Alaves vs Valencia - prediction, team news, lineups

Valencia, who are presently without a imperishable caput coach, volition caput connected their travels for Tuesday's La Liga clash against Alaves astatine Mendizorroza.

Los Che are propping up the standings, portion the hosts statesman the midweek circular of fixtures wrong the apical four. 

Match preview

After steering Alaves to information past term, Quique Sanchez Flores started his archetypal afloat play successful complaint with a four-game unbeaten tally (W3, D1).

After taking 4 points from their archetypal 2 games, Alaves recorded back-to-back wins implicit Villarreal and Osasuna, with the second coming via an eye-catching 5-2 scoreline.

Unfortunately for El Glorioso, their unbeaten commencement to the play came to an extremity successful Saturday's 2-1 distant decision against Racing Santander contempt taking the pb done Ville Koski.

The Basque outfit are inactive successful a beardown presumption successful La Liga, sitting successful 3rd spot with 10 points to their name, the aforesaid fig arsenic Atletico Madrid and Sevilla and conscionable 2 less than Real Madrid successful 2nd spot.

With each 3 wins taking spot at Mendizorroza, Alaves caput into Tuesday's contention arsenic 1 of 4 teams with a 100% location grounds successful La Liga, on with Real Madrid, Real Betis and league leaders Barcelona.

They tin instrumentality inspiration from the information they person avoided decision successful their past 7 location games against Valencia (W4, D3), including cleanable sheets successful each of the erstwhile 3 encounters betwixt the 2 sides at Mendizorroza.

In opposition to their hosts, Valencia person experienced a woeful commencement to the season, mustering conscionable 1 constituent from their opening 5 games.

A goalless gully against Celta Vigo was followed by 4 consecutive defeats, including a constrictive 1-0 nonaccomplishment successful Friday's distant clash against Sevilla.

The decision astatine the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan pushed Valencia to portion ways with caput manager Carlos Corberan and main enforcement Ron Gourlay, with Braulio Vazquez returning to the nine arsenic the caller sporting director.

While Valencia person started their hunt for a caller coach, the club's B squad manager Oscar Sanchez has been named arsenic interim brag up of tricky games against Alaves and Real Sociedad earlier the three-week planetary break.

Sanchez faces the unenviable task of lifting a squad that are 2 points adrift from information and has netted conscionable erstwhile successful 5 games.

Their struggles successful the last 3rd volition surely dampen hopes of a archetypal league triumph at Mendizorroza since a 2-1 occurrence successful October 2017.

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Team News

The hosts are without defender Facundo Garces and midfielder Mikel Rodriguez, who person been ruled retired with anterior cruciate ligament injuries since the commencement of the month.

Striker Aitor Manas volition miss the adjacent 2 games done concussion protocols aft being stretchered disconnected with a caput wounded successful the second stages of Saturday’s defeat.

Sanchez is expected to freshen up his lineup, with Carles Alena and Toni Martinez some successful contention to commencement astatine Mestalla.

Valencia are incapable to telephone upon the injured quintet of Mouctar Diakhaby, Jose Manuel Copete, Dimitri Foulquier, Diego Lopez and Umar Sadiq.

Defender Cesar Tarrega volition person to beryllium assessed aft being forced disconnected successful the archetypal fractional of Friday’s decision owed to a hamstring injury.

Luis Rioja is disposable aft a two-match wounded absence, but it remains to beryllium seen whether Guido Rodriguez volition beryllium his fittingness successful clip for Tuesday’s fixture.

Alaves imaginable starting lineup:

Sivera; Tenaglia, Koski, Otto; Perez, Ibanez, Blanco, Alena, Rebbach; Boye, Martinez

Valencia imaginable starting lineup:

Dimitrievski; Maffeo, Cordoba, De Haas, Vazquez; Dieng, Pepelu; Otorbi, Elliott, Sato; Duro

We say: Alaves 1-1 Valencia

We deliberation Valencia could play with greater state pursuing Corberan's dismissal, but portion specified an attack could output a goal, we deliberation a gully is the champion they tin anticipation for astatine a venue they person not won astatine successful 9 years.

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