- Real Oviedo has won 4, drawn 7 and lost 7 of 18 home LaLiga 2025-2026 fixtures, conceding an average of 0.94 goals per game at home.
- Deportivo Alaves has failed to win 15 of 18 away LaLiga 2025-2026 fixtures, winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 11, conceding an average of 1.72 goals a game.
- Alaves has won one, drawn two and lost two of their last five, including a 2-1 home win over Mallorca.
Alaves can edge survival showdown
Deportivo Alaves can take the points when they face Real Oviedo in LaLiga 2025-2026 at the weekend in a clash of two struggling teams on Sunday. Alaves are 18th in the league table with 37 points from 35 games while Oviedo are 20th with 29 points from the same number of games.
This Real Oviedo vs Deportivo Alaves prediction reflects a significant clash for the hosts as they mark their first LaLiga season since 2000 - 01, but Alaves are also in desperate need of a victory to push their survival chances after appointing Quique Sanchez Flores as manager in March 2026.
Alaves have become more compact and a threat on the break since the former Watford and Espanyol manager took over and they will also be more clinical from set pieces. There’s likely to be a tactical chess match on display here with Oviedo favouring a structured, positional way of playing football under Guillermo Almada, where they patiently build up from the back and overload the half-spaces.
Borja Sánchez offers a creative spark in the midfield and often feeds the likes of top scorer Federico Vinas through the ball. The Argentine has scored 9 goals in 31 LaLiga appearances and two in the last five for Oviedo, who are winless in their last 3 at the Carlos Tartiere.
Oviedo can score as Alaves to edge a close encounter
Almada still seems to be finding his tactical identity at the club after longer training sessions were introduced this year as he tries to get his players to press in unison and control the ball.
In our Real Oviedo vs Deportivo Alaves preview, one win and two draws in five suggests Alaves are on the up and there’s plenty of pace and directness in their attack in the shape of Luis Rioja, who looks a good contender to cause Oviedo problems from the counter and set-pieces.
Antonio Martinez is the main Alaves threat, however, with 12 goals in 34 appearances, and the former Valencia forward has been lethal in recent weeks with 4 goals in the last 5 games.
With Alaves looking much improved and Oviedo struggling at home, we’re going to back the visitors to snatch the points at an excellent 1.89. The Real Oviedo vs Deportivo Alaves prediction is that this could be a high-scoring affair with the home side looking to impose their possession-based game and the visitors likely to cause problems on the counter and from set-pieces. For those interested in the Real Oviedo vs Deportivo Alaves betting tips, Over 2.5 goals is 2.1 with both teams to score - Yes at 1.86.
