Deportivo Alavés will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Real Madrid.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League.
Deportivo Alavés form and stats
Deportivo Alavés, who have the most clean sheets (5) at home in La Liga, are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Estadio de Mendizorroza. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
The Deportivo Alavés goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco Flores is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 215 minutes without conceding a goal.
Happy days for Deportivo Alavés in their previous game, a La Liga match away at Eibar (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Real Valladolid.
Deportivo Alavés goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco did an outstanding job against Eibar with 7 saves, so vital to securing the victory.
The Deportivo Alavés fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Deportivo Alavés have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Real Madrid form and stats
3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Real Madrid, who have the the best goal difference (+6) away in La Liga, in their La Liga matches away.
Real Madrid delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against PSG in their previous match; a Champions League game. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Real Sociedad in the La Liga.
It looked so good for Real Madrid vs PSG, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Real Madrid were so close to winning the game against PSG, hitting the post 3 times.
Real Madrid are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. Real Madrid are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Deportivo Alavés, 0 draws and 7 wins for Real Madrid. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 10 goals |   Lucas Pérez 7 goals |  Joselu 6 goals |
Deportivo Alavés missing players
Real Madrid missing players
| Deportivo Alavés | Real Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 28 |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 79% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 69% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 36% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 46% |
| 43% | 71% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.8 | 6.3 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 128 | 77 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 78 | 222 |
| 40 | 23 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 32 | 87 |
| 40% | 39% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | 32% |
- Deportivo Alavés has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
- Deportivo Alavés has the most clean sheets (5) at home
- Deportivo Alavés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Real Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Real Madrid has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Real Madrid has the the best goal difference (+6) away
- Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 28 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Athletic Club | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Getafe | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Granada | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Levante | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Valencia | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 13 | Deportivo Alavés | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Real Betis | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Eibar | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -16 | 9 |
| 20 | Leganes | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 6 |