La Liga Gameweek 1 Sat, Aug 16 · 20:30 Estadio de Mendizorroza, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Alaves
2–1Full time
Levante
Full match report oneScoredOdds · Value · Detailed stats →
Our take

Alaves were slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Absences weigh more on Levante. Alaves had ? days of rest, Levante ? and had to travel 422 km.

Away travel422 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Alaves45%
Draw28%
Levante28%
Expected goals 1.44 – 1.08
Alaves44%
Draw27%
Levante29%
Expected goals 1.51 – 1.18
Alaves43%
Draw28%
Levante29%
Expected goals 1.39 – 1.10
Alaves38%
Draw28%
Levante34%
Expected goals 1.29 – 1.21
Alaves46%
Draw26%
Levante28%
Expected goals 1.57 – 1.16
Over 2.5 46% Both score 51% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Vitoria-Gasteiz)

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Referee · SpainMiguel Sesma Espinosa

Team strength

AlavesLevante
47 L90 StrengthIn forecast 46
48 Current StrengthIn forecast 48
48 AttackIn forecast 55
55 DefenceIn forecast 41
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Alaves

Attack—
Defense risk—

Levante

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

AlavesLevante
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
0.60 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.10
0.60 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.10
1.08 xGVia Att/Def —
1.07 xG allowedVia Att/Def —
-0.48 Goals minus xGContext —
60% Scored inContext 90%
50% Clean sheetsContext 10%
10.50 ShotsContext 15.40
3.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.40
33% On target shareContext 35%
7.13 Shots in the boxContext 10.10
61% Box shareContext 67%
6% ConversionContext 14%
1.63 OffsidesContext 2.57
10.90 Shots allowedContext 15.50
2.89 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.90
3.00 BlocksContext 2.70
2.10 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.11
81% Save rateContext 64%
46% PossessionIn forecast 48%
352 PassesContext 395
265 Accurate passesContext 312
75% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.98 Team ratingContext 6.76
17.20 FoulsContext 12.70
11.50 Fouls sufferedContext 9.90
3.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.60
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Alaves
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Levante
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel422 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Alaves Levante
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km422 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one67

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Alaves Confirmed XI
4-1-4-1
1Antonio Sivera(G)
24Víctor Parada 14F. Tenaglia 2F. Garcés 17Jonny
8Antonio Blanco
10Carles Aleñá 19Pablo Ibáñez 18Jon Guridi 7Carlos Vicente
11Toni Martínez
Levante Confirmed XI
5-4-1
1Pablo Cuñat(G)
23Manu Sánchez 14Jorge Cabello 5Unai Elguezabal 4Adrián de la Fuente 22J. Toljan
7Roger Brugué 20Oriol Rey 10Pablo Martínez 17Víctor García
9Iván Romero
+7 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Alaves Absences are shown before kick-off
Levante Scores -0.02 · concedes +0.05 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Alaves+1.7 pp
  • Draw-0.4 pp
  • Levante-1.4 pp

Home / Away this season

Alaves · Home No home games yet this season.
Levante · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 4 of 4 meetings

1 Alaves wins2 draws1 Levante wins
Goals per game1.50 – 1.75 Over 2.575% Both scored100% Clean sheets0% · 0%
  • 15 May 2022Levante3–1Alaves
  • 6 Nov 2021Alaves2–1Levante
  • 8 May 2021Alaves2–2Levante
  • 8 Nov 2020Levante1–1Alaves

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Alaves
No complete event data.
Levante
No complete event data.
Alaves10 games · scored 6 · conceded 6
2 0-15
1 16-30
1 1 31-45
1 1 46-60
2 1 61-75
1 1 76-90
Levante10 games · scored 21 · conceded 21
2 0-15
3 4 16-30
2 4 31-45
4 2 46-60
2 5 61-75
10 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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