La Liga · Matchweek 4
5:2
Lucas Boyé 27'
Mariano Díaz 36'
Lucas Boyé 51'
Lucas Boyé 68'
Pablo Ibáñez 90'
HT 2:0
Ante Budimir 46'
Ante Budimir 64' (pen)
Sun, 6 Sept 2026, 17:30 (UK) · Estadio Mendizorrotza, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Alaves 5th → 2nd · 10 pts|Osasuna 6th → 7th · 7 pts

Alaves beat Osasuna 5-2 despite a lower xG, with Lucas Boyé's hat-trick answering every Osasuna push.

Player of the matchLucas Boyé9.2Decisive moment27' Lucas Boyé+1.0

Alaves 5-2 Osasuna: Boyé's hat-trick outruns the xG

Key numbers

  • xG 1.2, five goals: +3.8 over expectation
  • xG per shot 0.23 vs 0.1 favoured Osasuna
  • Boyé: 3 shots on target, 3 goals

Alaves finished far above their xG

Alaves beat Osasuna 5-2 in Matchweek 4 and climbed to second, yet the chances were not in their favour: Osasuna had the higher xG per shot, 0.23 to 0.1. The hosts made up for it with clinical finishing, scoring 3.8 more than their xG.

Boyé kept restoring the two-goal cushion

Lucas Boyé's opener in the 27th minute was worth +1.0 FN xPts, moving Alaves from level to ahead. Ante Budimir pulled Osasuna back in the 46th minute and from the spot in the 64th, but Boyé replied in the 51st and 68th to restore the two-goal lead. Pablo Ibáñez added a fifth in the 90th minute.

Player of the match
Lucas Boyé 9.2Dominant

He scored three goals from three shots on target and won 13 of 22 duels.

Boyé scored in the 27th, 51st and 68th minutes, and each time Osasuna got close he restored the gap. He also drew six fouls, keeping the visiting back line under pressure.

Game state

1-02-02-13-13-24-25-2
Alaves ahead 63 min · level 27 min · Osasuna ahead 0 min

FN xPts — what each moment was worth

How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.

27' Lucas Boyé Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Mariano Díaz +0.3 +1.0
36' Mariano Díaz Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Sivera +0.1 +0.4
46' Ante Budimir Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Moi Gómez +0.1 +0.3
51' Lucas Boyé Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Carles Aleñá +0.1 +0.4
64' Ante Budimir Pen goal +0.2
68' Lucas Boyé Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Angel Pérez +0.1 +0.3
90' Pablo Ibáñez Goal · assist Angel Pérez 0.0
Alaves Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments +2.1Opponent moments −0.7Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Osasuna Expected (last two seasons) 1.1Own moments +0.5Opponent moments −1.5Time effect −0.1→ League points won 0

Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.

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Match stats

AlavesOsasuna
50%Possession50%
1.2Expected goals (xG)1.64
0.1xG per shot0.23
12Shots7
7Shots on target5
58%Shots on target %71%
7Shots in box6
392Passes400
85%Pass accuracy83%
4Corners1
3Saves2
14Fouls13
1Yellow cards2
2Offsides2

Compared with usual

Alaves

3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg

Osasuna

3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg

Timeline

  • 27' Goal Lucas Boyé league goal #2 assist Mariano Díaz
  • 36' Goal Mariano Díaz league goal #3 assist Sivera
  • 46' Goal Ante Budimir league goal #3 assist Moi Gómez
  • 51' Goal Lucas Boyé league goal #3 assist Carles Aleñá
  • 58' Yellow Abel Bretones
  • 60' Sub Enzo Boyomo → Rockson Yeboah
  • 60' Sub Moi Gómez → Raul Moro
  • 60' Sub Rubén García → Jonathan Dubasin
  • 62' Yellow Abderrahman Rebbach
  • 64' Goal Ante Budimir (pen) league goal #4
  • 68' Goal Lucas Boyé league goal #4 assist Angel Pérez
  • 71' Sub Abderrahman Rebbach → Yusi
  • 71' Sub Carles Aleñá → Denis Suárez
  • 71' Sub Mariano Díaz → Aitor Mañas
  • 80' Sub Jonny → Xanet Olaiz
  • 84' Yellow Rockson Yeboah
  • 85' Sub Lucas Boyé → Miguel Rodríguez
  • 85' Sub Íñigo Arguibide → Asier Osambela
  • 90' Goal Pablo Ibáñez league goal #1 assist Angel Pérez

Category leaders

  • Key passesAngel Pérez3
  • Duels wonAnte Budimir14/19
  • DribblesAngel Pérez4/4
  • Defensive actionsAbderrahman Rebbach7
  • ShotsAnte Budimir6 (on target 5)
  • Fouls wonLucas Boyé6
#Alaves#Osasuna#La Liga#Lucas Boyé#Ante Budimir

This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.