Real Madrid’s victory lap at the end of the La Liga season continues on Tuesday night when they take on Alaves at the Bernabeu.
Los Blancos have already secured the Spanish title and toured the silverware around the nation’s capital at the weekend. All eyes are now on the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund at the start of June.
Visitors Alaves, meanwhile, are down in 11th but have been in strong form of late, winning three of their last four matches.
Here’s 90min’s preview of Tuesday night’s encounter.
Real Madrid vs Alaves H2H Record (Last Five Games)
Current form (all competitions)
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Real Madrid |
Alaves |
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Granada 0-4 Real Madrid – 11/05/24 |
Alaves 2-2 Girona – 10/05/24 |
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Real Madrid 2-1 Bayern Munich – 08/05/24 |
Valencia 0-1 Alaves – 05/05/24 |
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Real Madrid 3-0 Cadiz – 04/05/24 |
Alaves 3-0 Celta Vigo – 27/04/24 |
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Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid – 30/04/24 |
Alaves 2-0 Atletico Madrid – 21/04/24 |
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Real Sociedad 0-1 Real Madrid – 26/04/24 |
Granada 2-0 Alaves – 14/04/24 |
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Country |
TV channel / live stream |
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United Kingdom |
Premier Sports Player, Premier Sports 1, LaLigaTV |
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United States |
ESPN+, ESPN Deportes |
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Canada |
TSN+, TSN3 |
Aurelien Tchouameni won’t play again in La Liga this season and is instead aiming to be fit for the Champions League final against Dortmund in June. Los Blancos have a clean slate of injuries elsewhere in the squad but manager Carlo Ancelotti will keep the majority of his first-team stars out of the starting XI.
Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and Antonio Rudiger are among those likely to be rested, with minutes instead handed to fringe players like Arda Guler, Joselu and Fran Garcia.
Brahim Diaz starred in the 4-0 win over Granada on Saturday and will get the chance to build on that performance here.
Real Madrid confirmed lineup vs Alaves (4-3-1-2): Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Nacho, Mendy; Camavinga, Kroos, Valverde; Bellingham; Vinicius, Rodrygo.
Alaves will be without Aleksandar Sedlar and Ruben Duarte on Tuesday night but are bolstered by the return of top scorer Samu Omorodion from a one-match suspension.
Andoni Gorosabel should also start at right-back having been an unused substitute for Friday’s 2-2 draw with Girona, where a 98th-minute equaliser from Jon Guridi nicked a point.
Alaves predicted lineup vs Real Madrid (4-3-3): Sivera; Gorosabel, Marin, Abqar, Lopez; Benavidez, Blanco, Guridi; Sola, Omorodion, Rioja.
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