Barcelona have won five of their eight home games this season, with four of those victories coming by at least two goals.
Alaves have three defeats in four away games in La Liga and have failed to score in all of those losses.
Barca beat Alaves 5-1 in the corresponding fixture last season.
Barca looking for reaction after Koeman exit

Barcelona begin life without Ronald Koeman as coach when they entertain Alaves on Saturday after the Dutchman was sacked following a dismal 1-0 loss to Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday.

Former midfielder Xavi is expected to be named as their new boss imminently, although he may not be in charge for this weekend’s fixture with Sergi Barjuan currently the interim boss.

When a club changes manager it is always hard to make a prediction on how they will respond, but we may well get a reaction from the struggling Catalan giants and the visit of Alaves does look like an opportunity to bounce back after two successive defeats.

The visitors have managed three wins in their last five games to move out of the drop zone after losing their first five games of the season. The Babazorros picked up a shock win over Ateltico Madrid at the end of last month, scoring with their only shot on target, but their other two wins have come against teams currently in the bottom six.

Barca may be struggling, but most of their woes have come on the road and at Camp Nou they have just two defeats in eight in all competitions – against Bayern Munich in the Champions League and a 2-1 loss to Real Madrid in El Clasico.

The Blaugrana have won five of their home games and four of those wins have come by two or more goals so a home win with a -1 handicap is the main bet for this fixture. Alaves have failed to score in three of their four La Liga trips, and with that in mind a 3-0 win for beleaguered Barca is the correct score selection.




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巴塞罗那在本赛季的八场主场比赛中赢得了五场，其中四场比赛至少进了两球。
阿拉维斯在西甲的四场客场比赛中三次失利，并且在所有的失利中都没有进球。
巴萨在上个赛季的比赛中5-1击败了阿拉维斯队。
巴萨期待科曼离开后的反应

在周三0 - 1负于巴列卡诺的比赛中，荷兰人被解雇。

前中场球员哈维有望很快被任命为新主帅，尽管他可能不会在本周末与临时主帅塞尔吉·巴尔胡安的比赛中上场。

当一个俱乐部更换主教练时，我们总是很难预测他们会做出怎样的反应，但我们很可能会从苦苦挣扎的加泰罗尼亚巨人那里得到回应，而对阿拉维斯的访问看起来确实是一个在连续两场失利后恢复的机会。

客队在输掉本赛季前五场比赛后，在最近五场比赛中取得了三场胜利，走出了降级区。巴巴佐罗在上月底以一场令人震惊的胜利战胜了马德里竞技，他们唯一的一球射入球门，但他们的另外两场胜利都是对阵目前排名垫底的六支球队。

巴萨可能正在苦苦挣扎，但他们的大部分不幸都发生在客场，在诺坎普，他们在8场比赛中只输了2场——在冠军联赛中输给了拜仁慕尼黑，在甲级联赛中2-1输给了皇家马德里。

布劳格拉纳队已经赢得了五场主场比赛，其中四场是在两球或更多的情况下获胜的，所以主场获胜和负1的差距是这场比赛的主要赌注。阿拉维斯在四次西甲之旅中有三次都没有进球，考虑到这一点，3-0战胜陷入困境的巴萨是正确的进球选择。