Valladolid vs Alaves prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-05-17 17:00.
[p]Already-relegated Real Valladolid will be desperate to avoid another unwanted piece of history as they play their final home game of the 2024/25 campaign. A late 1-0 reversal to Girona on Tuesday was a tenth successive loss for Valladolid, one short of the record run of defeats in the Spanish top flight set by Las Palmas in 1960![/p]
[p]That would provide further misery for Ălvaro Rubioâs side, who have either been promoted or relegated in the last five seasons. They also need at least four points from their final two outings to avoid becoming the first La Liga team this century to have failed to earn 20 points in a season. History suggests thatâs unlikely, as theyâve conceded more goals than any other La Liga team this season (86), while theyâve also gone 1-0 down in a league-high 26 matches (W1, D1, L24).[/p]
[p]Their only win from behind occurred in the reverse H2H against upcoming opponents Alavés, a 3-2 success in October, although the visitors can draw confidence from winning seven of the last ten H2Hs (D1, L2). They also picked up a crucial 1-0 success against Valencia in midweek, stretching their advantage over 17th-placed Leganés to four points in the process.[/p]
[p]That result also extended a solid run of form to three defeats in 11 for Eduardo Coudetâs men (W4, D4), who have been assisted by tightening up a previously fragile defence. Five of their eight La Liga clean sheets this season have been achieved during that recent streak, but some attacking output has potentially been sacrificed to achieve that, as Babazorros have not netted more than once in any of their last eight games. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Valladolid defender Luis PĂ©rez might not be that keen on facing AlavĂ©s, against whom he has never kept a clean sheet in four H2Hs (W1, L3). Kike GarcĂa will be looking to extend that run, and the visiting forward netted first for his team in each of his last seven goalscoring appearances in all competitions.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Real Valladolidâs La Liga matches this season average 3.11 goals per game, with seven of the last eight featuring over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Matt Jones[/i][/p]