Alaves
- Quique Sanchez Flores took over as Babazorros boss on March 3, 2026 and is still seeking his first win in the job.
- Alaves have gone winless in five with two draws and three defeats.
- Their last two games have both ended in defeat, a 3-2 loss at home to Valencia and a 2-0 defeat at rock-bottom Levante.
- Flores is hoping Lucas Boye can stay hot as his team’s only dependable source of goals at the moment.
- Boye has hit nine goals in 21 LaLiga appearances this term and is the focal point of Alaves’ attacks, particularly as they seek to break out of sticky situations.
- Boye has four of Alaves’ last five goals in the league and will be ready to pounce if this fixture turns into a long-range affair.
Villarreal
- Villarreal are in better form (W3, L2 from five) than Alaves (W0, D2, L3 from five).
- But Villarreal have a better balance of qualities to earn the win on Friday because they can control the tempo and keep games within their structure.
- Marcelino Garcia’s 4-4-2 formation and tactical discipline has kept the Yellow Submarines in the Champions League hunt with 54 points from 27 games and fourth place in the table.
- Villarreal have won six, drawn two and lost five of their 13 away LaLiga fixtures in 2025/26 and are allowing 1.54 goals on average.
- They have only lost twice in their last five league fixtures, beating Elche and Valencia at home and losing 4-1 at Barcelona, so we like their chances of taking all three points on the road again at roughly even odds.
Head-to-Head
Villarreal have won two of their last three head-to-head meetings with Alaves , with one win for Alaves.
Key Players
- Lucas Boye
- Boye has hit nine goals in 21 LaLiga appearances this term and is the focal point of Alaves’ attacks, particularly as they seek to break out of sticky situations.
- Boye has four of Alaves’ last five goals in the league and will be ready to pounce if this fixture turns into a long-range affair.
- Alberto Moleiro
- Alberto Moleiro is an excellent finisher and has nine goals in 26 league games, while Boye has nine in 21.
Betting Insights
The odds for Over 2.5 goals ( 1.95 ) are very short for two teams from different parts of the table and BTTS - Yes at 1.76 is little better, but we feel both are likely to happen in an end-to-end game.
Prediction
Villarreal CF are more likely to win when they travel to the Estadio de Mendizorroza on Friday to take on Deportivo Alaves , who are 27 points and 12 places worse off than the Yellow Submarines in the LaLiga 2025-2026 standings.
