Valencia CF face a difficult trip to the Estadio de Mendizorroza to take on Deportivo Alaves this Tuesday, urgently needing a reaction after a terrible run of form. The team, bottom of La Liga with just one point from five games, arrives with morale at rock bottom following four consecutive defeats.
The situation is critical. The latest defeat was a 1-0 loss away to Sevilla on September 11th, another blow in a season that started poorly. The week before, Valencia CF suffered a humiliating 0-5 home thrashing by Barcelona. This negative streak has left the team with a record of one goal scored and ten conceded, placing them fourteen points behind the league leaders.
The coaching staff is dealing with several injury absences that complicate preparations. According to the latest medical report, players such as S. Canos, J. Copete, M. Diakhaby, D. Foulquier, D. Lopez, and U. Sadiq are sidelined. This situation forces adjustments to an eleven that, against Sevilla, lined up with Dimitrievski in goal, Arnau Martínez, César Tárrega, Pepelu and José Gayà in defence. David Otorbi, A. Dieng, F. Ugrinic and R. Sato played in midfield, with Javi Guerra and A. Danjuma up front.
Alaves are in completely opposite form. The Basque side comes from home wins against Osasuna (5-2) and Villarreal (1-0), although they lost their last match to Racing Santander (1-2). Their manager, Luis García Plaza, typically fields a 3-5-2 with Sivera in goal and players like N. Tenaglia, V. Koski, Jonny, Angel Pérez, Pablo Ibáñez, Antonio Blanco, Denis Suárez, A. Rebbach, L. Boyé and M. Díaz. They also have absentees like Aitor Mañas, Facundo Garcés and Mikel Rodriguez, but their momentum is positive.
For Valencia CF, this match is an opportunity to stop the bleeding before hosting Real Sociedad next weekend. The team needs points now to climb out of the hole they are in.
