Alaves welcome Valencia to Estadio Mendizorrotza on Tuesday evening for a La Liga Regular Season matchday 6 fixture that finds the two clubs in starkly contrasting positions. The hosts sit fourth in the table with ten points from five matches, while Valencia occupy twentieth place with just one point to their name after the same number of outings.
The nine-point gap between the sides tells its own story. Alaves have recorded three wins, one draw and one defeat so far, scoring eleven goals and conceding five. Valencia, by contrast, have one draw and four defeats to their name, with a goals record of one scored and ten conceded across their opening five matches.
Alaves arrive having taken ten points from their last five matches. Their recent results include wins against Getafe, Villarreal and Osasuna, a draw against Rayo Vallecano and a 2-1 defeat to Racing Santander, which was their most recent outing.
Valencia's last five matches have brought just one point. Their results across that run show a goalless draw with Celta Vigo alongside defeats to Real Betis, Deportivo La Coruña, Barcelona and Sevilla. The club are currently in the bottom two of the La Liga table and have now lost four consecutive matches.
The head-to-head record between these two sides offers Valencia a measure of encouragement. When they last met, in March 2026, Valencia came away with a 3-2 victory. The encounter before that, in October 2025 at Mendizorrotza, finished goalless — the same venue as Tuesday's fixture.
This is a match in which Alaves, in the top third of the table, host a side yet to register a victory in La Liga this season. The table sets out the context plainly.