Barcelona will take a trip to Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, to come up against Alaves on matchday 23 of 38 in the 2023–2024 Spanish La Liga season.
Date: 03/02/2024
Time: 18:30
Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium
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Alaves are inconsistent at home, having won five and lost four of their last ten La Liga home matches. Barcelona may have lost 5-3 at home to Villarreal, but their away form is somewhat good, having gone unbeaten in their last ten away league games. Given Barca’s league away form this term, we predict Barcelona to win 2-1.
Three of Alaves’ last ten matches ended with over 2.5 goals, which is pretty low, but nine of Barcelona’s last ten matches ended with three or more goals. Given Barca’s recent results, we predict Alaves vs Barcelona to end with over 2.5 goals.
Alaves extended their winning run to two matches when they thrashed Almeria 3-0 away from home on Friday night in La Liga. They will aim to maintain their momentum when they host struggling Barcelona this weekend, and a win over the Catalans will mark their third league win in a row, something they haven’t managed to achieve this season.
Barcelona raised many eyebrows when they succumbed to an embarrassing 5-3 defeat at home to Villarreal on Saturday evening. Barca are slowly losing the La Liga title charge with Real Madrid and Girona, but mathematically, they are still in the title race. Xavi Hernandez’s side is 10 points behind 1st-place Real Madrid after 21 games.
Predicted Starting Lineups
Alaves: Sivera, Gorosabel, Marin, Duarte, Lopez, Blanco, Guevara, Vicente, Guridi, Rioja, Kike
Barcelona: Sotorres, Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Balde, Roberto, Gundogan, De Jong, Yamal, Lewandowski, Torres