La Liga: High-level vs subpar, at least based on the league table. Real Madrid - Deportivo Alavés. Home victory or a shock?
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals (48) in La Liga
- Deportivo Alavés have the fewest scored goals (19) in La Liga
There haven't been much to rest for the home team, as they performed in a Champions League match only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Paris Saint Germain, so at least Real Madrid are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Real Madrid form and stats
28 points is a decent return from 12 La Liga games here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu for Real Madrid. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. The Real Madrid fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu and will expect new points from this game. Real Madrid has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
The Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga.
Courtois, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.25 out of 10 in that game. Courtois saved a penalty.
Before that, Real Madrid played out a La Liga draw 0-0 when visiting Villarreal.The Real Madrid manager Ancelotti has got the team scoring with 25 from 12 home games in the league. Madrid are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.
Deportivo Alavés form and stats
Deportivo Alavés have only collected 5 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-2-8 (11 played). Bitter travels for Deportivo Alavés as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Sevilla match.
Alavés had fun at their own home (Estadio Santiago Bernabéu) last time out, beating Valencia 2-1. Loum and Joselu scored. Loum got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Loum scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Elche's place.The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Deportivo Alavés, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Alavés has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
This duo played each other before this campaign: Deportivo Alavés - Real Madrid 1-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Real Madrid eight wins, zero draws and Deportivo Alavés two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. Benzema likes to meet Deportivo Alavés and have scored 8 goals in these games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 17 goals |  V. Júnior 12 goals |   J. Sanmartín Mato 12 goals |
Real Madrid missing players
Deportivo Alavés missing players
| Real Madrid | Deportivo Alavés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 48 | 25 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 39 |
| 83% | 75% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 67% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 67% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 42% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 21% |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 46% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 21% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 42% |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17.4 | 18.1 | 25.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3 | 3 |
| 31% | 32% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 27% | 26% |
| 10.3 | 10.1 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 16.1 | 13.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
- Deportivo Alavés have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Deportivo Alavés have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Deportivo Alavés have the fewest scored goals (19) in La Liga
- Deportivo Alavés haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Real Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
- Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Real Madrid have scored more than double the goals of Deportivo Alavés.
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals (48) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the the best goal difference (+28) in La Liga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 28 | 54 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 50 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 43 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 38 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 34 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 12 | Valencia | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -2 | 30 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Elche | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -14 | 26 |
| 16 | Getafe | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 25 |
| 17 | Granada | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alavés | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 20 |
| 19 | Cádiz | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -18 | 19 |
| 20 | Levante | 23 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -27 | 11 |
