Spanish LALIGA

Atlético vs Alavés 2023-24 LALIGA

  • 26': Rodrigo Riquelme
  • 45'+1': Álvaro Morata
FT
2 - 1
  • 90'+6': Ander Guevara

Atletico move up to third with 2-1 home win over Alaves

Atletico Madrid's Rodrigo Riquelme and Alvaro Morata scored in the first half to earn a 2-1 home win over lowly Alaves in LaLiga on Sunday and take their team up to third place.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 26': Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, Alaves 0. Rodrigo Riquelme (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álvaro Morata with a cross.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Atletico Madrid 2, Alaves 0. Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Koke with a through ball.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Atletico Madrid 2, Alaves 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Alaves. Javi López replaces Álex Sola.
  • 58': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Marcos Llorente replaces Saúl Ñíguez.
  • 63': Substitution, Alaves. Abderrahmane Rebbach replaces Luis Rioja.
  • 63': Substitution, Alaves. Ianis Hagi replaces Jon Guridi.
  • 67': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Álvaro Morata.
  • 67': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Pablo Barrios replaces Rodrigo De Paul.
  • 71': Rubén Duarte (Alaves) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  • 73': Substitution, Alaves. Kike García replaces Samu.
  • 81': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. César Azpilicueta replaces Nahuel Molina.
  • 81': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. José Giménez replaces Mario Hermoso.
  • 83': Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  • 84': Substitution, Alaves. Carlos Benavídez replaces Antonio Blanco.
  • 85': Ianis Hagi (Alaves) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Goal! Atletico Madrid 2, Alaves 1. Ander Guevara (Alaves) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ianis Hagi.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Atletico Madrid 2, Alaves 1.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 50,009

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+10 Real Madrid 8 21 1
+13 Barcelona 8 19 1
+6 Villarreal 8 16 2
+5 Real Betis 8 15 1
Full Table

Statistics

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11 Fouls 10
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 5
4 Corner Kicks 4
5 Saves 0
36.4 Possession 63.6
8 SHOTS 11
1 ON GOAL 7
0.1 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
328 Accurate Passes 653
398 Passes 730
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 6
27 Crosses 16
0.1 Cross % 0.4
52 Long Balls 47
21 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 1
6 Effective Tackles 10
11 Tackles 14
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
6 Interceptions 1
18 Effective Clearances 25
18 Clearances 25

Line-Ups

ATM Atlético Madrid (3-5-2)

No. Name
13 Jan Oblak (GK) Yellow Card
20 Axel Witsel
22 Mario Hermoso Yellow Card
15 Stefan Savic
8 Saúl Ñíguez
5 Rodrigo De Paul
6 Koke
25 Rodrigo Riquelme
16 Nahuel Molina
19 Álvaro Morata
7 Antoine Griezmann

ALA Alavés (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Antonio Sivera (GK)
4 Aleksander Sedlar
5 Abdel Abqar
3 Rubén Duarte Yellow Card
2 Andoni Gorosabel
18 Jon Guridi
6 Ander Guevara
8 Antonio Blanco
32 Samu Aghehowa
11 Luis Rioja
7 Álex Sola

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