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How far will Alaves fall in La Liga in 2017-2018? The team surprised nearly everyone a year ago by finishing 9th in the league with 55 points but they lost a number of players in the off-season and they will have a new manager as gone is Mauricio Pellegrino and in is Luis Zubeldia. Oddsmakers believe that Alaves could be in a little relegation danger, as the odds on Alaves being relegated are +300. Let’s look at what we can expect from the Babazorros in 2017-2018.
Alaves La Liga Futures Odds
Odds To Win La Liga: +5000 (Field)
Odds To Be Relegated: +300
Forget about Alaves being a contender to win La Liga, as they are listed as part of the field at odds of +5000. The concern for Alaves this season is avoiding relegation and that might not be easy to do, as there is no question the team is weaker than a year ago.
Alaves Competitions in 2017-18
Spanish La Liga
Copa del Rey
What's New?
It is a laundry list of new players for Alavaes for 2017-2018. They brought in Mubarak Wakaso from Granada, Ruben Duarte from Espanyol, Enzo Zidane from Real Madrid, Adrian Dieguez from Alcorcon, Ruben Sobrino from Manchester City, Guillermo Maripan from Chile, Burgui from Real Madrid and Antonio Sivera Salva from Valencia. They also have Hector on loan from Sociedad, Tomas Pina from Club Brugge and Alfonso from Villarreal.
One of the interesting new players for Alaves is Zidane who is the son of Zinedine Zidane. "My teammates have taken me under their wing since the day I arrived and so I'm very happy - it's great to belong to this group. I have been adapting little by little and learning a lot, because the professionals can help me in many ways". Zidane can’t wait to make his debut at the Mendizorroza. "I didn't really expect such brilliant fans - the amount of people who showed up for the team's presentation really came as a surprise because it shows how much the fans support us. That's why we want to give the best of ourselves for them".
What's Gone?
The team lost Kiko to Watford, Raul Garcia Granero to Leganes and Zou Feddal to Real Betis. They also lost a number of players who went back to their former teams as their loans or transfers expired. Those players are Victor Camarasa, Rodrigo Ely, Marcos Llorente, Adrian Ortola, Deyverson, Theo Hernandez, Ruben Sobrino, Kiko Femenia, Gaizka Toquero, Edgar Mendez, Juanan Entrena, Antonio Glauder and Arturo Segado.
Alaves 2017-18 Predictions
There does not seem to be much doubt that Alaves is going to fall from their 9th place finish a year ago. The question is how far they fall and if they will be in any relegation danger. Alaves finished with 55 points a year ago but they actually had a goal differential of -2. They were nothing special at home, as they played to 8 draws, while going 7-4. They were actually outscored by a combined margin of 19-21 in home games. They were decent on the road going 7-7 with 5 draws and their goal differential on the road was actually event at 22-22. It will be extremely difficult to repeat that road success this season.
Alaves was 24 points clear of the relegation zone last season but the odds of +300 to get relegated shows that the team is going to drop at least 10-15 points this season. They should still get into the range or 40 points but that gives them very little margin for error to avoid relegation. A 15th or 16th place finish seems to be the most likely scenario for Alaves for the 2017-2018 season.
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