Alaves vs Girona prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-05-09 19:00.
[p]Having been promoted last season, Alavés officially rubber stamped their safety with four games to spare courtesy of another impressive victory at Valencia last time out. They’ve now won three La Liga games in a row for the second time already this calendar year, and did so this time in style, keeping clean sheets in all three of those successes with six goals scored overall.[/p]
[p]No AlavĂ©s team has achieved a top half finish in La Liga since the 2016/17 campaign, and manager Luis GarcĂa will want his current crop to lay down a marker for next season. To do so this term they are likely going to need to take points from two of the top three, including Friday night’s opponents Girona, who inflicted their worst defeat of the season upon them back in December with a 3-0 thumping.[/p]
[p]Approaching the end of what has been the best season in the club’s history to date, MĂchel’s Girona side have already secured UEFA Champions League (UCL) qualification for the first time ever and earmarked a recent return to form with a resounding 4-2 victory against Barcelona last weekend to regain control in the battle for second place.[/p]
[p]Girona have now won four of their last five outings (L1), with the victory against Barcelona marking the ninth game this season in La Liga in which they’ve netted 4+ times. They subsequently find the back of the net more than twice per game on average, and with their 34 league games this season yielding an average of 3.38 goals – the highest tally of any team in the division – entertainment looks set to be  on the cards here.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Carlos BenavĂdez has had 14 shots in La Liga all season for AlavĂ©s – six of those have come in the last three games and he’s scored with two of them. Artem Dovbyk has been Girona’s go to man all season, and with six goals as well as an assist in their most recent five outings, he is in terrific form.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Girona have scored in both halves away from home six times already this season in La Liga, with only Barcelona (nine) able to boast a better record.[/p]