La Liga - How to watch Alavés vs Real Madrid on October 6

October 5, 2018 By Oscar Rojas

Topics: La Liga, Deportivo Alavés, Real Madrid, TV Schedules, TV Listings

Los Blancos enter this match in one of their worst goalscoring droughts in decades. Will Alaves make them pay?

Alavés' surprising start of the season saw them climbing up the ranks in La Liga. This time, their strength will be put to test by Real Madrid in quite an interesting showdown between these teams.

If the team from Vitoria wants to win a game against Real Madrid, this will arguably become their best chance to do so. Abelardo knows how it feels like to defeat Los Blancos, and his experience will be crucial to help his pupils in their efforts to hand Los Blancos one more loss.

The former Barcelona footballer turned coach will have to deal with Rodrigo Ely's injury. Burgui and Patrick Twumasi may also miss this match due to injury, which might complicate things a bit for Los Albiazules.

On the other side of the pitch, Real Madrid will try to end two unwanted streaks. First off, Los Blancos have to find the way to score goals, since they haven't been able to send the ball to the back of the net in their most recent three and a half games. This sort of thing had not happened to Real Madrid in over 12 years, and coach Julen Lopetegui might be inclined to use striker Mariano to try and solve the team's woes in front of goal.

Their second order of business will be to end their winless streak. Los Blancos have lost two out of their last three games, and fans are expecting more from Julen Lopetegui, who could get in serious trouble if things don't go the team's way this weekend.

Isco, Dani Carvajal and Marcelo will be out for this game, while Gareth Bale may be cleared to play despite an injury scare last week.

Match facts

Real Madrid has won all six previous matches against Alavés.
Los Blancos have outscored Alavés 9-2 in the three most recent visits to Mendizorroza Stadium.
Alavés enters this game with 18 yellow cards, doubling the amount of Real Madrid's bookings (9).
Neither side has been able to win their two most recent La Liga games. Both of these teams earned one point out of the last six in dispute.