Real Madrid have won 28 times in La Liga this season. Those 28 wins helped the club lift the La Liga title with several games to spare.
Now, Real Madrid will play a midweek match against Deportivo Alaves in matchweek 36.
Deportivo Alaves will head to the Santiago Bernabeu to face off with the champions. Alaves are 11th in the standings and guaranteed La Liga football next season.
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The Blue and Whites are on a good run of form in La Liga, with four straight matches ending without a defeat. Indeed, Deportivo took 10 points from the last 12 points on offer. They conceded just two goals across the four games, keeping three clean sheets.
Alaves will face off against the league’s best defence. Real Madrid have conceded a league-low 22 goals this season to opponents. Meanwhile, Los Blancos have scored the division’s most goals, with 78.
Madrid took a perfect 18 points from the last 18 points on offer in the league. Just two goals were allowed by Madrid in the last six games. Fourteen goals were scored by the club during that time.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team averages La Liga’s second-most shots per game (15.7) and the second-most possessions per game (56.7%).
Madrid won their last four head-to-head games versus Alaves by a combined score of 12-2. Indeed, Los Blancos won 16 of their last 18 head-to-head games against Alaves in all competitions.
The reverse fixture 1-0. Lucas Vazquez scored in the 91st minute to give Madrid the win. Real Madrid played a large part of the match with 10 men. Nacho was sent off in the 54th minute. Los Blancos were still too strong for Deportivo Alaves even with 10 players.
Jude Bellingham leads Madrid in scoring with 18 goals. He is third in the La Liga goal scoring charts. Bellingham has scored 23% of Madrid’s goals this season. The midfielder scored in his last two appearances for Madrid in the league.
Samuel Omorodion is Alaves’ leading goal scorer. The Spanish forward has eight goals. Deportivo have scored the sixth-fewest goals in La Liga this season with only 34 hitting the back of the net.
It is Deportivo’s defence that has been their strong point. Just 40 goals were allowed by Alaves in 35 games.
Despite Deportivo’s good form, Madrid should pick up another win in midweek. The win will be Real Madrid’s 29th this term. Our score prediction is for a Madrid 3-0 win.