Espanyol vs Deportivo Alavés betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the La Liga match on September 14th, 2024

Espanyol and Deportivo Alavés will be playing against each other on Saturday, September 14th, 2024, at 14:15h (UTC), in a La Liga football game in Spain, check the Espanyol vs Deportivo Alavés betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Espanyol vs Deportivo Alavés will occur

The game will be played in the mythical RCDE Stadium stadium, in the city of Cornella de Llobregat, with a capacity for 40500 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events and odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Espanyol vs Deportivo Alavés betting tip 2024/2025

The La Liga has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.64 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.36 goals per match played.

Espanyol last match

In the last match they played, Espanyol collected a win. The opposing team was Rayo Vallecano, and the match - which ended with the result of 2-1 - was valid for La Liga. Coach J. González Álvarez' disposed his team in a 4-4-2 formation.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.70.

In a contest without major individual highlights, the performance of Alejo Véliz drew attention. Even without offering a fantastic exhibition, he was instrumental in Espanyol victory in this last match.

Deportivo Alavés last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for La Liga, Deportivo Alavés, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Las Palmas team with a final score of 2-0.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of 1.70.

Espanyol vs Deportivo Alavés h2h

The last time these teams battled against each other in La Liga, Espanyol ranked 13th place while Deportivo Alavés was in 20th place. Espanyol took to the field with a 4-3-3 tactic, while Deportivo Alavés deployed in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The last face-to-face between these two clubs was on 11-05-2022 in a La Liga match of the 2021/2022 season. On that occasion, the match ended with a 2-1 win for Deportivo Alavés.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

The performance of the Deportivo Alavés team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Espanyol team.

Espanyol

La Liga leaderboard now

Having 4 points, 1 win, 2 losses, 1 draw, and a negative balance, Espanyol ranks 14th place in the La Liga as they enter this game.

The team, in the 5th round, ranks over the Real Valladolid team that is placed in position 15 with the same number of points. It also has the same score that the Real Sociedad team that is in the 13th place.

Espanyol analysis

At the end of round 4 in La Liga, Espanyol scored 2 goals and conceded 3 goals.

The performances of Espanyol in recent matches suggest that they are having difficulty scoring goals, with a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This indicates that their attacking play is not creating enough quality chances and needs improvement.

his ball possession percentage is 43.5% in this tournament, which is why the team shows rather a waiting game than an offensive one. Fans fear that this could pose a problem in scoring in the next match against Deportivo Alavés and would like a more aggressive attitude with more goals from their favorites.

Increasingly more in tune with his teammates, Carlos Romero, who arrived at the club this season, made another fine performance in the team's last game. The midfielder was very good in the game against Rayo Vallecano, being a key piece for Espanyol.

Deportivo Alavés

La Liga leaderboard now

The Deportivo Alavés team with 7 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Europa League, with a campaign of 2 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss.

Deportivo Alavés analysis

Deportivo Alavés goal quotient is definitely positive, with 5 down scored and 3 conceded after 4 rounds played.

Having 2 wins in the La Liga, Deportivo Alavés is in a great moment! There is little doubt about who is the favorite.

One factor to consider is Deportivo Alavés average number of shots on goal, only 3.5 per match. So the team tends not to score many goals or be dangerous in goal.

Deportivo Alavés is a more offensive team than Espanyol, having 373 attacks vs. 326 from Espanyol, having scored 5 times, in comparison, Espanyol converted into goal 2 times.

Best goalscorer from Deportivo Alavés

Toni Martínez has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 2 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Deportivo Alavés to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Espanyol 1 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Deportivo Alavés 1.5 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.5.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 4.12 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 4.75 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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