I waited with this bet until last moment because I wanted to see the latest odds movements and the most possible line ups for today's match.

Odds on Barcelona win raised up by 0.15 from opening odds on big Asian markets, but I completely don't agree with this movement and now I see excellent value ona away side.

Alaves is still without their key defender Duarte. According to the ratings, he is second-best Alaves player in current season. In last match against Betis he left the pitch after 48 minutes. He wasn't able to continue. Alaves defensive formation looked horrible in that game - they conceded 4 goals.. On the other hand Alaves looked toothless in last matches - in last 3 La Liga matches they scored only one goal, from penalty kick..

Barcelona still have long list of absences, but manager Xavi is able to set up very strong line up for today's match. In every formation we can see high quality/experienced players. Probably they will play with almost the same squad like in last cup match against Bilbao. Gavi is suspended, so Frankie De Jong will replace him. Barcelona failed to win in last two games, but they played against very hard opponents - Real Madrid and Bilbao. In each game they 2 goals and that is very positive. They shouldn't have problems with goalscoring today as well. On the other hand is much easier to defend against Alaves than against Real Madrid.

Barcelona won 8 of last 10 league matches against Alaves (scored 31 goals in the process). Barcelona went unbeaten in last 7 matches at this stadium and 6 times were able to keep clean sheet. Barcelona won 14 of last 21 matches against Basque teams. Alaves manager José Luis Mendilibar have horrible record against Barcelona as he lost 19 of 23 La Liga matches against them.