Valencia adds the last four visits of Alavés by triumphs

The Valencia sum by victories the last four visits of the Alaves to Mestalla, where both teams will meet this Saturday.

After facing each other in the 2005-2006 campaign, the duels between both teams were interrupted until 2016-2017 and since then they have always won the Valencia and the Basque team has always seen the door, as the locals won it 2-1 twice and 3-1 twice.

The last championship match was played on October 5, 2019 and the Valencia He went ahead with a goal from Maxi Gómez after half an hour of play. This result was maintained until the 83rd minute when Parejo converted a penalty that goalkeeper Sivera had committed on himself. In the 89th minute, Lucas Pérez scored the goal for the Vitorian team.

Valencia lined up Cillessen, Wass, Garay, Gabriel Paulista, Jaume Costa, Ferran Torres (Diakhaby, m.70), Parejo, Coquelin, Cheryshev (Rubén Sobrino, m.92), Rodrigo (Manu Vallejo, m.59) and Maxi Gomez.

For their part, Alavés played with Sivera, Ximo Navarro (Aleix Vidal, m.73), Laguardia, Rodrigo Ely (Borja Sainz, m.84), Duarte, Burke, Pina (Pere Pons, m.21), Manu García , Luis Rioja, Joselu and Lucas Pérez.

The history of the fourteen games played in Mestalla by both teams in the elite of Spanish football is summarized with eleven local victories, one draw and two victories for the visiting team. In addition, the scoring balance of these meetings is in favor of Valencia with 41 goals scored compared to the thirteen received.

The last time that Alavés scored in Valencia was with a 0-0 draw in the 2001-2002 campaign and their last victory was recorded a year earlier with a 1-2 win, with which they repeated the one obtained in the 99-2000 campaign. by 0-2.

The first clash in the First Division dates back to almost ninety years ago and was resolved with a wide victory for Valencia by 5-1 (31-32 season), which was repeated a year later with a 5-2. There have also been other home victories such as those corresponding to the 54-55 (6-1) and 98-99 (5-0) campaigns.