These 2 teams are in different form at the moment and I expect Valencia to be a bet on Sunday as the game draws closer to kick-off.

Former Getafe manager Bordalas has been lifting Valencia out of the mud and moving Los Che closer to the European zone. They’ve been without a win for a while in LaLiga, however, but this is due to a very tough run of opponents - Real Madrid, Sevilla, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad. These are the teams Valencia had to face in 2022 and Alaves is the first team, which is positioned lower in the table, in fact, in relegation zone.

Valencia has been showing good football in January and February, so the mood in their camp is positive and leading players are in decent shape.

Bordalas was also given a morale boost towards the end of January, when the club owner had pulled off 2 decent transfers - loan deals to bring Bryan Gil (Tottenham) and Ilaix Moriba (RB Leipzig) to the south of Spain.

Alaves are going into this tie on the background of 3 defeats in a row. If negative results vs. Barcelona and Betis were expected, than the 1-3 loss to Elche and the quality of showcased football came as an unpleasant surprise.

Unlike Valencia, Alaves have failed to do any serious business on the transfer market in winter and they are stuck with one of the worst squads in La Liga. Interestingly, they took 2 players from Valencia, who were warming the bench for Bordalas, on loan. This is a strong example to underline the quality difference between two sides.

Valencia should have enough to return home with points from this trip to Vitoria-Gasteiz.

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这两支球队目前的状态不同，我希望瓦伦西亚在周日的比赛中是一个赌注，因为比赛临近开球。

前赫塔菲主帅博尔达拉斯将巴伦西亚从泥淖中拉了出来，并将洛斯切带向了欧区。他们在拉利加已经有一段时间没有赢球了，但是这是因为他们的对手非常艰难——皇家马德里，塞维利亚，马德里竞技和皇家社会。这些都是巴伦西亚在2022年不得不面对的球队，而阿尔维斯是第一支在积分榜上排名较低的球队，实际上是在降级区。

瓦伦西亚在1月和2月的比赛中表现良好，所以他们的球队情绪是积极的，主力球员状态良好。

博尔达拉斯在一月底的时候士气也得到了提升，俱乐部老板完成了2笔不错的转会——租借了布莱恩·吉尔(托特纳姆)和伊莱克斯·莫里巴(莱比锡)到西班牙南部。

阿拉维斯队是在三连败的背景下进入这场比赛的。如果对巴萨和贝蒂斯的失利是意料之中的事，那么1-3输给埃尔切和出色的表现将是一个令人不快的惊喜。

与瓦伦西亚不同的是，阿尔维斯在冬季的转会市场上没有做任何严肃的交易，他们被困在了西甲最糟糕的阵容之一。有趣的是，他们从瓦伦西亚租借了两名球员，这两名球员原本是波尔达拉斯队的替补队员。这是一个突出双方质量差异的有力例子。

瓦伦西亚应该有足够的机会在这次对维多利亚-加斯泰兹的比赛中带着积分回家