Match Analysis: UD Las Palmas vs Deportivo Alavés

As we look forward to the confrontation on 26th May 2024 between UD Las Palmas and Deportivo Alavés in a La Liga fixture, it’s noteworthy that their last encounter ended in a 1-1 tie. Historically speaking, they’ve faced each other 11 times with UD Las Palmas claiming victory twice, compared to Deportivo Alavés’s three wins. Additionally, the teams have seen six matches resolve in draws.

Recently, UD Las Palmas hasn’t shown great form at home, while Deportivo Alavés hasn’t been faring much better on away territory. Their previous fixtures have averaged 2.18 goals, and both teams have scored 55% of the time.

Analysing their performance this season, UD Las Palmas has managed an average of 1.28 points per game in their home matches. On the other hand, Deportivo Alavés has averaged slightly less on the road, with 0.78 points per away match.

• This match is between UD Las Palmas and Deportivo Alavés, which will take place on 26th May 2024 in the La Liga.
• The last encounter between these two ended in a draw with 1 – 1 being the final score.
• A total of 11 matches have been played between these teams in the recent past. UD Las Palmas has managed only 2 wins as compared to Deportivo Alavés’s 3 wins.
• A significant statistic is that 6 out of these 11 matches ended in a draw, suggesting that both teams are often evenly matched.
• UD Las Palmas does not have a strong record at home, indicating a probability of struggling in this match.
• Likewise, Deportivo Alavés also struggles when playing away and thus might not have a clear advantage despite Las Palmas’ poor home form.
• The past matches between these two teams have averaged 2.18 goals per game, indicating a moderate scoring probability for the upcoming match.
• The BTTS (‘Both Teams To Score’) statistic occurred 55% of the time, hinting towards the possibility that both teams will manage to score.
• This season in La Liga, UD Las Palmas has averaged 1.28 points per game in their home matches.
• On the other side, Deportivo Alavés has averaged only 0.78 points per game in their away matches this season, implying that they have struggled to pick up points on the road.

Match Forecast

• Las Palmas will likely dominate possession and try to capitalize on their strength in creating long-shot opportunities.
• Deportivo Alavés will probably rely on counter-attacks and aim to exploit Las Palmas’ weakness to through ball attacks.
• Alavés is expected to concentrate on creating scoring chances but may struggle to finish them due to their weakness in this area.
• Las Palmas may find difficulties in halting Alavés offensive chances due to their weakness in stopping opponents from creating opportunities.
• Both teams may struggle to convert their opportunities into goals given their shared weakness in finishing scoring chances.
• The scoring might be low due to both teams’ strength in protecting the lead.
• Las Palmas’ tendency for short passes and possession football will contrast with Deportivo Alavés’ long ball strategy and greater emphasis on width
• With both teams fielding a consistent line-up, we might expect a well-matched game with pairings on the pitch quite familiar with each other.
• Deportivo Alavés will likely attempt to exploit Las Palmas’ reported aerial duel weakness with frequent crosses into the box.
• The game is expected to be non-aggressive as both teams tend to avoid aggressive plays.

Match Facts

• The 2-1 scoreline has been the most prevalent when UD Las Palmas host Deportivo Alaves, occurring in 3 matches.
• When UD Las Palmas and Deportivo Alaves clash, a 1-1 draw has been the most recurring outcome, featured in 8 matches.
• In their past 13 encounters at Las Palmas’s home ground, Las Palmas has secured victory 6 times, 3 matches have ended in a draw and Alaves have triumphed 4 times. The goals tally stands at 22-19 in favour of Las Palmas.
• Over the last 27 fixtures, Deportivo Alaves have outstripped UD Las Palmas, winning 10 times compared to Las Palmas’s 8 wins with 9 matches concluded in a draw. Alaves leads the scoring board 36-33.
• The last time Las Palmas claimed a home victory against Alaves was back in 2015.
• Deserving attention is that Las Palmas tend to score 25% of their goals in the 76-90 minute timeframe.
• Similarly, Alaves tends to net 26% of their games’ goals between the 46-60 minute mark.
• Las Palmas hasn’t enjoyed a victory in their last 12 fixtures.
• Las Palmas have fallen short of a win in 6 consecutive home matches.
• Within this LaLiga season, Las Palmas have lacked goals in 6 out of 18 home matches.
• Meanwhile, Alaves have failed to score in 10 of their 18 away LaLiga matches this season.
• Kirian Rodriguez leads the scoring chart for Las Palmas with 6 goals, while Samuel Omorodion is Deportivo Alaves’s top scorer with 8 goals.
• Sergi Cardona has amassed the most yellow cards (9) for Las Palmas, matching Alaves’s Abdel Abqar.
• Las Palmas has let in a goal in each of their prior 12 games.
• Both Las Palmas and Alaves win their matches’ first half 21% of the time.
• The last victory between these two was claimed by Las Palmas, who won by a single goal margin.
• Las Palmas seals 60% of their matches where they are leading 1-0 at home, while Alaves secures 66% when leading 0-1 away.
• Las Palmas, when trailing 0-1 at home, has only managed to overturn the scoreline in 12% of such instances. Conversely, Alaves has not recorded a win when they are behind 1-0 on away games.
• In LaLiga, Alaves’s performance surpasses that of Las Palmas.
• Alaves’s form over the last 5 matches is superior to that of Las Palmas.
• In their last 5 encounters against Las Palmas (across all competitions), Alaves has been defeated only once.
• The last 5 face-offs have seen 1 victory to Las Palmas, 2 victories to Alaves and 2 draws.
• This trend is reflected in their last 5 LaLiga meetings as well.
• On average, Las Palmas nets 0.4 goals and Alaves scores 1.4 goals when facing each other.
• Their encounters tend to accumulate an average of 1.8 goals per match.
• The first half of games between these two typically yields 0.6 goals on average.
• Neither team won their last match in LaLiga.
• When playing at home, Las Palmas typically scores 1 goal, while Alaves has an average away score of 1.11 goals.