Alaves vs Real Sociedad prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-12-05 15:15.
[p]An intriguing renewal of this Basque derby awaits as struggling Alavés welcome their resurgent rivals Real Sociedad in a tussle for mid-table supremacy. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Alavés sit just three points above the bottom three following their 3-1 defeat against Barcelona, their third successive league loss, which represents their longest such streak under Eduardo Coudet. A 15-point haul at this stage remains Alavés’ joint-highest return in the top-flight since 2019/20, and Coudet will hope to mark his one-year anniversary at the club with a victory on home turf, where Alavés have picked up over two thirds of their points this season, going unbeaten in three of their last four here (W2, D1). [/p]
[p]Sitting one point above their hosts, Sociedad also come into this game on the back of a league defeat, albeit one which ended a five-game unbeaten run in La Liga (W3, D2). La Real have still recovered well from a disastrous start to the campaign, but will hope to tighten up their defence to further close the gap on the European places as they’ve not kept a league clean sheet since late September. Playing away hasn’t been conducive to that as Sociedad only won their first league game on the road at the seventh attempt on their last trip (D3, L3).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This will be the 39th top-flight Basque derby between Alavés and Sociedad, with the hosts winning just 11 of those (D9, L18). Alavés were victorious in both H2Hs last term, but have never previously won three successive La Liga matches against Sociedad.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Alavés are one of only five sides yet to trail at half-time in home league action (HT: W2, D5). [/p]
[p]Pre-round, only two sides had been given more yellow cards than Alavés and Sociedad’s 33.[/p]
[p]Sociedad have avoided defeat in half of their league games when conceding first this season (W1, D4, L5).[/p]
[p]Sociedad are yet to lead an away league game at half-time this season (HT: D4, L3). [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Toni MartĂnez scored the winner for AlavĂ©s in the first of two H2H victories last season, and four of his five league strikes since then have arrived on home soil. Ander Barrenetxea has scored in each of the last two rounds for Sociedad despite playing both games as a second-half substitute, he is now just one goal shy (G3) of his best scoring season in La Liga.[/p]
[p]Victor Parada is doubtful for Alavés, while Sociedad may have to continue in the absence of top scorer Mikel Oyarzabal, who could miss a second game here. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With Sociedad’s inability to keep a clean sheet and the size of the occasion for both sides, we’re backing both teams to score here. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Matthew Billon[/i][/p]