Alavés challenge Barça at Mendizorroza to open Matchday 4
Mendizorroza stadium will open the fourth matchday of LigaF Moeve with the clash between Deportivo Alavés - FC Barcelona, which will be played on Friday, September 18th at 8:00 PM, and will be broadcast on DAZN. The home side are in 7th position with 6 points, while FC Barcelona are top of the league with a perfect winning record.
17 SEP 2026
The fourth matchday of Liga F Moeve will kick off on Friday, September 18th at 20:00h at the Mendizorroza stadium. Deportivo Alavés, recently promoted to the top flight, arrive at the fixture in 7th position with 6 points after winning 2-0 against Valencia CF on the opening matchday, losing 1-0 to Atlético de Madrid in Alcalá on the second date of the competition, and taking all three points again with a 1-0 victory over Granada CF in the last matchday. Andrea Esteban's side, who have won both home games they have played this season, both without conceding a goal, are looking to cause an upset. Precisely, the Vitoria-based club is the team that has conceded the fewest goals this season, with only 1 against. Amaya García, who is playing in the U20 World Cup with the Spanish national team, Elene Viles, and Celia Ochoa will be the three absentees for the Babazorros as they face the clash.
For their part, FC Barcelona, along with Madrid CFF, are the only teams to have achieved a perfect record of victories in Liga F Moeve, although the Blaugranas occupy the top position due to their superior goal difference. Pere Romeu's team, who have won seven consecutive league titles, defeated Costa Adeje Tenerife 5-0, Sevilla FC 0-4, and Atlético de Madrid 4-2 in the first three league matchdays. Notably, Irene Paredes, Laia Aleixandri, who is recovering from an ACL injury, Renee Van Asten, Aitana Bonmatí, Clara Serrajordi, and internationals Carla Juliá and Aïcha Cámara, who are competing in the U20 World Cup with Spain, were unavailable for the clash against the Colchoneras. The Culé club has scored the most goals this season, with 13, and is second with the fewest goals conceded (2), only behind the Vitoria-based side.
Previous encounters between the two teams
Deportivo Alavés and FC Barcelona have historically faced each other on a total of five occasions, with five victories for the Blaugranas, four of which were in Primera División. The Blaugranas won 9-1 and 0-6 in the 2021/2022 season, while the Culés won again 8-0 and 0-4 in the two encounters of the 2022/2023 season, the last one for the Babazorros in the top flight. Although last year, both teams met again in the Copa de la Reina round of 16, where Pere Romeu's side secured their ticket to the quarter-finals after defeating Las Gloriosas 1-6 away from home. Three and a half years after their last top-flight encounter, the Vitoria-based side and the Blaugranas will face each other again at the Mendizorroza stadium, the venue for the match that will kick off the fourth league matchday.