⚽️ Match: Real Madrid – Alaves
⚽️ Competition: La Liga
🗓 Date: 28.11.2020

Real Madrid is one of its favorite “victims”, so, thanks to excellent morale given by the performance in the Champions League, it should not face big problems.

Real Madrid: current form, latest results, statistics

Zidane’s team lost speed in the championship, where it comes after two games without a victory (defeat in Valencia, in a match in which the hosts received 3 penalties, and equal in Villarreal). However, the morale is not bad, after two successes in a row in the Champions League, with Inter. The qualification in the eighth round of the competition is not played, but at this moment it seems hard to believe that the Blanco team will not arrive in the spring of the most important inter-club competition in the world. As such, the “galactic” can turn their attention more towards the championship, if they do not want to lose contact with the first ranked. After 9 stages, Real Madrid has only 17 points accumulated, the second weakest series from 2005-2006 so far. The defense suffers, and Sergio Ramos will also be absent on Saturday: Real’s defense received a goal in two of the three matches this season. However, the preconditions for Saturday’s confrontation are favorable; this is because the team that has won the Champions Cup / League 13 times meets one of its favorite “victims”. At the Bernabeu, Real defeated Alaves by at least two goals difference in each of the last 8 disputes. The last time this weekend’s guests scored points in Madrid was 20 years ago. Then, with Cosmin Contra in the composition, Alaves obtained a historic victory, score 1-0, in the Spanish capital. Zidane’s team has scored only 5 times this season of La Liga, at home, an average of 1.67 goals/match. Benzema will still be missing on Saturday, but Hazard seems to be back in shape, so the technical staff is optimistic that a spectacular match will be successful.

• Absent hosts in Real Madrid – Alaves: Benzema, Jovic, Militao, Odriozola, Sergio Ramos, Fede Valverde.

Alaves: current form, latest results, statistics

Alaves has only one victory in the last 6 stages, during which time it obtained, however, 4 draws. Pablo Machin’s players will arrive at the Bernabeu with high morale after in the last stage they missed a victory with Valencia. Until the 70th minute, they led the “bats” 2-0, but they returned the incredible score, snatching a draw. Despite the fact that Alaves had a very organized defense last season, things are not as good this season. The team has already conceded 12 goals, a sign that something has gone wrong in the defensive mechanism. Alaves is only 3 points behind, but it must be said that the games start excellently. In the last 4 matches, it was the team that opened the score, leading to the break-in 3 of the confrontations. However, the lack of experience is obvious, Machin’s team not knowing how to manage the advantage. Saturday’s guests have not scored in Madrid since 2002, but now they hope to take advantage of the Blanco’s defensive problems.

• Absent guests in Real Madrid – Alaves: Burgui, Garcia, Pons.

Real Madrid vs Alaves Picks

In the history of direct confrontations, Real Madrid has on its own field an average of 3.2 goals scored in the duels with Alaves. The victory with Inter should give excellent morale to the “galactic”, who want to get over the last inconclusive performances in La Liga. On the other hand, Alaves can only be overwhelmed by the history of direct meetings and the fact that he missed an incredible success against Valencia in, last round. We bet that the tradition will be respected and we anticipate a relatively easy success of Real Madrid.

Our Prediction: Double chance (1) & over 1.5 goals

Odds: 1.53