Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd February 2025

Bookmakers favour Barcelona to win against Deportivo Alaves in their next LaLiga match. This takes place this coming Sunday with the hosts in decent form, and a win seems quite likely. Naturally, Deportivo Alaves will put up a fight at the a neutral venue, though.

Barcelona are currently looking at 42 points on their account, having played 21 matches, leaving them two places off the current LaLiga leaders. Meanwhile, Deportivo Alaves find themselves as number 17 in the LaLiga with 21 points following 21 rounds.

Barcelona took down Deportivo Alaves in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Sunday.

Barcelona scored 2.2 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 22 times. They conceded 14 goals, an average of 1.4 and pulled off zero clean sheets.

Deportivo Alaves scored 12 goals, conceded 14 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Barcelona had a good reading on Deportivo Alaves in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-1 and 3-0, respectively.

Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves Prediction

Barcelona Form

In their last three matches, Barcelona won 4-5 and 7-1 against first Benfica then Valencia, before drawing 2-2 against Atalanta. Barcelona claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the LaLiga. They also drew zero and lost three, as they scored 17 and conceded eight goals.

Deportivo Alaves Form

Deportivo Alaves claimed four points from a possible nine in their last three matches across all tournaments, which opened with a defeat 0-1 against Girona. A 1-3 win followed against Real Betis, before drawing 1-1 with Celta Vigo. Deportivo Alaves managed to win just once in their past six away games in the LaLiga. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring 11 time and letting in eight.

Anything but a home win for Barcelona will be a massive surprise, and with goals flowing freely Deportivo Alaves could be in for a hammering.

Barcelona scored 34 goals and conceded 14 in their last 12 games against teams from the bottom half of the LaLiga table. They collected 23 points and seven victories. Deportivo Alaves claimed one wins and four points in their last six games against teams from the top six. They scored five times in these matches, but also conceded 12 goals. Barcelona are looking at a record of 13 wins, three draws and five defeats in the LaLiga this season. Deportivo Alaves are looking at five wins, six draws and ten defeats in the LaLiga.

Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves Squads

Barcelona Squad

Flick will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Deportivo Alaves from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Inaki Pena (0/15), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/6), Wojciech Szczesny (0/1), Alejandro Balde (0/19), Andreas Christensen (0/0), Eric Garcia (0/12), Gerard Martin (0/12), Hector Fort (0/10), Inigo Martinez (0/18), Jules Kounde (2/21), Pau Cubarsi (0/21), Ronald Araujo (0/1), Fermin Lopez (2/13), Frenkie de Jong (2/10), Gavi (0/11), Marc Bernal (0/3), Marc Casado (0/18), Pablo Torre (3/8), Pedri (4/20), Ansu Fati (0/4), Dani Olmo (5/12), Ferran Torres (4/15), Lamine Yamal (5/18), Pau Victor (2/14), Raphinha (12/21), Robert Lewandowski (17/20).

Deportivo Alaves Squad

Here is the full team squad of Deportivo Alaves. The 50 year-old Eduardo Coudet will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Antonio Sivera (0/18), Gregoire Swiderski (0/0), Jesus Owono (0/4), Abdelkabir Abqar (0/20), Adrian Pica (0/7), Aleksandar Sedlar (0/7), Facundo Garces (0/0), Hugo Novoa (0/4), Manuel Sanchez (0/17), Moussa Diarra (0/16), Nahuel Tenaglia (1/18), Santiago Mourino (0/11), Ander Guevara (0/19), Antonio Blanco (0/19), Carlos Protesoni (1/9), Joan Jordan (2/12), Jon Guridi (2/19), Antonio Martinez (3/16), Asier Villalibre (1/9), Carlos Martin (2/14), Carlos Vicente (3/20), Kike Garcia (9/20), Tomas Conechny (1/13).

Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves Team News

Deportivo Alaves have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Barcelona this coming Sunday. Abdelkabir Abqar, Carlos Protesoni, Nahuel Tenaglia and Antonio Blanco racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Deportivo Alaves travelling party for their next match.

Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves Lineups

Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves H2H

Barcelona go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 3-1 and 3-0 the last two times they played Deportivo Alaves. Barcelona generally have the upper hand against Deportivo Alaves, offering a fine 8-2-0 winning record before their next encounter. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/5.

Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Barcelona and Deportivo Alaves. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 2/1 with bookies.

Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Tips

Barcelona against Deportivo Alaves is also a battle between Raphinha and Kike Garcia with both in decent form. The former scored three while the latter has six LaLiga goals in their last six games respectively.

Barcelona claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Deportivo Alaves won two of their last 10 games away, while drawing three and losing five in this series of matches. Goals are flowing freely for Barcelona on home soil currently, as both teams scored in eight of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target six times in Deportivo Alaves''s last 10 league games away from home.

The last ten encounters between Barcelona and Deportivo Alaves saw over 2.5 goals scored six times, with Barcelona averaging 2.7 goals a game. Deportivo Alaves scored 0.6 goals on average in these, as both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Barcelona, who scored an average of 3.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Deportivo Alaves, who scored 1.3 times on average in these matches.