Real Madrid vs Alaves – La Liga – Preview

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Sreya

Real Madrid vs Alaves – Real Madrid hosts Alaves at the Santiago Bernabeu on 24th February, Saturday in a crucial La Liga fixture.

Real Madrid are third in the La Liga standings with forty-eight points and have won five of their previous six league games, including a 3-1 win over Leganes in their last game. Alaves, who are fifteenth in the league, have hit a semblance of form recently with five wins and just the one loss in their last six league games.

The visitors, who won 1-0 against Deportivo La Coruna in their last game, have twenty-eight points after twenty-four matches. Barcelona have all but secured the league title but Real Madrid would like to keep winning to maintain their momentum.

Team News

Sergio Ramos is suspended while Jesus Vallejo, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Marcelo are sidelined through injuries. The visitors will be without the injured Munir El Haddadi while Hector Hernandez and Carlos Vigaray are doubtful for the game.

Real Madrid Possible Starting Lineup: Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Nacho, Raphael Varane, Theo Hernandez, Gareth Bale, Mateo Kovacic, Casemiro, Isco, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Alaves Possible Starting Lineup: Fernando Pacheco, Alexis Ruano, Rodrigo Ely, Victor Laguardia, Ruben Duarte, Ibai Gomez, Manu Garcia, Tomas Pina, Alfonso Pedraza, John Guidetti, Ruben Sobrino.

“Alavés never give in but we’re well prepared and we’ll try to put in a great performance. We want to put in a good performance and if we manage that we give ourselves a great chance of winning the game. I’m only thinking about tomorrow’s game and trying to pick up the three points, nothing else.”

– Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Real Madrid vs Alaves H2H Stats, Real Madrid have won all of their previous five matches against Alaves. In fact, Alaves have won only once of their last fifteen encounters with Real Madrid, which came in the 1999/2000 season.

A 2-0 win for Real Madrid is the most probable outcome.