Alaves vs Barcelona
Alaves vs Barcelona is the last scheduled meeting on April 23, 2019 in La Liga. There are two teams without special motivations in this season’s end. The game is scheduled from 22.30 on Estadio de Mendizorroza.
Alaves still has a chance at the Europa League
If the La Liga tour was the best in history, the return is quite weak. Winter departures seem to affect the team’s game, this part of the season being a painful one for Alaves. He is still in 8th place, but he is in a free fall. Chances to get a seat of the Europa League would be, but will he manage to get out of this poor time? The season’s final schedule is quite difficult, after Barcelona will meet Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Valencia and Girona. Only Sociedad looks happy with the current situation, with the other teams pursuing goals. Alaves has a series of 5 games without victory, when he won only 2 points. Jonathan Calleri, with 8 goals scored, is Alaves’ goal scorer this season. Only the Argentinean has received the fifth yellow card and will be suspended in the Barcelona event meeting.
- Alaves (4-4-2): Pacheco – Martin, Ximo Navarro, Laguardia, Ruben Duarte – Brasanac, Manu Garcia, Pina, Jony – Rolan, Borja Baston
- Coach: Abelardo
- Injury: Burgui
- Suspended: Calleri
Barcelona is thinking of the Champions League semifinals
In just one week, on Wednesday May 1, Barcelona will play the first leg of the Champions League semifinals with Liverpool. All the team’s attention is towards that meeting. In the domestic competition there is an advantage that seems reassuring, 9 points, compared to Atletico Madrid. It is true that Simeone’s team will not be battered until the title is set and mathematically, but it is hard to believe that it will be able to change something. I saw that Messi and Luis Suarez were used in the weekend, but their game was a forceless one. They were generally careful not to hit and did not enter clinics with the opponents. I do not know if they will play at Alaves, but I see that Messi wants to score as many goals to become the top scorer of all the championships in Europe. The Argentinian has scored 33 times in the 33 rounds of play and leads in the standings in Spain. He comes after two stages in which he has not scored and deserves a bet of the type he scores at any time.
- Barcelona (5-3-2): Ter Stegen – Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba – Sergi Roberto, Busquets, Arturo Vidal – Messi, Luis Suarez, Dembele
- Coach: Ernesto Valverde
- Injuries: Vermaelen, Rafinha
Alaves vs Barcelona Picks
The meeting between the two is no stake. Lately Barcelona has won every time he played with Alaves. Now I do not know how many players will enter Valverde in the field and how motivated they will be to get the 3 points. There is also a chance for the hosts to get the last place of the Europa League. To avoid a surprise result, I will choose a bet on the number of goals
Our Prediction: Over 2.5
Odds: 1.55
