On Monday evening, Alaves and Sevilla clash at the Estadio de Mendizorroza in gameweek one of the 2023/24 La Liga season.
The home team kicked off their return to La Liga with a 1-0 defeat at Cadiz.
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It was a disappointing start to life back in the top flight of Spanish football for the Basque outfit.
Considering their last spell in the Spanish top flight, Alaves have now lost four of their previous five matches in La Liga, having failed to score in three of the four defeats.
Despite suffering relegation in their last spell in La Liga in season 2021/22, Alaves ended the season by recording wins in three of their previous four league matches at the Mendizorroza.
Their recent home matches in the Spanish top flight have been relatively low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in seven of their last 11 home games in La Liga.
Like the home side, the Andalusians made a losing start to the new Spanish top-flight campaign, losing 2-1 at home to Valencia in gameweek one.
The defeat may not be a surprise, as the defeat just continued last season’s poor league campaign.
In fact, Sevilla are now winless in five league games, having suffered three straight losses in La Liga.
That poor league run includes conceding at least two goals in their last three matches in the Spanish top flight.
The visitors ended last season in decent away form, as they have won four of their last six matches on their travels.
A 2-1 defeat at Real Sociedad in their previous away game ended a five-game unbeaten away run in the Spanish top flight.
Their recent league matches away from home have been relatively low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in five of their previous seven games.
Forebet predicts that Alaves will get their first points on the board by recording a victory in a low-scoring encounter.