Real Madrid vs Deportivo Alavés La Liga Preview and Tips

Here are our La Liga 2024 predictions for Real Madrid vs Deportivo Alavés. Real Madrid will look to make it five wins in a row in all competitions when they host Deportivo Alaves on Tuesday night. Deportivo Alavés has recorded 3 wins in La Liga this season out of 6 matches. In the current league standings, Real Madrid holds the 2nd position, while Deportivo Alavés sits in 7th place. Real Madrid has accumulated 14 points compared to Deportivo Alavés’ 10 points.

Real Madrid vs Deportivo Alavés Preview

Alaves are aiming to snap Madrid’s lengthy La Liga unbeaten run which was extended to 38 games at the weekend with a hard-fought 4-1 victory over Espanyol. With the Madrid derby to come at the weekend, Ancelotti is likely to rotate in some areas and with Alaves scoring quite freely in recent weeks, the visitors could get on the scoresheet here. As for Alaves, they approach this one after a 2-1 win over Sevilla on Friday with Carlos Vicente and Carlos Martin on target. Real Madrid and Deportivo Alavés are two attacking sides who have what it takes to make this an entertaining and eventful match. Alaves are unlikely to have the ball against Real Madrid. We could see one or two of the home team’s stars get a rest here. They are still missing David Alaba, Eduardo Camavinga, Dani Ceballos and Brahim Diaz to injuries.

Real Madrid vs Deportivo Alavés Team news

Madrid’s squad currently looks thin in some areas of the pitch. Antonio Rudiger, Ferland Mendy and Vinicius Junior are likely to come back into the team, but there could be a rest for Kylian Mbappe with Endrick potentially getting the nod up top. Alaves will be without Jesus Owono. The lack of notable absences means there shouldn’t be many surprises in regard to Luis Garcia’s team selection.

Tips

Post Match–

Real Madrid (Vazquez 1′ Mbappé 40′ Rodrygo 48′)3-2(Benavidez 85′, Garcia 86′) Deportivo Alavés