Alaves vs Real Madrid: Will Madrid overcome their away form?

Estadio Mendizorrotza will witness one of the most important matches in La Liga round 20 on Saturday as Alaves who are 17th with 18 points welcome reigning champions Real Madrid who are 2nd with 37 points.

Both teams are in need of the 3 points, Alaves are looking to get away from the relegation zone while Real will go all out to win in order to stay intact with leaders Atletico Madrid.

Alaves

Alaves will be looking to improve on their last result when they lost to Sevilla 1-2 on Tuesday. Manager Abelardo will have to fix his defensive mistakes in recent games that saw his team concede 13 goals in 6 games. They are without a win in their last 4 games and lost 2 of their last home games.

The positive aspect for Abelardo is the fact that his team was able to score in their last 5 games.

Real Madrid

2 draws in their last 3 games made Real Madrid lose their momentum and their quest to catch their city rivals Atletico at the top of the table.Meanwhile, Barca is also closing down on them at 3rd position just 3 points away. So Zinedine Zidane will have to make sure his team doesn’t lose any more points.Los Blancos have had trouble beating these lowly rated teams that play 9 man compact defenses. Real haven’t won in their last 2 away matches.

Verdict

As pointed out earlier, Real Madrid is having difficulties against this kind of team and we think that feat may continue in this match as well.

Verdict: Double chance draw or away win