Anaitasuna FT vs Alaves Prediction & Betting Tips (10 November)

The Copa del Rey first-round tie between Anaitasuna FT and Deportivo Alavés has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at the compact Txerloia ground in Azkoitia after the original November 3 date was postponed, and it sets up a classic David-versus-Goliath cup clash in the Basque Country. Anaitasuna FT, a modest regional side, earned their place in the first round proper by dismantling TED in the qualifying rounds, winning 5-0 at home and 5-2 away to progress with a commanding 10-2 aggregate scoreline. Deportivo Alavés arrive from La Liga, where they sit in mid-table with a 3-3-4 record after eleven matchdays, and the bookmakers make the top-flight visitors overwhelming favourites, with European odds pricing an Anaitasuna win at 17.00, the draw at 7.50 and an Alavés victory at just 1.12.

For Anaitasuna FT, simply reaching this stage is already an achievement to savour, and their previous Copa del Rey appearance back in the 2020-21 season shows what awaits them: they were beaten 2-1 by Getafe after sneaking through qualifying. The Txerloia crowd will be the hosts' twelfth man, and the artificial-turf, tight surroundings may level the playing field slightly, but the gulf in class, athleticism and squad depth between a regional amateur outfit and an established La Liga club is enormous. Anaitasuna's best hope will be to stay compact, frustrate the visitors early, and dream of a set-piece or counter-attacking moment; anything beyond a respectable performance would be one of the biggest shocks in this season's competition.

Alavés head into the tie on the back of a mixed run of league results that has exposed their defensive fragility against elite opposition. On October 31 they were thrashed 6-1 by Barcelona at the Spotify Camp Nou, a night in which goalkeeper Antonio Sivera was left exposed time and again by Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Fermín López — a result you can read more about in our 6-1 match report. Before that, they could only manage a draw at Mendizorroza against newly promoted Málaga, needing an 89th-minute Álex Mañas equaliser in the 1-1 stalemate, and on October 18 they fell to a narrow defeat at Balaídos, losing 2-1 to Celta Vigo despite a late Hugo Novoa strike. Chus Mateo's 2026/27 squad offers more than enough firepower for this assignment: Sivera and Świderski guard the posts behind a defence featuring Nahuel Tenaglia, Nicolás Valentini, Pablo Ibáñez, Youssef Diallo and Jonny Otto, while Ander Guevara, Carlos Protesoni, Carles Aleñà and Antonio Blanco supply the midfield platform for Lucas Boyé, Toni Martínez, Mariano Díaz, Abde Rebbach and Novoa to rotate in attack. Expect heavy rotation for the cup, but even a second-string Alavés eleven should dominate possession and territory from the first whistle.

Our prediction for Anaitasuna FT vs Alavés is a comfortable 0-3 away win. The visitors' superiority in every department should tell over ninety minutes, even with a rotated lineup, and a clean-sheet victory is well within reach against a side two divisions below. The supporting betting angles all point the same way at European odds: the Alavés win at 1.12 is the banker, Alavés on a -2.5 Asian handicap is attractively priced at 2.05 given our three-goal margin expectation, Over 2.5 total goals sits at 1.45 after Alavés' matches produced seven goals in their last trip to Camp Nou alone, and for braver punters the correct score of 0-3 pays around 9.50 — exactly the outcome we forecast for this Copa del Rey first-round tie in Azkoi