📊 Form Guide

Alaves

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Alaves will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 2-0 La Liga loss in their previous game against Granada.

In that match, Alaves managed 62% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Granada had 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Myrto Uzuni (9') and Lucas Boyé (38') scored for Granada.

It’s not been often in recent times that Alaves have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Alaves have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 7 goals along the way.

Going into this contest, Alaves are winless against Atlético Madrid in their previous 2 league matches.

Atlético Madrid

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After a losing effort in their last game against Borussia Dortmund in Champions League competition, Atlético Madrid will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Atlético Madrid had 48% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Atlético Madrid was Ángel Correa (64'). On the other side, Borussia Dortmund got 19 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Julian Brandt (34'), Ian Maatsen (39'), Mats Hummels (49' Own goal), Niklas Füllkrug (71') and Marcel Sabitzer (74') scored for Borussia Dortmund.

Atlético Madrid have been a threat going forward in their most recent fixtures, scoring 11 goals in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Atlético Madrid can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same clashes. That kind of trend won’t necessarily follow through here, though.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head clashes stretching back to 27/06/2020 tells us that Alaves have won 1 of them & Atlético Madrid 5, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

16 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 of them for Babazorros and 11 created by Atleti. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was La Liga match day 11 on 29/10/2023 when it finished Atlético Madrid 2-1 Alaves.

On that occasion, Atlético Madrid had 64% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by Rodrigo Riquelme (26') and Álvaro Morata (45').

On the other side, Alaves had 8 shots at goal with 1 on target. Ander Guevara (96') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz.

ℹ️ Team News: Alaves

The Alaves manager Luis García Plaza will be happy not to have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match thanks to a fully injury-free squad ready to go.

In all likelihood, Babazorros could use a 5-3-2 formation, handing starts to Antonio Sivera, Abdelkabir Abqar, Rafa Marin, Nahuel Tenaglia, Andoni Gorosabel, Javi Lopez, Carlos Benavidez, Antonio Blanco, Jon Guridi, Kike Garcia and Giuliano Simeone.

📋 Team News: Atlético Madrid

Thanks to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Atlético Madrid manager Diego Simeone has zero fitness concerns to report coming into this match.

We are inclined to think that Atleti seem likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 lineup, choosing Jan Oblak, Stefan Savic, Jose Gimenez, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo De Paul, Koke, Pablo Barrios, Samuel Dias Lino, Angel Correa and Antoine Griezmann.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Alaves could find themselves struggling to score against this Atlético Madrid outfit who will likely end up scoring and staying ahead.

We’re therefore anticipating a good battle with a 0-1 winning margin for Atlético Madrid at the end of the match.

Should be interesting.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 16:03 21/04/2024