Deportivo Alaves vs Athletic Bilbao

Match details. U19 Division de Honor Juvenil. Kick-off is Sat 7 Nov, 16:00 Lagos time.

Form. Deportivo Alaves have won five, drawn three and lost two of their last ten, 1.8 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W L L D. Athletic Bilbao have won eight, drawn none and lost two of their last ten, 2.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W W W W.

The numbers. Deportivo Alaves score 4.4 and concede 0.8 a game in their last five at home, with three clean sheets. Deportivo Alaves average 4.0 corners and 2.0 cards a game. Athletic Bilbao score two and concede one a game in their last five away, with two clean sheets and two games without a goal. Athletic Bilbao average 12.0 shots (5.7 on target), 3.2 corners and 3.0 cards a game.

Where it pulls both ways. It pulls both ways: their goals for and against make Deportivo Alaves the likelier winners, but Athletic Bilbao are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Athletic Bilbao.

The read. No side to back. An open game. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 86%.

The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Predicted score: Deportivo Alaves 2-1 Athletic Bilbao (9% chance).

The agreed story. No side to back (Deportivo Alaves the favourite), an open game.

Cup and European games. A domestic cup: sides rotate, and the two can come from different divisions. Athletic Bilbao in their last cup games: won 6-1 at AE Prat. Too few cup games to judge the side from.

So. A close match: the safest pick that fits.