Valladolid vs Alaves: La Liga Prediction (19.05.2025)

Valladolid vs Alaves: La Liga Prediction (May 18, 2025)

The La Liga match between Valladolid and Alaves will take place on May 19, 2025, at 00:00 WIB. Bookmakers consider the visitors the favorites. Let’s analyze the current form of both teams and give our prediction for the game.

Valladolid

The White and Violets are finishing the season as clear outsiders. The team has had no realistic chance of survival for quite some time. After 36 rounds, Valladolid has collected only 16 points—trailing the nearest team by the same number. This clearly indicates that they are unable to compete even with the clubs at the lower end of the table.

Valladolid’s defense looks particularly poor: they’ve conceded 86 goals, by far the worst defensive record in the league. For comparison, the second-worst team defensively is Las Palmas, with 58 goals conceded. Heading into this game, Valladolid is on a 17-match winless streak: 16 defeats and a single draw back in February.

Alaves

The Glorious Ones are in a fierce battle to avoid relegation. After a crucial win over a recently solid Valencia side (1–0), Alaves now has a glimmer of hope to stay in Spain’s top flight. As a result, they’ve pulled four points clear of the relegation zone—a relatively safe margin heading into the final rounds.

Sensing the threat of relegation to the second division, the Bean Destroyers have picked up their form noticeably. They’ve lost just one of their last five matches. One notable result was a 0–0 draw against Atletico Madrid. Their motivation for the upcoming match is sky-high: a win against the league’s bottom team would virtually guarantee them a spot in La Liga next season.

Stats and Head-to-Head

The first encounter between these two teams this season took place in Round 10. It was a goal-filled clash that ended in a rare away win for Valladolid—3–2, their only road victory of the campaign.

Prediction

For the match between Valladolid and Alaves, we predict that the visitors will take revenge. The hosts have no motivation, while Alaves are in decent form and desperately need the win. In this situation, betting on an Alaves victory at odds of 1.69 looks like a solid option.