Atletico Madrid welcome the visitors Alaves in the Spanish La Liga – Round 15. The match will be held on Saturday, December 8th at the Wanda Metropolitano (Madrid).
Atletico keep on getting comfortable wins – they don’t rush anywhere after they score once, and they often play defense first. Simeone’s team normally do not blowout – this season, for example, they had only three wins by a margin of over one goal. A comfortable win at home, a draw away, and only one defeat. It is quite logical that they feature little more than one goal per game on average. The opponents’ head-to-head record is curious – by a margin of over two goals, Atletico won only in 1998, and their stats is not great, they registered either wins with the minimum of goals or draws.
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Two defeats in almost consecutive rounds did not break Alaves down. The team, surprisingly to all and to themselves, continue to take the fourth place in the standings. They had all the chances to win Sevilla in the last round, by the way. Indeed, even the head coach persists in calling the team’s results a miracle, which means the success will come to an end soon. That is just the point. The guests allow little, they have a great record of standard play, and they did not concede any match since March by a margin of over one goal (except for their loss to Barcelona). What is their playing style? It is quite similar to the style of the ‘Mattress Makers’.
Atletico travel to Belgium soon for the last round of the Champions League. The Spanish giant will probably want to take the first place in the group. Alaves, as we can see, are by no means the underdog in this season. Let’s assume that even if the ‘Mattress Makers’ win, this will be a minimum-advantage win though. Sevilla and Real have already seen that this season Alaves are no joke.
Prediction for the match: Alaves to win with +1.5 handicap.
