Barcelona vs Alavés preview: Barça look to bounce back after the Clásico
Barcelona host Alavés at the Camp Nou on Saturday night. Barça are top with 27 points and have scored 40 goals in ten games, but they lost their first league game of the season on Sunday, 2-1 at home to Real Madrid, after a 4-2 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Alavés are seventh with 12 points and have not won in four, drawing 1-1 with Málaga on Friday.
Alavés won the last meeting 1-0 at Mendizorroza in May; Barcelona had won the three before that, including 3-1 at home in November 2025.
Raphinha has 13 goals and three assists. Lamine Yamal, third in the Ballon d'Or on Monday, has eight goals and six assists, and Fermín four goals and three assists. L. Boyé has five goals for Alavés and M. Díaz three goals and four assists.





















