Barcelona vs Alaves prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-11-28 15:15.
[p]Barcelona will look to put their continental disappointment behind them as they welcome bottom-half La Liga strugglers Alavés to Camp Nou. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Ten-man Barcelona were soundly beaten 3-0 in their midweek game at Chelsea as their 53-game scoring streak came to an abrupt halt, though attention must turn quickly back to domestic matters as Barça could provisionally move top with victory. Returning to their iconic Camp Nou home after a 4-0 victory in their previous league outing, the Blaugrana shouldn’t underestimate their task despite heavy favouritism, after both of their league defeats this season came on the back of European matches (W2, L2). Improving their discipline would also help, as Hansi Flick’s men have seen red in three of their last six competitive games (W3, D1, L2). [/p]
[p]Alavés sit just four points above the drop zone at this juncture, but may well be happy with their 15-point haul as it represents their strongest start to a La Liga season after 13 rounds since 2019/20. Despite the positives, Eduardo Coudet’s men have now suffered back-to-back league losses and anything other than a third straight top-flight defeat for the first time this year would be a surprise. Adding to the overall feeling of trepidation will be Alavés’ woeful away league return this season (W1, D1, L4), which has seen them pick up less than a third of their points on their travels. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Barcelona unsurprisingly dominate the all-time H2H standings between the sides (W31, D7, L5), and have won seven of the last eight meetings (D1) since Alavés won 2-1 here at Camp Nou back in 2016. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Barcelona’s last 15 matches all produced over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]There has been a red card shown in five of Barcelona’s last seven games, two of which were for their opponents on the day. [/p]
[p]Only one side has picked up more yellow cards than Alavés’ 30 ahead of the round. [/p]
[p]All six of Alavés’ league defeats this season came by a single-goal margin. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Robert Lewandowski took just four minutes to score Barcelona’s first goal back at Camp Nou and he is likely to strike again here having scored seven of his side’s last nine goals against AlavĂ©s. The visitors have failed to score in their last two matches but Lucas BoyĂ© could provide an outlet, having made two career assists against Barcelona whilst finding the net in two of AlavĂ©s’ four league wins this season. [/p]
[p]It looks like Barcelona have no fresh injury concerns following their midweek game, while Alavés should also have a near full-strength squad to choose from. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With entertainment an ever-present feature of their league games, backing a Barcelona win and over 2.5 total goals could be a safe bet.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Matthew Billon[/i][/p]