Valencia 3-1 Deportivo Alavés: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Valencia 3-1 Deportivo Alavés

La Liga · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

Valencia · Deportivo Alavés · La Liga predictions

Valencia 3-1 Deportivo Alavés: match report

Valencia beat Deportivo Alavés 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 17 March 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Rodrigo opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Valencia's goals came from Rodrigo (19'), Simone Zaza (33') and an own goal by Víctor Laguardia (54'). Deportivo Alavés scored through Rubén Sobrino (49').

Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Deportivo Alavés received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Valencia were 4th on 56 points from 28 and Deportivo Alavés 16th on 31 points from 28. Valencia went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Deportivo Alavés 14th with 47.

Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Deportivo Alavés in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Simone Zaza of Valencia (8.7), ahead of Dani Parejo (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Valencia wins, 0 draws and 1 for Deportivo Alavés.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · RodrigoValencia · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Simone ZazaValencia · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Geoffrey KondogbiaValencia
  • 49'Goal · Rubén SobrinoDeportivo Alavés · 2-1
  • 54'Own goal · Víctor LaguardiaValencia · 3-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Tomás PinaDeportivo Alavés

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Valencia 4, draws 0, Deportivo Alavés 1.

Team news

Valencia line-up (4-4-2)

Neto, Gabriel Paulista, José Gayà, Martín Montoya, Ezequiel Garay, Gonçalo Guedes, Dani Parejo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Carlos Soler, Simone Zaza, Rodrigo

Deportivo Alavés line-up (4-4-2)

Fernando Pacheco, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Víctor Laguardia, Rodrigo Ely, Martín Aguirregabiria, Alfonso Pedraza, Tomás Pina, Manu García, Hernán Pérez, Rubén Sobrino, Munir El Haddadi