Football Bet of the Day: Alaves to come up smelling of roses

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There could be more recriminations for Malaga after the visit of Alaves

"Malaga have lost three in a row anywhere and won just one of their last five on home turf"

Back Alaves 0 & +0.5 on the Asian Handicap @ 2.226/5 v Malaga

Alaves are on their way to the Rose Garden and Tobias Gourlay fancies them to be another thorn in Malaga's side

Malaga v Alaves
Saturday 17:30
(Live on Sky Sports Interactive)


Espanyol put us through the mill yesterday, but we got there in the end. Pegged back to 1-1 and then 2-2, the Parakeets eventually won 4-3, to put us into profit for the week.

We're staying in Spain today. In dire form, Malaga have recently brought in a new boss. It remains to be seen whether Michel will mastermind a bounce, but it's the form book we're most interested in - and it's telling us that Alaves are overpriced to get something from this afternoon's La Liga game at La Rosaleda (the 'Rose Garden').

The hosts have lost three in a row anywhere and won just one of their last five on home turf (W1-D1-L3).

New to the Spanish top flight this season, Alaves are going well in 11th. Mauricio Pellegrino's men have lost just three of their last 14 anywhere and have achieved some of their very best results on the road. Away from home, they're an even W5-D3-L5 since the start of term and, with a bit of a head start, we're ready to get right behind them in the Rose Garden.


Recommended Bet
Back Alaves 0 & +0.5 on the Asian Handicap @ 2.226/5 v Malaga

2017 P/L (1pt per bet)

Staked: 33pt
Returned: 33.06pts
P/L: +0.06pts

Tobias Gourlay

A Betfair regular since Euro 2008, Tobias covers every blade of grass in every league of the world to find our Football Bet of the Day.

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