Deportivo Alavés v Getafe: LaLiga Preview and Kick-off Time

13 August 2026·3 min read·By Denver

Deportivo Alavés host Getafe in LaLiga on Saturday 15 August 2026 at 18:30 BST - kick-off time, team news and how to call the score.

Deportivo Alavés open their LaLiga season at home to Getafe on Saturday 15 August 2026, kicking off at 18:30 BST. There's no previous meeting between the two clubs in our records, so this is a genuinely new fixture, and recent form is the only real guide either set of fans has to go on.

When is Deportivo Alavés v Getafe?

Deportivo Alavés host Getafe in LaLiga on Saturday 15 August 2026, with kick-off at 18:30 BST.

Fixture: Deportivo Alavés v Getafe
Competition: LaLiga
Date: Saturday 15 August 2026
Kick-off: 18:30 BST

You can follow the build-up and add your own prediction on the match page.

What is the head-to-head record between Alavés and Getafe?

There is no previous meeting between Deportivo Alavés and Getafe in our archive, so this fixture opens a fresh head-to-head. Neither side has a psychological edge going in. All either can lean on is how they've played over the summer.

How have Deportivo Alavés been playing?

Alavés closed last season with a 1-0 win away at Real Oviedo on 17 May 2026, then lost 2-1 at home to Rayo Vallecano six days later on the final day of LaLiga. Pre-season since has gone well. They beat CD Castellón 3-0 at home on 31 July and won 1-0 away at Girona on 25 July. Then came a wild one: an 8-7 win away at Real Racing Club on 7 August, fifteen goals across ninety minutes.

That's four wins from their last five games in all competitions. Quique Sánchez Flores is now into his first full season in charge at Mendizorroza, having taken over from Eduardo Coudet mid-way through the last campaign. The transfer business has been quiet by design: Miguel Rodríguez and Nicolás Valentini arrive as the main new faces, while Asier Villalibre and Jon Guridi have departed, Guridi to Sevilla.

How have Getafe been playing?

Getafe's pre-season has been harder work than Alavés's. They drew 1-1 at Tottenham Hotspur on 8 August 2026 and 0-0 with Real Valladolid on 25 July. They also lost 1-0 to AS Monaco on 6 August and 4-1 to Atlético Madrid on 29 July, with their only win coming 2-1 away at CD Tenerife on 22 July. Last season ended with a 1-0 home win over Osasuna on 23 May, after a 1-0 defeat away at Elche the week before.

The Monaco game left a mark beyond the scoreline. Christantus Uche suffered a serious knee injury in that match and is expected to miss the rest of the season, a real loss in midfield for José Bordalás just as the campaign starts. Getafe have brought in several new faces over the summer, including Ramón Terrats and Zaid Romero, who will need time to bed in.

Our call

Alavés go into this with the stronger run of results and a settled squad under a manager now in his first full season at the club. Getafe are absorbing a serious injury to a key midfielder right as LaLiga begins, and their pre-season form has been patchier by comparison. On what's in front of us, Alavés look the side with more early-season momentum, though a season opener is rarely a simple one to call for either team.

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