📏 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 the 0-1 Copa del Rey victory vs Deportivo de La Coruña.

In that match, Atlético Madrid managed 52% possession and 15 shots on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Atlético Madrid was Antoine Griezmann (61'). On the other side, Deportivo La Coruna had 10 shots on goal with 3 on target.

Atlético Madrid have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve managed to rack up 11 during that period and have conceded a total of 6.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Atlético Madrid:

• have not been beaten in the league by Alaves in their last 3 games.
• have not registered a win against Alaves in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 13 home league matches. So impressive.

Alaves

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Alaves go into this encounter following on from a 2-0 Copa del Rey win with the downing of Rayo Vallecano in their most recent match.

In that match, Alaves managed 51% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Alaves, the scorers were Martínez (49') and Vicente (89'). Rayo Vallecano had 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

In the course of their 6 previous matches, Eduardo Coudet's Alaves have turned their attacks into goals a total of 5 times, earning them the goals per game average of 0.83.

Pre-game facts show that Alaves:

• haven't won against Atlético Madrid when they have played them away from home in the previous 9 league matches. A very poor set of away results, indeed.
• are without a win away from home in their last 7 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 02/04/2022 tells us that Atlético Madrid have won 3 of them and Alaves 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

An aggregate of 15 goals were produced between them in these games, with 9 from Atleti and 6 for Babazorros. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The last league fixture featuring the two was La Liga match day 3 on 30/08/2025 when it ended Alaves 1-1 Atlético Madrid.

On that day, Alaves managed 40% possession and 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Vicente (14').

On the other side, Atlético Madrid had 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Giuliano Simeone (7') was the scorer.

The referee was Víctor García Verdura.

📋 Team News: Atlético Madrid

In all likelihood, Atleti look set to employ a 4-4-2 system featuring Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, Robin Le Normand, David Hancko, Giuliano Simeone, Pablo Barrios, Johnny, Alejandro Baena, Alexander Sørloth and Julián Álvarez.

📋 Team News: Alaves

We reckon that Babazorros seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting Antonio Sivera, Jonny Otto, Nahuel Tenaglia, Jon Pacheco, Victor Parada, Pablo Ibanez, Antonio Blanco, Carlos Vicente, Jon Guridi, Carles Alena and Antonio Martinez.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Atlético Madrid look likely to create enough chances to score more than one when they line up against Alaves, who may well find it hard finding the net themselves.

Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 2-0 margin for Atlético Madrid at full-time.

Renata Leite, 17:02 15/01/2026