Deportivo Alaves vs Villarreal CF, La Liga 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2026-27

Deportivo Alaves

1 – 0

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Villarreal CF

Fri 28 Aug 2026 · 19:30 UTC Mendizorroza 15,556 HT 45' · FT 45'

Lucas Boye 31' 1–0

Abde Rebbach 48' Y

Y 85' Nicolas Pepe

Mariano Diaz 89' Y

Sivera 90' Y

Y 90' Renato Veiga

Overview

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Deportivo Alavés vs Villarreal CF — La Liga at Mendizorroza.

Deportivo Alavés 8 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Villarreal CF 8 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	8	24
2	Club Atletico de Madrid	8	19
3	Real Betis Balompie	8	19
4	Real Madrid CF	8	18
5	Sevilla FC	7	13
6	Real Sociedad de Futbol	8	13
7	Deportivo Alaves	8	11
8	RC Deportivo La Coruna	8	10
9	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	7	8
10	CA Osasuna	8	8
11	RC Celta de Vigo	8	8
12	Getafe CF	8	8
13	Athletic Club	6	8
14	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	8	8
15	Villarreal CF	8	8
16	Real Racing Club de Santander	8	8
17	Elche CF	8	6
18	Levante UD	6	5
19	Valencia CF	8	5
20	Malaga CF	8	4

Head-to-Head

Deportivo Alaves 15 games · Avg 3.1 goals Villarreal CF

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-28 Deportivo Alaves 1–0 Villarreal CF 2026-03-13 Deportivo Alaves 1–1 Villarreal CF 2026-01-10 Villarreal CF 3–1 Deportivo Alaves 2025-03-08 Deportivo Alaves 1–0 Villarreal CF 2024-11-09 Villarreal CF 3–0 Deportivo Alaves

Recent Form

Deportivo Alaves

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Aug	Villarreal CF	H	1–0	W
20 Aug	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	A	1–1	D
15 Aug	Getafe CF	H	3–0	W
23 May	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	H	1–2	L
17 May	Real Oviedo	A	1–0	W
13 May	FC Barcelona	H	1–0	W

Villarreal CF

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Aug	Deportivo Alaves	A	0–1	L
23 Aug	Club Atletico de Madrid	A	2–2	D
16 Aug	Real Racing Club de Santander	A	2–2	D
24 May	Club Atletico de Madrid	H	5–1	W
17 May	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	A	0–2	L
13 May	Sevilla FC	H	2–3	L

Season Stats

Deportivo Alaves		Villarreal CF
#7	Position	#15
11	Points	8
8	Played	8
3 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 4
12	Scored	13
8	Conceded	13
+4	GD	+0
1.38	PPG	1.00
38%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Deportivo Alaves this season

0% Clean Sheets
Villarreal CF this season

Deportivo Alaves are 7th (11 pts). Villarreal CF are 15th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Deportivo Alaves

0-15

–/–

16-30

2/–

31-45

3/2

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/1

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Villarreal CF

0-15

–/1

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/6

46-60

1/1

61-75

1/1

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Deportivo Alaves

Lucas Boye	5 G
Mariano Diaz	3 G	3 A
Nahuel Tenaglia	1 G
Mikel Rodriguez	1 G

Villarreal CF

Pape Gueye	3 G
Alberto Moleiro	2 G	3 A
Georges Mikautadze	2 G	1 A
Nicolas Pepe	2 G
Gerard Moreno	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Deportivo Alaves and Villarreal CF has kicked off!
5' It looks like no one’s ball. Deportivo Alaves is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
10' Over 10 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
15' Deportivo Alaves currently sit 5 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
20' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jonny Otto is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Deportivo Alaves.
31' The Argentina Lucas Boye breaks the deadlock on 31 minutes. 1-0!
36' Antonio Blanco has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 553 appearances.
41' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
45' That looks like a foul for a card for Renato Veiga.
48' It’s a booking for Deportivo Alaves player. Abde Rebbach gets a card.
53' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Deportivo Alaves needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
54' Deportivo Alaves manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mariano Diaz is hanging Toni Martinez on the field on 54 minute.
59' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
62' The supporters are chanting for Ayoze Perez. He replaces Santi Comesana on 62 minute.
67' A quiet spell here at Mendizorroza. Villarreal CF seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
70' Ilias Akhomach is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gerard Moreno at the 70 minute mark.
71' Deportivo Alaves make a change. Angel Perez trudges off to be replaced by Carlos Benavidez on 71 minutes.
76' Nahuel Tenaglia, a Argentina , has 39 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
81' Villarreal CF started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 81.
82' Deportivo Alaves ring the changes. Lucas Boye has done his job and it is now time for Aitor Manas to step up.
85' That looks like a foul for a card for Nicolas Pepe.
89' Controversy at the stadium! Mariano Diaz argues furiously but the card stands.
90' Sivera picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
It finishes all square. Deportivo Alaves and Villarreal CF share the spoils 1-0.

Lineups

Deportivo Alavés Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

Bench

Villarreal CF Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

8
Juan Foyth
19
Nicolas Pepe
18
Pape Gueye
7
Gerard Moreno ↓ Ilias Akhomach 70'
17
Tajon Buchanan ↓ Alberto Moleiro 62'
9
Georges Mikautadze ↓ Tani Oluwaseyi 82'
12
Renato Veiga
1
Luiz Junior
20
Carlos Romero
14
Santi Comesana ↓ Ayoze Perez 62'
15
Santiago Mourino ↓ Alex Freeman 62'

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gerard Moreno	6
Joselu	4
Paco Alcacer	3
Edgar Mendez	2
Boulaye Dia	2
Karl Toko Ekambi	2
Samu Omorodion	2
Ilias Akhomach	1

Head to Head

Deportivo Alavés Form

2026-08-28 Deportivo Alaves 1–0 Villarreal CF L 2026-08-20 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 1–1 Deportivo Alaves D 2026-08-15 Deportivo Alaves 3–0 Getafe CF L 2026-05-23 Deportivo Alaves 1–2 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid W 2026-05-17 Real Oviedo 0–1 Deportivo Alaves W 2026-05-13 Deportivo Alaves 1–0 FC Barcelona L

Villarreal CF Form

2026-08-28 Deportivo Alaves 1–0 Villarreal CF L 2026-08-23 Club Atletico de Madrid 2–2 Villarreal CF D 2026-08-16 Real Racing Club de Santander 2–2 Villarreal CF D 2026-05-24 Villarreal CF 5–1 Club Atletico de Madrid W 2026-05-17 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 2–0 Villarreal CF L 2026-05-13 Villarreal CF 2–3 Sevilla FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.59 Deportivo Alavés xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.03 Villarreal CF xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Deportivo Alavés51% Draw26% Villarreal CF23%

Actual: Deportivo Alavés win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.62

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Deportivo Alavés or Draw

78%

Draw or Villarreal CF

49%

Deportivo Alavés or Villarreal CF

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Deportivo Alavés35% Draw47% Villarreal CF18%

Actual: Deportivo Alavés win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.8%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

9.3%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

0 – 1

6.5%

1 – 2

5.9%

3 – 1

4.9%

2 – 2

4.7%

3 – 0

4.7%

0 – 2

3.7%

3 – 2

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Deportivo Alavés

Handicap	Deportivo Alavés covers	Push	Villarreal CF covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	23%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	14%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Deportivo Alavés keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

Villarreal CF keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.