Match report
Alaves punish ten-man Getafe with late flurry to open La Liga campaign
Alaves opened their La Liga season with a 3-0 victory over Getafe at Estadio Mendizorrotza, a scoreline shaped by a numerical advantage that lasted more than 45 minutes. The game was goalless at half-time despite Kiko Femenía being sent off for the visitors in the 42nd minute, leaving Getafe to play the majority of the contest with ten men.
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Alaves eventually broke through in the 73rd minute when Nahuel Tenaglia converted an assist from Mariano Díaz to make it 1-0. The floodgates opened deep into stoppage time as Díaz himself scored in the 90+2nd minute to double the lead, before turning provider again moments later, teeing up Mikel Rodríguez to complete the scoring in the 90+4th minute.
The home side dominated proceedings throughout, holding 52% of possession and outshooting Getafe 18 to 6, with eight efforts on target compared to just two for the visitors. Getafe's red card compounded a difficult afternoon in which they managed only 0.24 expected goals against Alaves' 1.83, reflecting the gulf in control and chances created across the ninety minutes plus stoppage time.
Mariano Díaz was involved in all three Alaves goals, scoring once and setting up two more to finish with a rating of 9.3.
Alaves' 18 shots to Getafe's 6 underlined how thoroughly they controlled the game after the sending-off.
Alaves beat Getafe 3–0 (half-time 0–0).
Alaves met Getafe in the La Liga (Regular Season - 1). Kick-off was Saturday, 15 August 2026, 17:30 UTC at Estadio Mendizorrotza. Referee: Manuel Jesus Orellana Cid.
Key moments
- 42' Red card: Kiko Femenía
- 73' Goal: Nahuel Tenaglia (assist: Mariano Díaz) — 1–0 · Watch Nahuel Tenaglia's goal video (73')
- 90' Goal: Mariano Díaz — 2–0 · Watch Mariano Díaz's goal video (90')
- 90' Goal: Mikel Rodríguez (assist: Mariano Díaz) — 3–0 · Watch Mikel Rodríguez's goal video (90')
Starting line-ups
Alaves (3-5-2)
- 1 Sivera
- 17 Jonny
- 16 Ville Koski
- 14 Nahuel Tenaglia
- 21 Abderrahmane Rebbach
- 4 Denis Suárez
- 8 Antonio Blanco (c)
- 19 Pablo Ibáñez
- 7 Angel Pérez
- 20 Aitor Mañas
- 11 Toni Martínez
Getafe (3-5-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Alaves 42%, the draw 30%, Getafe 28%. It finished Alaves 3–0 Getafe.
Level sides, home ground swings it, even this early in the season — Nothing separates them on our strength rating, and La Liga home advantage gives Alaves the lean. The draw at 30% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why Alaves in front?
Home ground, mostly. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1759 to 1796. Sides this close won 43.2% of 15,783 home games (draw 26.7%, visitors 30.1%). La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.3% vs 30.2%). La Liga homes won 46.6% of 6,080 games vs 44.9% across all 99,031 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 42%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Alaves's column. Across 10,563 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.1 — negative in every season since 2018. Alaves scored +0.36 goals per game beyond chance-quality — home sides this hot gave some of it back. Opponents of hot-finishing home sides won 28.4% of 1,450 games, vs 27.9% against normal finishing.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Getafe win?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 26.7%. These teams' recent games average 2.6 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,561. Early-season fixtures add 2.1 points to the draw. The goals environment adds 1.4 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Last 6 between them: Alaves 1 win, 1 draw, Getafe 4 wins. Most recently Alaves 0–2 Getafe, 6 months ago. Fixture history hasn't carried forward once class is level: past leaders won just 28.0% of 5567 such games — no measurable edge, 0 points.
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About this match
On this page: the Alaves vs Getafe final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this La Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Nahuel Tenaglia's goal against Getafe (73').
- Watch Mariano Díaz's goal against Getafe (90').
- Watch Mikel Rodríguez's goal against Getafe (90').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Alaves 3–0 Getafe. Explore more on the Alaves and Getafe team pages or the La Liga page.
Quick answers
›What was the final score of Alaves vs Getafe?
Alaves beat Getafe 3–0 (half-time 0–0).
›Who scored in Alaves vs Getafe?
Nahuel Tenaglia (73') for Alaves; Mariano Díaz (90') for Alaves; Mikel Rodríguez (90') for Alaves.
›Where can I watch Alaves vs Getafe highlights?
Goal highlights and video clips from Alaves 3–0 Getafe are on this page — open the videos tab to watch every goal.
›What is the head-to-head record between Alaves and Getafe?
Alaves and Getafe have met 10 times — 1 win for Alaves, 4 wins for Getafe and 5 draws.