Deportivo Alaves Overview

Hansi Flick has lauded the burgeoning talent within Barcelona's youth ranks following a surprising 1-0 defeat to relegation-threatened Deportivo Alaves. Although the result officially ends the newly-crowned La Liga champions' ambitions of reaching a historic 100-point milestone, the German coach remained upbeat regarding the development of his squad's fringe players.

Barcelona vice-president Rafa Yuste has delivered a blistering response to Florentino Perez, labelling the Real Madrid president’s recent corruption allegations as "pathetic." The war of words between the Clasico rivals has escalated following Perez's sensational claims that numerous trophies have been "stolen" from the capital club.

We’ve got three Alaves vs Barcelona predictions for their La Liga encounter in the Basque Country on Thursday, 14 May.

With a new coach in charge, Alaves are hoping to play their way out of trouble in La Liga. Is it worth backing their games to keep delivering goals?