Alaves
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Team Overview
Deportivo Alaves, based in the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, are a club widely regarded for their resilience, organisation and a fierce home identity at Mendizorrotza. Alaves have long operated as a compact, hard-working side that punches above its financial weight, and the club's reputation rests on collective discipline rather than individual stardom. Their most celebrated moment came at the turn of the millennium, when they reached the 2001 UEFA Cup final, a run that remains the high-water mark of the club's modern history. In La Liga, they have typically been a mid-to-lower-table presence, with survival an annual objective and occasional campaigns that have brought them into the top half.
The current campaign has been a mixed one. Through 10 La Liga matches, Alaves sit on 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats, a record that reflects a side competing closely rather than being outclassed. Their goal difference of +3, built on 14 goals scored and 11 conceded, is a positive sign for a team with a 3-3-4 record, suggesting that their victories have been convincing while their defeats have generally been narrow. Their recent form string of WDWWLLDLLD shows an encouraging start, with a strong run of results early on, followed by a dip that has seen only one win in the most recent matches under Quique Sanchez Flores.
The home and away splits tell the clearest story. At Mendizorrotza, Alaves have collected 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from six matches, confirming the stadium as the foundation of their season. On the road, they are yet to win in four attempts, with 2 draws and 2 losses, though the draws show they can stay competitive away from home. Defensive solidity remains a strength, with three clean sheets in ten matches and only 11 goals conceded, while two matches without a goal highlight that the attack can occasionally lack a cutting edge. Turning that home reliability into away points will be central to how their season develops.
Squad (24 players)
Goalkeepers (3)
Defenders (7)
Midfielders (8)
Attackers (6)
Player Statistics
2026/27 Season| # | Player | Pos | Rating | Apps | Goals | Assists | Mins | Tackles | Passes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | |
FW | 10 | 3 | 4 | 443 | 2 | 75 | |
| 14 | |
DF | 10 | 1 | 0 | 855 | 24 | 335 | |
| 1 | |
GK | 10 | 0 | 1 | 900 | 1 | 254 | |
| 16 | |
DF | 10 | 1 | 0 | 819 | 8 | 355 | |
| 19 | |
MF | 10 | 1 | 0 | 850 | 20 | 306 | |
| 8 | |
MF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 753 | 21 | 409 | |
| 21 | |
MF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 794 | 21 | 225 | |
| 15 | |
FW | 9 | 5 | 0 | 728 | 16 | 144 | |
| 4 | |
MF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 422 | 6 | 223 | |
| 11 | |
FW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 499 | 5 | 73 | |
| 7 | |
MF | 9 | 0 | 3 | 643 | 9 | 154 | |
| 10 | |
MF | 8 | 0 | 1 | 234 | 4 | 114 | |
| 17 | |
DF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 662 | 14 | 297 | |
| 2 | |
DF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 451 | 8 | 236 | |
| 20 | |
FW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 17 | |
| 3 | |
DF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 7 | 76 | |
| 6 | |
MF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 6 | 71 | |
| 23 | |
MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 6 | 47 | |
| 22 | |
FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6 | |
| 18 | |
MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 10 | |
| 12 | |
FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 4 | 32 |
Recent Transfers
2025/26 & 2026/27Arrivals (44)
Departures (49)
Injuries & Availability
Impact Analysis
Alaves head into this fixture with two players unavailable, both confirmed as out. F. Garces is serving a suspension, while M. Rodriguez is sidelined with an ankle injury. The data does not specify the positions either player occupies, their appearance records, or their statistical output this season, so the precise tactical gap each leaves is difficult to measure. What can be said is that the nature of the absences differs in an important way: a suspension is a defined, disciplinary absence, whereas an ankle injury carries an uncertain timeline that has not been detailed in the available information.
With only two players missing and no one listed as doubtful, the overall picture is relatively manageable. Losing two squad members is a modest disruption compared with the larger injury lists many La Liga sides contend with over a long season, and it means the remainder of the squad is, on paper, available for selection. The absence of any doubtful names also provides a degree of clarity, as there are no late fitness calls hanging over the matchday group. Without information on the specific replacements available or the depth behind each position, it is not possible to assess how seamlessly the gaps can be filled, but the limited scale of the unavailability suggests squad depth is not being stretched to a significant degree.
Recent Form
Form Analysis
Alaves have struggled for results across their last five matches, collecting just two points from a possible fifteen with a record of no wins, two draws and three defeats. The picture is one of a side that has found it difficult to turn competitive performances into points, with three of the five matches decided by a single goal.
In attack, the numbers are modest. Three goals in five matches averages out to 0.6 per game, and Alaves failed to score in two of those outings, a 0-0 draw away to Athletic Club and a 1-0 home defeat to Valencia. Their only multi-goal-conceding games came against Atletico Madrid and Celta Vigo, while they managed a single goal in each of the draws and defeats where they did find the net.
Defensively, six goals conceded works out to 1.2 per match. The goalless draw at Athletic Club stands out as the one clean sheet, suggesting the side can be resilient against stronger opposition. Atletico Madrid and Celta Vigo both found the net twice, however, and Alaves came out on the wrong side of both fixtures.
At home the record is a draw with Malaga and defeats to Atletico Madrid and Valencia, so the team has yet to turn home advantage into wins in this stretch. Away from home they earned a point at Athletic Club and lost at Celta Vigo.
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