Tuesday 003 La Liga Round 36
[1] Real Madrid vs Alaves[11]
Time: 03:30, May 15
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La Liga is the slowest of the five major leagues, with three rounds remaining, so this week's double fixtures are on schedule. In fact, almost every suspense of this season has been solved, the situation has little impact on the game, and the team's form may be more critical.
A brief look at the league situation, fourth-place Atletico Madrid is 8 points ahead of fifth-place Athletic Bilbao, and the top four are basically determined to be Real Madrid, Barcelona, Girona and Atletico Madrid. Athletic Bilbao won the Copa del Rey and secured a Europa League spot, with Real Betis and Real Sociedad likely to have the remaining two European places. In terms of relegation, Granada and Almeria have been relegated to La Liga ahead of schedule, with the last place between Cadiz and Celta de Vigo, with Cadiz five points behind and very difficult to reverse.
Real Madrid are in a relatively special situation, having already won the league title early, but with the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund, the rest of the league will need to be in good shape. Ancelotti said: "Our goal is to get the team in the best shape possible and some of the players who have just returned like Militão and Thibaut Courtois need more time. "This is probably a general guiding idea for Real Madrid with three league games remaining, the rotation is still going on, but the intensity will be maintained.
The rotation actually started last week, and after playing Bayern, he returned to the league and made 10 direct changes, with only Rudiger continuing to start. Real Madrid's substitute squad still beat Granada 4-0 and sent the opponent to relegation. On May 12, Real Madrid has also completed the parade to celebrate the league title, and the next step is to prepare for the Champions League final. Carlo Ancelotti announced the squad for this round, and the rest of the first-team squad were listed except for Tchouameni and Alaba, who were not selected due to injury, and teenager Mario Martin got a chance as Tchouameni's replacement. In other words, Real Madrid may not be the main force in this round, but at least it is also the main lineup.
Real Madrid is currently unbeaten in 44 consecutive games (in regular time), with 15 wins and 2 draws at home in La Liga, scoring 43 to 9 goals and conceding at home, which is still in single digits. In the previous 17 league home games, there were 9 times when they won by 2 goals+.
Alaves are currently 11th in La Liga and their best hope is to finish 10th in terms of points and will need to compete with Getafe. The Basque side have been in good form of late, having won three in a row before drawing 2-2 with Girona, including defeats to Atletico Madrid and Valencia, and keeping all three clean sheets in a row.
Alaves has won 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses at home this season, and 3 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses away from home. However, Alaves have been weak in goalscoring on the road, scoring only 12 goals so far, a statistic that is only better than Cadiz and Rayo Vallecano.
In the first leg of this season, Real Madrid beat Alaves 1-0 away, when Lucas Vazquez scored the winner in the 92nd minute. Alaves is a tougher style and is not easy to deal with. However, the main team of Real Madrid has been given a week's rest in this round, and Alaves has just finished a big game with Girona, and he must have suffered physically. There should be no suspense for Real Madrid to win this game, and the reference score is 2-0, 3-0.