Alaves vs Atletico Madrid – La Liga – Preview

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Sreya

Alaves vs Atletico Madrid – Alaves hosts Atletico Madrid at the Mendizorroza on 28th January, Saturday in a La Liga fixture crucial for the visitors.

Alaves are twelfth in the league with twenty three points and have not won any of their last three matches – their last league outing against Leganes ending in a 2-2 draw. In fact, Alaves have won only five league games over the course of the season.

Atletico Madrid have spectacularly struggled this season and are in a real danger of missing out on UEFA Champions League qualification for next season – which could have disastrous consequences for the club especially in the transfer market.

Diego Simeone’s side are fifth with thirty five points courtesy ten wins. Atletico Madrid played out a 2-2 draw against Athletic Club Bilbao in their previous league match.

Team News

Alaves have a completely healthy squad to choose from while Atletico Madrid will be Augusto Fernandez, Jan Oblak, Tiago, Gabi and Thomas Partey.

Alaves Possible Starting Lineup: Pacheco, Femenia, Laguardia, Feddal, Hernandez, Llorente, Garcia, Mendez, Camarasa, Gomez, Silva.

Atletico Madrid Possible Starting Lineup: Moya, Vrsaljko, Savic, Godin, Luis, Carrasco, Niguez, Koke, Gaitan, Gameiro, Griezmann.

“The internal competition of the team is very good and is bringing us this nice opportunity to be in the semi-finals [of the King’s Cup], a thing that does not happen every day. This makes us very happy.”

– Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Alaves vs Atletico Madrid H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs resulted in two wins for Alaves, two draws and one win for Atletico Madrid. Prior to the 1-1 draw in August of last year, the last time these two clubs faced each other was back in the 2005/06 La Liga season, following which Alaves were relegated.

Atletico are unbeaten in their previous four away matches in all competitions and are likely to win 2-1 tomorrow.