Alaves vs Espanyol prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-11-01 15:15.
[p]Alavés will be hoping to improve on their inconsistent La Liga form against high-flying Espanyol. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Alavés continued their frustrating start to the season with a ninth consecutive league game to produce a different result to the previous. All four of those defeats in that run came via a one-goal margin, meaning Eduardo Coudet might wonder what might have been with his side still sitting respectably in 12th at the start of this round. A return home should be exactly what they need as Alavés have been beaten just once on home turf in La Liga since mid-April (W4, D4). [/p]
[p]For the fourth time this century, Espanyol have collected 18 points in the first ten rounds of a top-flight season – their joint-best total in that time – after clinching back-to-back wins for the second time. They have improved throughout the early months to become one of the most formidable defensive sides in the competition, returning three clean sheets in their last four La Liga games (W2, D1, L1). Their four clean sheets overall was the joint-most of the league after ten rounds, but two of those did come against the bottom two clubs (Real Oviedo and Girona) heading into this weekend.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Only one of the last 12 La Liga H2Hs has been decided by more than a 2+ goal margin. The home side on the day was triumphant in nine of those 12, but Espanyol completed a league double in this fixture last season (3-2 home, 1-0 away).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Alavés are one of two clubs (along with Atlético Madrid) to not lose a game by 2+ goals in the first ten rounds of La Liga. [/p]
[p]AlavĂ©s’ first ten games of this league season produced just 18 total goals – the fewest of all clubs in the division. [/p]
[p]Five of Espanyol’s last seven La Liga wins were by a one-goal margin. [/p]
[p]Of Espanyol’s last 19 La Liga games, 16 had fewer than 1.5 total first-half goals.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Carlos Vicente has scored three penalties in Alavés’ La Liga home games this season, and each of his last ten goals have been his team’s first of the match. Edu Expósito provided his third assist of the season for the winner against Elche, and all of those have come after half-time[/p]
[p]Alavés’ only newly reported injury was for defender Jon Pacheco. Espanyol’s Carlos Romero is a doubt after scoring their match-winning goal last round. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The visitors are in fine form without scoring too many goals, so backing Espanyol to win 1-0 could be a potential a high-reward investment. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]