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Where to watch Barcelona vs Alavés: TV channel, live broadcasts online
Barcelona v Alavés kicks off at 20:00 GMT (16:00 ET / 13:00 PT) on Saturday 31 October with live UK coverage on Disney Plus.
Live streaming on a wide range of devices is available on the Disney Plus app. UK subscriptions cost between £5.99 and £14.99 per month or between £99.90 and £149.90 per year.
Previous Barcelona vs Alavés of the League
After winning 5-2 at Betis last Saturday, Barcelona have been perfect this season. Two defeats later, Hansi Flick’s side return to Camp Nou on Saturday needing a response against Alavés, the last team to beat them in La Liga with a win at Mendizorrotza on May 13.
Barça won their first 11 games of the season in all competitions, but results have been breaking down quickly. Paris Saint-Germain beat them 4-2 in Paris in the Champions League, then Kylian Mbappé’s brace gave Real Madrid a 2-1 El Clasico win at the Camp Nou last Sunday, ending Barca’s nine-game winning streak in the league.
They remain first with 27 pointsbut the gap at the top has narrowed dramatically with Atlético de Madrid to two points and Real Madrid three shy of the leader.
Barça’s record this season is still excellent. They have scored 40 goals in 10 league games, and the Clásico defeat ended a 23-game home league winning streak.
Alavés will not need to remember their last clash with Barcelona, winning 1-0 with Ibrahim Diabate’s goal days after Barca were crowned champions.
The Babazorros enter this match in a bad state of form, despite being seventh with 12 points. Alavés have lost four and drawn two of their last six league games, equalizing in the 89th minute to draw 1-1 at home to Malaga in the last tie.
They have only conceded 11 goals, the same as Barcelona, but they have only scored 14.
Former Real Madrid forward Mariano Díaz has been their key attacking player, with three goals and four assists in 10 league games.
League table: updated full standings 2026/27
First Division
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position 1, 2, 3, 4: Promotion – Champions League (League stage)
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position 5: Promotion – Europa League (League phase)
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position 6: Promotion – Conference League (ranking)
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position 18, 19, 20: Relegation – LaLiga2
Barcelona vs Alavés team news
Barcelona’s injury problems are increasing. Xavi Espart, who has been filling in at right-back, is facing a seven-week layoff due to an ankle injury sustained in the Clasico.
Dani Olmo (adductor), Roony Bardghji (knee) and Eric Garcia (thigh) are sidelined, while Jules Kounde (ankle) and Andreas Christensen (thigh) are both major doubts.
Alejandro Balde, who replaced Espart in the first half against Madrid, is expected to start sparingly, with Joao Cancelo at right-back.
Lamine Yamal, who missed out on the top prize at Monday’s Ballon d’Or ceremony to Harry Kane, is likely to start on the right, with Raphinha in the middle.
Anthony Gordon has just one goal in La Liga for Barcelona, but the England international has four assists in nine La Liga appearances and should keep his place on the left.
Midfielder Frenkie de Jong returned from a knee injury as a substitute against Madrid.
For Alavés, central Facundo Garcés and midfielder Mikel Rodríguez are both sidelined with knee injuries, but the visitors are in good form.
Barcelona-Alavés predicted the lineups of the League
Barcelona: Joan Garcia, Joao Cancelo, Pau Cubarsi, Gerard Martin, Alejandro Balde, Rodri, Pedri, Fermin Lopez, Lamine Yamal, Anthony Gordon, Raphinha
Alaves: Antonio Sivera, Angel Perez, Nahuel Tenaglia, Ville Koski, Nicolas Valentini, Abde Rebbach, Carles Alena, Antonio Blanco, Pablo Ibáñez, Mariano Diaz, Lucas Boye
Statistics Barcelona vs Alavés, form of the League
- Before the defeat in May, Barcelona were unbeaten in 17 meetings with Alavés in all competitions (15 wins, 2 draws), including wins in each of the previous six meetings between the clubs.
- Since the 2-1 La Liga defeat in September 2016, Barça have gone eight games at home unbeaten against Alavés (W7 E1, all in the top flight)
- The exception was the 1-1 draw in October 2021, since when Barça have won three in a row at home against Alavés, the last coming from behind to win 3-1 last November, when Pablo Ibáñez opened the scoring, Lamine Yamal equalized and Dani Olmo scored twice.
- Barça’s home record against Alavés is 21 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats, the other of their losses in the match comes thanks to the only goal of the match by Nan Ribera in February 2000.
- Before the latest round of games, Barça Raphinha was the top scorer in the division this season (13 goals in 9 games), with Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe (11 in 10 games) the only other player in double figures.
- With two draws and two defeats, Alavés is one of seven teams that have yet to win away from home in the 2026/27 League. Only Getafe and Racing, who have lost all five road games, have taken fewer points.
- Espanyol’s Yamal and Javi Hernández (6 each) are the only players with more assists in the division this season than Díaz (4), although team-mate Àngel Pérez and Barça’s Raphinha, Dani Olmo and Fermín López have 3 each.
- Only Barcelona (15) and Llevant and Real Betis (16 each) had fewer tickets than Alavés (17) in the current League campaign before this day.
- Alavés have scored in seven of their last 10 games against Barça, despite losing 3-0 at home and 1-0 away in the 2024/25 season.
- Six of Alavés’ 13 La Liga goals this season have come after the 83rd minute, with Hugo Novoa’s 87th-minute consolation in a 2-1 defeat at Celta de Vigo on October 18 the only goal they have scored in more than 252 minutes away from home.
Prediction Barcelona-Alavés
Barcelona are the overwhelming favorites and a victory to regain the momentum seems likely. They have kept a clean sheet in their last nine games in all competitions and none in their last three, which bodes well for low-scoring Alaves who can find the back of the net.
