About Match
10 points for Deportivo Alavés (2nd), 4 for Espanyol (12th): a 6-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Deportivo Alavés 2.5 scored and 0.75 conceded per game, Espanyol 1.5 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.5. If Deportivo Alavés win, their total rises to 13 and up to 1st, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Deportivo Alavés carry a 9-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Recent form is uneven: 11/15 points for Deportivo Alavés, 4/15 for Espanyol.
The sides have met 16 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Deportivo Alavés, 2 draws and 9 for Espanyol, at 1.88 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 63% of the meetings. 3 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 1.88.
The venue is Estadio de Mendizorroza in Gasteiz, with room for 19,840 spectators.




