Sports activities Mole previews Saturday’s La Liga conflict between Villarreal and Alaves, together with predictions, workforce information and attainable lineups.
Villarreal might be aiming to make it three straight wins in all competitions after they proceed their La Liga marketing campaign with a contest in opposition to Alaves on Saturday afternoon.
The Yellow Submarine are presently fourth within the La Liga desk, boasting 21 factors from their opening 11 matches of the season, whereas Alaves are 14th, choosing up 13 factors from their first 12 matches of the marketing campaign.
Match preview
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Villarreal have received six, drawn three and misplaced two of their 11 league matches this season to gather 21 factors, which has left them in fourth spot within the desk, solely three factors behind second-placed Actual Madrid.
Barcelona and Actual Madrid are the one groups to beat Villarreal this time period, and they’ll fancy their possibilities of difficult Atletico Madrid for third within the desk this season, however Marcelino‘s aspect, who completed a disappointing eighth final season, will certainly need to tighten up defensively if that’s to be the case.
The Yellow Submarine have conceded 19 occasions of their 11 matches this time period, however they’ve scored 20, with solely Actual Madrid (21) and Barcelona (40) boasting stronger attacking data at this stage.
Marcelino’s aspect ended final month with back-to-back wins over Actual Valladolid and Poblense within the league and Copa del Rey respectively, they usually have solely misplaced considered one of their final six matches in all competitions.
Villarreal had been because of tackle Rayo Vallecano within the league final weekend, however the fixture was postponed because of the flash floods in Spain, so El Submarino Amarillo are a recreation behind the vast majority of the division.
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Alaves completed a powerful tenth in La Liga final time period on their return to the highest flight, they usually look in fine condition to safe one other marketing campaign at this stage, having made a stable begin to the season.
The Basque outfit have received 4, drawn one and misplaced seven of their 12 league video games to gather 13 factors, which has left them in 14th, solely three factors behind ninth-placed Rayo Vallecano.
Luis Garcia‘s aspect will enter this match off the again of successive wins, having crushed Compostela 1-0 within the first spherical of the Copa del Rey on October 29 earlier than recording a 1-0 victory over Mallorca in La Liga.
Alaves have misplaced 5 of their six away league video games this time period, however they are going to be travelling to a Villarreal outfit which have carried out higher on their travels than at dwelling throughout the 2024-25 marketing campaign.
Each league matches between the 2 sides final season completed 1-1, and Alaves have solely really misplaced considered one of their final 5 top-flight fixtures in opposition to Villarreal, recording two wins within the course of.
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Staff Information
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Villarreal stay with out the providers of Gerard Moreno and Juan Foyth via damage, whereas Denis Suarez and Alfonso Pedraza stay main doubts for the house aspect this weekend.
Ayoze Perez scored a hat trick in opposition to Poblense within the Copa del Rey final day out to take him onto 10 targets in 9 appearances this season, and the 31-year-old is about to be within the XI on Saturday afternoon.
Perez has not began in La Liga for the reason that finish of September because of a muscular downside, however he has now sufficiently recovered from the difficulty and is prone to be joined by Thierno Barry within the last third of the sphere.
As for Alaves, Hugo Novoa and Carlos Benavidez are on the sidelines, with the latter being compelled off throughout his workforce’s 1-0 success over Mallorca final day out.
Ander Guevara for Benavidez might doubtlessly be the one change from the workforce’s final match, with Kike Garcia once more anticipated to be given the nod via the center for the Basque outfit.
Carlos Vicente is a certainty down the best, however the attacking function down the left is open, and it’s attainable that Stoichkov might be launched into the XI for the competition with Villarreal.
Villarreal attainable beginning lineup:
Conde; Femenia, Albiol, Costa, S Cardona; Akhomach, Comesana, Parejo, Baena; Barry, Perez
Alaves attainable beginning lineup:
Sivera; Tenaglia, Abqar, Pica, Sanchez; Blanco, Guevara; Vicente, Guridi, Stoichkov; Kike Garcia
We are saying: Villarreal 2-1 Alaves
Alaves can take encouragement from their latest report in opposition to Villarreal, and we expect Saturday’s recreation to be shut when it comes to the scoreline. Nevertheless, the Yellow Submarine ought to be capable to navigate their strategy to all three factors.
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