Will the ‘Colchoneros’ score zero for the first time?
The capitals have been a force in front of their own fans so far. In the four home games they have played, they have won each of them. Now Atletico Madrid awaits the promoted Alaves. Get your tip and odds here! The guests will look forward to the trip to Madrid with mixed feelings, not only because of Atletico’s current home strength.
The past five away games at the Wanda Metropolitano have all been lost and the last win in Madrid was 20 years ago. At the moment, the guests are not very convincing away from home. They have not scored more than two points in their first five away games this season. It’s no wonder that the bookmakers have the hosts very clearly in the lead.
Atletico Madrid – Statistics & current form
Coach Diego Simeone’s team is strong at home: all four of their home matches have ended in a Madrid treble. Only Real Madrid and Barcelona have such a snow-white vest.
However, the defense of the 1974 World Cup winners has room for improvement in their home matches. In each case, the successes were accompanied by no clean sheets. On the other hand, the Colchoneros’ offense is all the stronger. They scored at least two goals in their home matches and only once missed the mark of three goals of their own.
Will the hosts strike twice again?
In view of this and the fact that an extra-weak away team is now dropping in, betting odds on more than one goal from the home side are also worth recommending in the match between Atletico Madrid and Alaves.
In addition to the league action, the capitals are currently competing in the Champions League. In the competition this week was already another match on the program.
The Spaniards went to Glasgow, where they drew 2-2 with Celtic. After three group games, the players from the Wanda Metropolitano are in second place in Group E and a place in the top flight is on the horizon for the winter.
Morata acts efficiently
In the offense of the third of the last edition of the Spanish top flight, moreover, Alvaro Morata is scoring efficiently. The Spaniard has already netted five times in eight La Liga appearances and his strong form can be equally observed in the Champions League. In the competition, he stands at three goals after as many games!
Predicted lineup of Atletico Madrid:
Alaves – statistics & current form
Deportivo started with two defeats and wins already mixed in the new season and then it went even more downhill. For six rounds of matches, the guests have been waiting for the next treble.
The Blanquiazules’ harmless attack is a constant problem. The island kickers from Las Palmas alone score less than the Basques in the Spanish top flight! El Glorioso” guests are particularly weak offensively away from home.
Alaves has scored no more than two goals in five away games. The problems in attack are partly due to the fact that the best goal scorer of the promotion season, Luis Rioja, has not yet arrived in the Spanish top flight. The 30-year-old Spaniard has scored just one goal in La Liga.
On top of that, the visitors often let the game slip away before the break. In only two of the five away games played have the footballers from the Estadio Mendizorrotza not been behind before the second period.
Alaves games stingy with goals
Furthermore, it can be noted that while Alaves’ attack has plenty of room for improvement, their defense is comparatively stable. Because of this combination, Alaves’ league games are very low-scoring. On average, they score just 2.2 goals – the second-lowest figure in the Spanish top flight.
Against this backdrop, the forecast of less than three goals by the final whistle in the clash between Atletico Madrid and Alaves also seems worth considering. A course of play that has also been almost the rule for the visitors so far. Only one of the ten league games did not end with less than three goals!
Predicted lineup of Alaves:
Atletico Madrid – Alaves Direct comparison / H2H balance
There hasn’t been much for the “Babazorros” in the visiting games in Madrid for quite some time. The last victory at the eleven-time Spanish champion dates back 20 years. Since then, the visitors have suffered five defeats and twice shared the points.
Atletico Madrid – Alaves tip
In Sunday night’s La Liga match of Atletico Madrid against Alaves, the prediction aims at a success of the home side without conceding a goal. Admittedly, the Madrilenians present themselves defensively vulnerable in home games and are still waiting for a clean sheet after four such games, but now should be the time.
The visitors travel with the second weakest defense in the Spanish top flight and are extra weak away from home. They have already failed to score in the majority of the five matches they have played this season and have always lost in these encounters. Now that it’s against a top team in La Liga, it looks like it’s going to be another one of those games for Alaves.
