Atletico Madrid
- Atletico Madrid have won eight and drawn one of their nine LaLiga home matches this season.
- Atletico Madrid prepare for Sunday’s home encounter with Deportivo Alaves after bouncing back from a Super Cup defeat to Real Madrid with a 1-0 Copa del Rey win over Deportivo La Coruna.
- The defence has been very good this term, conceding only seven goals in nine LaLiga outings at the Metropolitano Stadium, an average of 0.78 per game.
Deportivo Alaves
- Deportivo Alaves have won just one of their last five games, losing three times in that run.
- Alaves have won just once on the road in LaLiga this season, losing seven of their nine road games.
- Eduardo Coudet took charge of Alaves in December 2024 and has been quickly shifting their identity to a more aggressive, vertical style.
- Deportivo are 16th in the standings with 19 points from 19 games.
Head-to-Head
Atletico have won one and drawn two of the last three meetings between the clubs in a cagey series of games that the odds don’t really reflect as they are 1.31 favorites against Alaves 9.4 on Sunday.
Key Players
- Julian Alvarez has seven LaLiga goals this term and gets a clear vote for the anytime goalscorer wager, as does Antoine Griezmann, who has scored four in Atletico’s last five matches.
- Carlos Vicente is the Alaves leading scorer in the league with four goals from 19 appearances and has two of those in his last four games, so get behind him to net on Sunday.
Betting Insights
Given Atletico’s home record and Alaves’s woeful away record, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the hosts will win this, but they will probably have to grind out a win and probably in the under 2.5 goals range that looks a strong alternative to backing them in the match result market at 1.85 .
Prediction
Given Atletico’s home record and Alaves’s woeful away record, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the hosts will win this, with a tight under 2.5 goals outcome the likeliest scenario.
