Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 13th March 2026

Villarreal go up against Deportivo Alaves on Friday for a LaLiga meeting at Estadio Mendizorroza.

Three points for Deportivo Alaves could go a long way in their quest to reach the top half of the LaLiga table. As difficult task awaits, though, as Villarreal won't go down without a fight.

Deportivo Alaves go into their next LaLiga match, scoring a humble average of 1.1 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 11 times, while conceding 17. That amounts to an average of 1.7 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

When it comes to goal-scoring Villarreal are not the most prolific side. They scored a sustainable 16 times in their previous ten matches, making it 1.6 goals per game. They conceded 16 goals for an average of 1.6 a game, achieving a clean sheet in one of these matches.

Deportivo Alaves lost to 3-1 Villarreal in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 1-0 win, which Deportivo Alaves dished out the match before that.

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Prediction

Deportivo Alaves Form

A draw was the best Deportivo Alaves could muster in their previous three games. They claimed a 2-2 draw against Girona, before getting trounced 2-0 against Levante. Last time out, more disappointment followed as Valencia ran out 3-2 winners. Deportivo Alaves claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the LaLiga. They also drew two and lost two, scored seven goals and conceded eight.

Villarreal Form

Their past three matches saw Villarreal beating Valencia 2-1, losing 4-1 against Barcelona, and beating Elche by 2-1. In their last six away matches in the LaLiga, Villarreal won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 11 goals conceded and eight scored.

Deportivo Alaves and Villarreal are both scoring more or less for fun right now, and a very entertaining game should be on the menu. More often than not, their matches against each other turn out high scoring affairs.

Deportivo Alaves fought their way to one wins and four points from their last eight games against teams inside the top six. They were on target six times in these matches, but also let in 13 goals. Villarreal claimed seven wins from 18 goals scored and four conceded in the previous seven encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the LaLiga. This earned them a total of 21 points. Deportivo Alaves claimed seven wins, six draws as well as 14 defeats in the LaLiga this season. Villarreal are looking at 17 wins, three draws and seven defeats in the LaLiga.

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Squads

Deportivo Alaves Squad

The 61-year-old coach of the home team, Quique Sanchez Flores, will select the lineup against Villarreal from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season:

Antonio Sivera (0/27), Gregoire Swiderski (0/0), Raul Fernandez (0/0), Adrian Pica (0/0), Carlos Ballestero (0/0), Facundo Garces (0/10), Hugo Novoa (0/0), Jon Pacheco (0/20), Jonny Otto (0/26), Nahuel Tenaglia (1/25), Victor Parada (0/19), Xanet Olaiz (0/0), Youssef Enriquez (0/20), Ander Guevara (1/19), Antonio Blanco (1/25), Calebe (0/17), Carles Alena (0/27), Carlos Protesoni (0/9), Denis Suarez (1/21), Jon Guridi (0/17), Pablo Ibanez (1/26), Ville Koski (0/0), Abderrahman Rebbach (0/20), Aitor Manas (0/6), Angel Perez (0/5), Antonio Martinez (5/26), Diego Morcillo (0/1), Ibrahim Diabate (0/0), Izei Hernandez (0/0), Lander Pinillos (0/1), Lucas Boye (9/21), Mariano Diaz (0/10).

Villarreal Squad

Here is the full team squad of Villarreal. The 60 year-old Marcelino Garcia will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Arnau Tenas (0/3), Diego Conde (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/24), Alex Freeman (0/3), Alfonso Pedraza (1/20), Ismael Sierra (0/0), Juan Foyth (0/13), Logan Costa (0/0), Pau Navarro (0/15), Rafa Marin (1/17), Santiago Mourino (1/20), Sergi Cardona (0/22), Willy Kambwala (0/0), Alberto Moleiro (9/26), Carlos Macia (0/4), Daniel Parejo (0/23), Hugo Lopez (0/2), Mahamoud Barry (0/0), Pape Gueye (4/21), Renato Veiga (0/24), Santi Comesana (3/25), Tajon Buchanan (6/25), Thomas Partey (0/17), Alfon Gonzalez (1/13), Ayoze Perez (2/18), Georges Mikautadze (8/22), Gerard Moreno (7/13), Nicolas Pepe (3/26), Pau Cabanes (0/0), Tani Oluwaseyi (2/21).

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Team News

At the time of writing, Deportivo Alaves have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Villarreal on Friday. Jonny Otto, Carlos Protesoni, Nahuel Tenaglia and Antonio Blanco can't be called up by the Deportivo Alaves-manager, with both serving a ban.

Villarreal are juggling with five absent players on on Friday when travelling to Deportivo Alaves. Alfonso Pedraza, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo, Georges Mikautadze and Pape Gueye racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Villarreal travelling party for their next match.

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Lineups

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal H2H

Deportivo Alaves lost to 3-1 Villarreal in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 1-0 win, which Deportivo Alaves dished out the match before that. All in all, Villarreal have a fine reading on Deportivo Alaves in previous seasons with a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Villarreal to win this match at best price odds of 23/20.

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Results

The past ten matches between Deportivo Alaves and Villarreal have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals on Friday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/1 with the bookies.

Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Georges Mikautadze has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up this coming Friday, it is because Villarreal bank on him to build on these numbers against Deportivo Alaves. The latter relies on Lucas Boye, who found the target five times in six games.

Deportivo Alaves won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Estadio Mendizorroza. They drew two and lost four as well, while Villarreal won three of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost five. Villarreal have been generous visitors, since they pulled only once clean sheet in their previous 10 away games. Deportivo Alaves managedthree clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Deportivo Alaves managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Villarreal averaging two goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Deportivo Alaves, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in eight of the last ten matches that Villarreal played across all tournaments. They scored 1.4 times on average in the process.