Interesting game is what awaits us this Wednesday at the Estadio de Mendizorroza in Vitoria-Gasteiz, when the first leg of the round of the Copa del Rey, a motivated Deportivo Alavés out to take advantage of its status as a local against Girona.
Deportivo Alavés:
Those led by Abelardo are one of the protagonists of the League in Spanish football, so they come from adding a good home win by 2-1 against Villarreal and in this way they added a streak of three consecutive victories.
But if we want to be more extensive the cast of Deportivo Alavés has only lost two of the ten games played in the league and both were as visitors, the first was at the start of the league when he visited the mighty Barcelona and then made some weeks ago when he visited Levante that defeated him 2-1, and this is how these results have allowed Deportivo Alavés to be in second place in the standings with 20 points, one less than the leader Barcelona.
But now it’s time to focus on their participation in the Copa del Rey, where they hope to match or exceed their participation in the previous edition where they reached the quarterfinals, being eliminated by Valencia through penalties, after finishing with victories of 2-1 in both sets.
And for that Deportivo Alavés wants to take advantage of their condition as homeowners where they are undefeated in their five games of the current season and here we include the victory for the minimum difference over Real Madrid.
Girona:
For their part, those led by Eusebio Sacristán are doing a somewhat irregular season in these first ten dates of the League. So Girona comes to beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 and with that result could climb to the 11th position with thirteen points, away from the relegation zone by five points.
But the best thing about that victory against Rayo is that it puts an end to a five-game winless streak, which is why the team is fully motivated to visit Deportivo Alavés in his Copa del Rey debut, in a tournament where in the previous edition he stayed in this same instance being eliminated by Levante, so before Deportivo Alavés who won in this scenario in his game for the League of the previous season 2017/18, he hopes to change his poor numbers in a Copa del Rey where they add a streak of nine consecutive games without winning.
PREDICTION: Alaves to win @ 2.10
