📏 Form Guide

Atlético Madrid

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Atlético Madrid, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 La Liga success over Mallorca.

In that game, Atlético Madrid managed 47% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Atlético Madrid was Julián Álvarez (61'). At the other end, Mallorca had 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

In their preceding 6 games, Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid have scored a total of 8 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.33.

Ahead of this meeting, Atlético Madrid have not been beaten in their last 6 home league matches.

Alaves

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Villarreal in La Liga competition, Alaves will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Alaves managed 37% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. Villarreal got 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Ilias Akhomach (38'), Dani Parejo (81') and Santi Comesaña (90') scored for Villarreal.

The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games featuring Alaves has become apparent in recent matches. Checking on their last six meetings reveals that this has happened 5 times. During these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal aggregate of 10 while Alaves have scored 4.

Analysis of their past results shows that Alaves:

• haven't beaten Atlético Madrid when they have played them away from home in the previous 8 league matches. Very poor away form.
• are without an away win for the past 5 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes going back to 03/01/2021 shows us that Atlético Madrid have won 4 of them & Alaves 2, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

A total of 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 from Atleti and 6 being from Babazorros. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The last league contest featuring the two was La Liga match day 32 on 21/04/2024 when it ended Alaves 2-0 Atlético Madrid.

In that match, Alaves had 31% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The goals were scored by Carlos Benavídez (15') and Luis Rioja (92').

On the other side, Atlético Madrid had 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Jesús Gil Manzano.

📰 Team News: Atlético Madrid

It looks as if Atleti look set to opt for a 4-4-2 formation featuring Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Axel Witsel, Clement Lenglet, Javi Galan, Giuliano Simeone, Koke, Pablo Barrios, Rodrigo Riquelme, Antoine Griezmann and Alexander Soerloth.

ℹ️ Team News: Alaves

We’re of the thinking that Babazorros seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Antonio Sivera, Nahuel Tenaglia, Abdelkabir Abqar, Santiago Mourino, Manuel Sanchez, Ander Guevara, Antonio Blanco, Carlos Vicente, Carlos Martin, Jon Guridi and Kike Garcia.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Atlético Madrid will most probably get the win and a possible clean sheet when they line up against Alaves, who will be up against it finding the net themselves.

We reckon that it will be a controlled 2-0 winning score for Atlético Madrid at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 15:02 23/11/2024