Alaves vs Atletico Madrid
Spain – LaLiga
Date: Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Kick-off at 18:00 UK / 19:00 CET
Venue: Estadio Mendizorrotza (Vitoria-Gasteiz).
Team News
Deportivo Alaves
Asier Garitano has no additional injury worries after the weekend LaLiga.
Ximo Navarro is expected to get the nod at right-back ahead of Martin Aguirregabiria.
Oliver Burke and Aleix Vidal is expected to feature on the wing for the hosts.
Atletico Madrid
Felipe and Mario Hermoso will start at center, with Josema Gimenez confirmed out until November.
Joao Felix is expected to return to fitness in a couple of weeks after spraining his ankle.
Vitolo should get started on the left side of midfield for the visitors.
Alaves vs Atletico Madrid Betting Tips
Atletico Madrid broke a run of three successive league draw with a 2-0 win against Athletic Bilbao at Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday, and Los Rojiblancos will now have eyes on the top spot in La Liga as they head to the Basque Country to face Alaves in matchday 11 . Atleti destroyed Babazorros 0-4 here last season and a similar result could be on the cards this time following a heavy defeat Alaves' at Villarreal on Friday.
Goals from Saul Niguez and Alvaro Morata ensure that Atletico Madrid took full advantage of the deferment El Clasico to move Bang into contention at the head of affairs in La Liga, and although they may be inching down from 2 to 3 on Sunday when Granada beat Betis at Los Carmenes Los Rojiblancos will certainly go up, even temporarily, with a win over Alaves on Tuesday night.
Atleti course team renowned for efficiency and just did enough in most of their games. Indeed, stretching back to the 2018/19 season, they won only four league fixtures over a two-goal margin. Two of success came against Huesca who were relegated last season, and the other two coming against Alaves opponent this week.
Diego Simeone's side cruised to 3-0 and 0-4 victories in both meetings last season, the results of which may be fresh in the memory Alaves went into Matchday 11 of this clash. And if the fear is based on the last meeting was not enough, Alaves have to deal with this Atleti team hard and fast turnaround after a 4-1 hiding against Villarreal at the Estadio de la Ceramica on Friday night.
The result marked the fifth defeat Alaves' of the campaign already and their fourth in five games on the road - a form which has left them just two points above the relegation zone in 14th - a position that could worsen Sunday depending on how the remaining Matchday 10 fixtures play out.
A clear positive for Alaves is that they have been strong in Mendizorroza so far this season; Babazorros have won their last two games here 2-0 against Celta Vigo and Mallorca, take them home tally to ten points from five games.
Their only defeat here against Sevilla (0-1) on Matchday 4 was further evidence of the limitations of Alaves' though, and it's hard to imagine this side of Asier Garitano be good enough to claim anything from this clash against Atleti team watertight , who lost only 13 games in all competitions this season came against real Sociedad at Anoeta inspired by mid-September.
Atleti have kept seven clean sheets in ten matches of La Liga they only conceded five times in total, and we like to win the contest Simeone cost is zero because they have managed to do in four previous meetings between the teams.
Alaves has scored an average of one goal per game in Mendizorroza but this is the most proficient backline they will face all season, so it is easy to think that visitors can shut them out. While Madrid caused two collisions last season, we hope to be a little closer this time, affording respect to record a tidy Alaves' home, so the 0-2 correct score predictions, which have been the result in three of Atleti's last four wins in all competitions.
