Alaves vs Atletico Madrid - prediction, team news, lineups

Atletico Madrid volition beryllium aiming to marque it 4 consecutive wins successful each competitions erstwhile they resume their La Liga run distant to Alaves connected Saturday afternoon.

Diego Simeone's broadside are presently 2nd successful the La Liga table, 5 points down league leaders Barcelona, portion Alaves are sixth successful the division, boasting 11 points from 7 matches.

Match preview

Alaves person a grounds of 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from their 7 league matches this season, with 11 points leaving them successful sixth presumption successful the division, lone 4 points down fourth-placed Real Madrid connected the aforesaid fig of matches.

The Basque outfit really picked up 10 points from their archetypal 4 league games of the play earlier suffering back-to-back defeats to Racing de Santander and Valencia.

The Blue and Whites past played retired a goalless gully with Athletic Bilbao past clip out, and it has been a precise encouraging commencement to the run for Quique Sanchez Flores' side.

Alaves person won 9 of their erstwhile 35 matches against Atletico successful each competitions, suffering 19 defeats successful the process, including a 1-0 reverse successful their past crippled successful January 2026.

However, Alaves are really unbeaten successful their past 4 location league games against Atletico, signaling 2 wins successful the process.

Atletico entered the September/October planetary interruption disconnected the backmost of 3 consecutive wins successful La Liga against Real Sociedad, Osasuna and Real Madrid.

Simeone's broadside are presently 2nd successful the table, 5 points down the leaders Barcelona, and this lucifer comes up of a standout Champions League fixture against Manchester United.

The Red and Whites person a engaged October, taking to the tract connected six occasions, including league fixtures with Alaves, Espanyol, Deportivo La Coruna and Levante, and they present person the accidental to enactment a beardown tally unneurotic successful Spain's apical flight.

Atletico volition surely beryllium aiming to motorboat a rubric situation this season, successful summation to advancing heavy into the Champions League, but it remains to beryllium seen whether the superior outfit tin amusement the consistency needed to beryllium superior challengers successful some competitions.

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Team News

Alaves volition beryllium without the services of Mikel Rodriguez, Facundo Garces and Ville Koski connected Saturday, but the location broadside are different successful bully shape.

Lucas Boye has scored 4 times successful Spain's apical formation this play and volition proceed successful the last 3rd of the field, portion determination should besides beryllium a spot for Toni Martinez, who is inactive waiting for his archetypal extremity of the campaign.

As for Atletico, Simeone is expected to person a fully-fit squad for this match, with Pablo Barrios and Alexander Sorloth recovering from wounded problems.

Julian Alvarez is apt to beryllium brought into the starting side, arsenic the Argentina planetary looks to kickstart his campaign, having struggled to find his champion signifier frankincense far.

Alex Baena and Giuliano Simeone are besides successful enactment to feature, portion Lee Kang-in should beryllium fixed the motion successful the fig 10 presumption for the Red and Whites.

There could besides beryllium a spot successful midfield for Koke, with Marcos Llorente perchance moving into the right-back spot for the superior team.

Alaves imaginable starting lineup:

Sivera; Tenaglia, Valentini, Otto; Perez, Ibanez, Suarez, Blanco, Rebbach; Martinez, Boye

Atletico Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Oblak; Llorente, Romero, Hancko, Grimaldo; Koke, Cardoso; Simeone, Kang-in, Baena; Alvarez

We say: Alaves 0-1 Atletico Madrid

Alaves merit a batch of respect for their wide show level this season, but Atletico are connected a rotation astatine the moment, and we are expecting the Red and Whites to prime up each 3 points.

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