Barcelona - Deportivo Alavés Football prediction

Barcelona and Deportivo Alavés are playing at Camp Nou in a game for the first day of the First Division. The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the home team, which has 4 wins and 1 loss in the last 5 games. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 28-01-2018, ended with the victory of Barcelona by (2-1). In this meeting, the home factor could play an important role, since Deportivo Alavés has significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Analysis of Barcelona

The home team are making their debut in this edition of the competition, having finished last season in 1st place. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, presents similar results at home and abroad, since in the last 30 games has recorded 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses as a visitor, with 31 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in his stadium, with 36 goals scored and 14 conceded. The team arrives at this meeting after a victory away with Sevilla by (1-2). In the last 10 home games for all competitions, Barcelona have won 8, drawn 1 and lost 1. Defensive solidity has not been their strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but their attack has scored regularly, having scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games. In his home games there is a tendency for goals to be scored, since in 53 of his last 61 matches there were over 1.5 goals and 45 of the last 61 there were over 2.5 goals. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 4 times and only got 1 turnaround. There have been 1 period in the last 20 home games for all competitions: they conceded 5 of their 14 goals in the minutes (76'-90 ').

Barcelona is a club that does not need presentations, but we can not fail to highlight its twenty-five Spanish Championship titles, thirty Copas del Rey, sixteen Super Cups of Spain among other national titles. Among the international titles stand out five UEFA Champions League, five UEFA Super Cups and three FIFA World Cups. Barcelona are the current champion of the Spanish Championship and recently they were champion of the Super Cup of Spain in the victory against Sevilla by 1x2, besides the Trofeo Joan Gamper against Boca Juniors by 3x0. Barcelona have many excellent players on their squad and have everything to debut well at home against Alavés, I believe in a multi-goal game.

Deportivo Alavés Analysis

This is the first game in this edition of the away team's race, which finished the previous edition in 14th place. This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses as a visitor; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses in his stadium. In the last game he played, for Club Friendlies, lost with Huesca off by (2-1). In the last 10 games as a visitor Deportivo Alavés has won 4, drawn 2 and lost 4. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored who scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games.

Alavés is a club that has never won a Spanish league title, but was a champion of the Liga Adelante (2nd Division) on four occasions, the last in 2015/16, which gave it access to the elite of Spanish football. In the 2016/17 season he finished ninth, in the 2017/18 season he finished in the 14th place, now making his debut in the 2018/19 season against defending champion Barcelona, ​​the mission will not be easy. Just like the last eight times the teams met, it is very possible that we have more than 2.5 goals, noting that of the last eight meetings between the teams, seven had more than 2.5 goals.