Atletico Madrid vs Alavés La Liga Match Preview

Atletico Madrid vs Alavés La Liga Match Preview

Atlético de Madrid lost their last LaLiga match against Alavés 1-0, ending their 12 game unbeaten run against them in the competition (W8 D4) - only once have they lost both games in the same LaLiga campaign against the Vitoria-based side (2002/03).

Atlético de Madrid have lost only one of their 11 home games against Alavés in LaLiga (W8 D2), 0-1 in May 2003, winning their last four against them on home soil in the competition.

Alavés have failed to win any of their last five visits to teams from the Madrid Community in LaLiga (D2 L3), failing to score in four of them, since a 2-1 win in November 2020 against Real Madrid.

Atlético de Madrid have won their last five games in LaLiga, having won just three of their previous 10 in the competition before this run (W3 D1 L6) - they have not won six in a row in the competition for more than a year (eight - January 2021).

Alavés have suffered 17 losses from their first 29 games in LaLiga 2021/22 (W5 D7), their second highest tally of defeats at this stage in a top-flight season after 2017/18 (W10 D1 L18) in which they avoided relegation (finishing 14th).

This fixture will see the side that has scored the highest share of their goals from penalty kicks in LaLiga this season (Alavés 26% - 6/23) take on the team that has scored the lowest share of their goals in this manner (Atlético de Madrid 2% - 1/53).

Atlético de Madrid's Luis Suárez has been involved in 15 goals in 10 games against Alavés in LaLiga (eight goals and seven assists), providing four goal involvements against them in two separate matches in the competition (two goals and two assists in February 2017 and a goal and three assists in December 2019, both with Barcelona).

After scoring 11 goals in 16 LaLiga appearances between 23rd October 2021 and 13th February 2022, Alavés’ Joselu Mato has failed to score in his last five games in the competition, missing a penalty in his last match against Granada.

Atlético de Madrid's Joao Félix has been involved in six goals in his last five LaLiga games (four goals and two assists), as many as in his previous 30 games in the competition (three goals and three assists).

After winning two of their first four games against Atlético de Madrid in LaLiga (D1 L1), Alavés coach José Luis Mendilibar has won just one of his last 18 meetings with Los Rojiblancos in the competition (D3 L14).