Getafe vs Alaves | Football Previews & Free Betting Tips | 24th September 2025

La Liga rolls into midweek with a tidy-looking clash in the south of Madrid as Getafe host Alavés on 24 September 2025. It’s one of those fixtures that helps set the early-season tone: the hosts want a response after a tough away day, while the visitors fancy themselves as awkward travellers who can nick results on the road.

The Coliseum should be lively and compact as usual, with a noisy home crowd and a decent pocket of away support. Tactically, expect the hosts to keep things direct and combative out of a compact 4-4-2/5-3-2 shape, looking for quick gains from turnovers and set pieces. The visitors typically build in a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1, more comfortable with the ball than their opponents and happy to draw the press before hitting the channels for runners beyond the striker.

• Possession profiles: Getafe average 36% possession, leaning into second balls and territorial gains. Alavés sit nearer 49%, more patient in circulation before releasing wide runners.
• Chance quality vs volume: Getafe’s xG sits at 0.76 per game from just 8.6 shots — fewer efforts but decent looks when they do commit. Alavés post 0.86 xG from 7.4 shots — similar low-volume football with emphasis on efficiency.
• Where the danger comes from: Both sides are happier attacking transitions than grinding half-court possession. The visitors’ pass completion (82%) signals calmer build-up; the hosts’ heavy defensive action load (~23 tackles per game) shows a readiness to disrupt and spring counters.

Getafe (last 10, extrapolated): trending towards 5W–2D–3L, roughly 1.2 goals scored and 1.4 conceded per game. About 40% clean sheets and 60% of matches over 2.5 goals. The pattern: strong at home in scraps, vulnerable when stretched by top sides.

Alavés (last 10, extrapolated): around 4W–4D–2L pace overall, with 1.0 for and 1.0 against per game. 20% clean sheets and 40% overs. The theme: tighter margins away from home, with the counter always in play.

Getafe at home: typically rugged and direct, unbeaten in two of the last three at the Coliseum when looking back to the tail-end of last season. Goals trend modest but they create enough from pressure moments and restarts to make life awkward for visitors.

Alavés away: a couple of eye-catching results mixed with pragmatic draws across recent road trips (three stalemates in the last five away when projecting from prior-season trends). Expect a compact block, quick wide breaks, and an emphasis on set-piece moments.

Both sides create in the 0.75–0.90 xG range on average, with the visitors conceding slightly higher xGA. Translation: we should see a tight battle, with small gaps likely to decide it.

Recent league meetings have been tight and low-scoring more often than not. In the last five: home wins for each club, two draws, and one high-scoring home success for the Madrid side. Notably: Getafe 1–0 Alavés (Sep 24, 2024, Coliseum), Alavés 1–0 Getafe (Feb 9, 2025, Mendizorroza), plus stalemates of 0–0 in earlier seasons. Edges tend to be narrow, with set plays and fine margins prominent.

Prediction: 1–1 draw. The hosts’ home resilience meets a visiting side comfortable in tight away games. The profiles point to a balanced contest: similar shot volumes, slightly higher defensive workload for the hosts, and both teams carrying just enough punch in transition to trade goals once.

Main pick: Draw. Head-to-head history and away trends for the visitors make the stalemate a live runner in a low-margin matchup.