Atletico vs Alaves: prediction for the La Liga fixture

Atletico put up a successful performance in the Champions League group stage and after that they also eliminated Manchester United from the competition by a 2:1 score on aggregate. On April 5, team will face Manchester City in the quarter-final. 

Club failed to impress in the Spanish Cup, The Mattresses were eliminated in the round of 16 by Real Sociedad (0:2). In 29 rounds of La Liga The Red-Whites recorded 16 victories and six draws, delivering 54 points and a 4th spot. Team is 12 points adrift from the leader. 

Vrsaljko, Wass, Lemar, Carrasco and Cunha will miss the game. 

Alaves were lucky enough to avoid relegation in recent years, but all the time club was unable to strengthen the squad. The new season also started badly - the Glorious ones earned their first points only after the start of autumn, but a brief run of good results didn't change the situation. 

At the end of the year club's board decided to change the head coach. On December 28, Jose Luiz Mendilibar was appointed a new manager. But so far there is no sign of improvement - after 29 rounds Basque club has five victories and seven draws to their name, delivering 22 points and a 19th spot in the standings. In the previous game The Glorious Ones were beaten by Granada (2:3).