Both sets of players will be focused on getting valuable minutes under their belt rather than placing too much importance on the final result, and we think that these two closely-matched teams could end up playing out a draw in Wednesday's friendly.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Valencia win with a probability of 45.85%. A draw had a probability of 29.3% and a win for Alaves had a probability of 24.83%.
The most likely scoreline for a Valencia win was 1-0 with a probability of 15.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.7%) and 2-1 (8.07%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.98%), while for an Alaves win it was 0-1 (10.44%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 10.4% likelihood.