Atletico – Alaves. Forecast and announcement for the match of the Spanish championship

On January 18, the match of the 20th round of the Spanish Primera will be held at the Metropolitano stadium, in which “Atletico” will host “Alavés”.

The match starts at 17:15 Kyiv time.

Sport.ua together with the La Liga betting partner betting announces the upcoming match!

Atletico

The team continues to break records for the longest tenure of the same head coach. However, Diego Simeone hasn’t had any new trophies for quite some time. Even after a noticeable renewal of the composition carried out in the summer of 2024, it was not possible to impose a full-fledged competition on “Barcelona” and “Real”. In addition, already this month in the Super Cup, Madrid immediately lost to a principled rival. Real goals remain the Spanish Cup, where the team beat Deportivo, as well as the Champions League.

In the Premier League, it is no longer necessary to fight for leadership – even the usual third place has been lost, and Villarreal is clearly not going to slow down. To successfully compete at least with him, you need to constantly win. In La Liga, however, Atletico started 2026 with a 1-1 draw against Real Sociedad.

Alaves

The club is trying to keep itself not in the role of a fighter for survival, but as a fairly strong middle peasant. Last season, on the one hand, the team finished in a relatively comfortable 15th place. On the other hand, even with 42 points, they were only two points ahead of Leganes, who were relegated to Segunda.

Alaves are currently averaging one point per game, hovering above the relegation zone (and they also knocked out another opponent in the Copa del Rey this week, Rayo Vallecano). However, it is alarming that competitors in the fight for survival, first of all “Girona”, have added. And the wards of Eduardo Coudet in response won only one draw with two defeats in the last three rounds. And even that draw – 1:1 with newcomer outsider Oviedo – was won at home.

Statistics of personal meetings

In the last seven face-to-face matches, the Madrid giants won three, lost two, and two more matches ended in a draw.

Forecast

Bookmakers do not believe that the guests will be able to catch even a draw. We agree with this and bet on Griezmann and company with a handicap of -1.5 goals (coefficient – 1.93 according to the BC betking line).