Online soccer betting tips for Alaves – Real M

Deportivo Alaves hosts Real Madrid at the Estadio de Mendizorroza in a fixture from the first round of La Liga. We hope you’re ready for our online soccer betting tips because here they are.

After a dramatic survival race at the end of the last season, Alaves managed to keep their place in the league for at least another season. The man responsible for this is the head coach Javi Calleja. He was appointed in April when the team was at the bottom of the league. Calleja managed to motivate his players which resulted in Alaves finishing above the relegation zone. It was logical for him to keep his job for the next season as well.

Alaves are perfectly aware that another tough season is ahead in La Liga. The club don’t have large financial recourses, so the best they could have do so far was signing free agents. The club brought in Atletico Madrid B’s Toni Moya, Istra’s Taichi Hara and Villarreal’s Ivan Martin on free. At the same time the Babazorros also signed the attacking midfielder Manu Garcia from Sporting Gijon on loan until the end of the season. There’s a lot of time until the transfer window closes, so the fans now hope of some more signings being made.

As you can see Deportivo Alaves’ transfer business so far is far from impressive. Their biggest problem is the fact that they don’t have the money they need to reinforce the team. Now they will hope that free agents will do the work. But this is surely putting them in a difficult situation.

Real Madrid are starting the next season with a new manager on board. But maybe “new” is not the right word here because we are speaking about Carlo Ancelotti – a coach who have won a lot with Los Blancos in the past. Ancelotti replaced Zinedine Zidane who decided to step down after the previous campaign. Real Madrid finished the 2020/21 season trophyless, so Ancelotti has a lot of work to do now. Madrid are in a moment when they need to change a lot of things, but surely Carlo Ancelotti is one of the best decisions the club could have made. He has tons of experience and he’s also a very balanced when it comes to man-management. You need these qualities when you’re coaching Real Madrid.

How we said this is a summer of big changes for the most successful club in European football. The absolute icon and former captain Sergio Ramos left Santiago Bernabeu and signed a contract with French giants PSG. Although Ramos suffered with injuries last season, surely his absence will leave a big hole in Real Madrid’s defense. For the club it won’t be an easy task to replace him. Not just his qualities as a footballer, but his leadership and abilities to bring confidence to his teammates. He was also a player who knew how to score crucial goals in decisive moments. Sergio Ramos will be remembered as one of the finest centre-backs in the history of Real Madrid. But now he moved on and the club must do the same.

Real Madrid acted quickly on the market and already managed to replace Sergio Ramos with another player. It’s a player who also have tons of experience and managed to win almost everything in football – David Alaba. The 29-years old Austrian international arrives as a free agent from Bayern Munich. We believe Alaba is going to be a very important player for Carlo Ancelotti because of his ability to play on few different positions. He can be used as a centre-back, but he’s also capable to play as a left-back and also a midfielder. This means that Ancelotti can fill all kind of holes with him when it’s needed. You can be sure he’s absolutely delighted to have a player like David Alaba. He also know him well from his time at Bayern Munich.

It’s a big question now what Real Madrid will do with Raphael Varane. He’s one of the key players in the dressing room, but according to the rumours he’s pretty close to leaving and joining Manchester United. If Varane leave Madrid this means the club will have to sign another centre-back to replace him. Most likely Ancelotti doesn’t want to part ways with the French international, but it seems that Varane is the one who wants a new challenge.

Real Madrid also have to decide what to do with some of the players who are returning now from loan. Players like Gareth Bale, Martin Odegaard, Dani Ceballos, Luka Jovic and Takefusa Kubo will all start pre-season with the team. It’s rumoured that Ancelotti is ready to give a proper chance to Bale and Odegaard, but we should wait and see. Surely the Norwegian is a very talented player while Gareth Bale could be useful with his experience on the big stage. Ancelotti already knows him personally from his previous sting at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Eden Hazard remains a big question at Real Madrid. He was supposed to be a marquee signing, but injuries really slowed him down since joining Los Blancos. Eden Hazard is still about to show his real qualities with the white shirt and the fans are starting to get impatient with him. This is going to be one of the biggest challenges ahead of Carlo Ancelotti – to take the best out of him. If it’s even possible now. If he manages to do it then the Belgian would be like a new signing for Real Madrid.

These are our online soccer betting tips for the La Liga fixture between Deportivo Alaves and Real Madrid. After ending the previous season without a trophy, Real Madrid are now aiming to do something much more significant. Carlo Ancelotti will make his second debut with the club, but he will have to do it away from home. Deportivo Alaves are the underdogs here, but surely facing Madrid is going to be a huge motivation for them. Let’s see what they can offer us.