place in the leaderboard, having accrued a mere 24 points, while the white-blue are 11th overall with 26 points to their credit and had given way to "Barcelona" a week ago.

Predicted Line-ups

"Alavés": Sivera; Gorosabel, Marin, Duarte, Lopez; Blanco, Guevara; Sola, Guridi, Rioja; Omorodion.
"Villarreal": Jorgensen; Femenia, Albiol, Cuenca, A Moreno; Akhomach, Comesana, Coquelin, Baena; G Moreno, Sorloth.

Alavés

"Alavés" make a good impression this season, and if the Basque club continues in the same vein, they will easily avoid the survival struggle: they currently lead the relegation zone by nine points. If you do not count the defeat from "Barcelona" (1:3) last weekend, the white-blue four tours in a row left the field without losses, including two "dry" victories over the sinking "Cadiz" (1:0) and "Almería" (0:3).

The victory of the hosts over "Seville" (2:3) shouldn't be forgotten. In the standings, the Basques occupy the 11th place overall, having 26 points to their credit. In general, the charges of Luis García are performing well in this campaign on their field: in 11 matches, they bagged 16 points, scored 12 goals, and conceded 14. 

Villarreal

The charges of Marcelino no longer claim to fight for the Europa zone while comfortable with a 7-point lead over "Cadiz", who are 18th. "Villarreal's" lag from the first six is 13 points, and from "Atletico Madrid", who are in fourth place, it's even 24! It should be remembered that the guests have reached the ⅛ final of the Europa League and can get into the Champions League by winning this competition.

"Yellow Submarine" only won once in the last five rounds of the championship - from the Catalan "Barcelona" (3:5). Last weekend, the "submarines" had a chance to earn a second consecutive victory, but they failed to overcome "Cadiz" (0:0). This season, the team has only managed to win three out of 11 away games, scoring 15 goals, and conceding 23. 

Head-to-Head Meetings

In the first round, neither team could take all three points - it all ended in a 1:1 draw.

Match Prediction Alavés vs Villarreal

"Villarreal" does not impress this season, and the recent draw with "Cadiz" vividly displays the team's poverty of ideas in attack. If "Alavés" (3 victories in the last 4 tours) demonstrates their best qualities on Saturday, they can easily count on at least one point secured. The hosts also play the overfilled infirmary of the 'submarines', so we bet on the victory of the white-blue with a handicap 0.

Total Prediction

In the last ten head-to-head meetings between these teams, there was a back-and-forth with goals. "Villarreal" has a slightly more high-status squad, but the hosts are in better shape - I await a continuation of this trend on Saturday.

Corner Prediction

Both teams earn 5 corners per match this season. I expect from the teams at least 9 served corners.

Yellow Card Prediction

"Villarreal" foul a lot (an average of three yellow cards per game). I bet on the visitors' individual total warnings over 2.

Score Prediction

I'll place a bet on an exact score of 2:1 in favor of "Alavés".