Betis vs Alaves: prediction for the La Liga fixture

On Saturday, Betis hosted their local rivals, Sevilla, in Copa del Rey. At 39th minute match was interrupted, because a stick was thrown to Joan Jordan from the stands and a player of Nervionenses received an injury. 

A game was abandoned at 1:1 score, but it continued next day and eventually Beticos advanced into the quarter-final of that competition. Team also put up a great performance in the group stage of the Europa League, team recorded three victories and a draw, which brought a play-off spot.

Team is also looking great in La Liga. After 20 rounds Manuel Pellegrini's men have 10 victories and four draws, which brought 34 points and a 3rd spot in the standings. Team also has the third offensive record in the league, they scored 33 goals.

After two consecutive defeats Seville team drew to Rayo Vallecano (1:1) on away. 

William Jose, Bartra, Joaquin, Miranda, Bravo, Akouakou and Montoya won't feature in this match. 

In the current season Alaves failed to impress - after six consecutive defeats at the start followed a victory over the reigning champion. This success brought hope to team's fans and The Glorious Ones even managed to leave the relegation zone for a short amount of time. 

Unfortunately, team's success was short-lived and after 20 rounds of the current season The White-Blues have four victories and five draws, which brought 17 points and an 18th spot in the standings, which is in the relegation zone. Basques' offensive line is looking terrible, they have scored only 16 goals so far. 

In five most recent rounds The Babazorros suffered two defeats and got three draws - against Getafe (1:1), Real Sociedad (1:1) and Athletic (0:0). Jose Mendilibar's men also were defeated in the Copa del Rey, after a confident victory over Unami (3:0) Basques were eliminated by a modest Linares side (1:2). 

Pons and Navarro are unavailable this time.