In a weekend match on Saturday Feb 19th, in week 25, Deportivo Alavés will travel to Madrid to battle Real Madrid in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Real Madrid sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Paris Saint Germain. Kylian Mbappé struck first for Paris Saint Germain in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Neymar, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Real Madrid was frustrated by Paris Saint Germain’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Paris Saint Germain ended the match with the shutout victory. Real Madrid should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while deportivo Alavés sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Valencia. Mamadou Ndiaye struck first for Deportivo Alavés in the 14th minute, then Gonçalo Guedes tied it up for Valencia in the 62nd minute. Deportivo Alavés looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Aug 14th, Deportivo Alavés hosted Real Madrid in their last match together. Real Madrid was victorious by a score of 4 to 1 in front of almost four thousand spectators. Karim Benzema struck first for Real Madrid in the 48th minute, then Nacho added another in the 56th minute.
Deportivo Alavés’s most prolific scorer has been Joselu. The Spanish attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Éder Militão and Luka Modrić are the top scorers for Real Madrid in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Vinícius Júnior, Ferland Mendy, Karim Benzema, Asensio and Mariano Díaz are unavailable to play for Carlo Ancelotti’s team, while Deportivo Alavés will be without Rubén Duarte and Ximo Navarro.