Atletico Madrid vs Alaves

2 April 2022 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

João Félix 11’, 82’
Luis Suárez 75’ (pen), 90’

Gonzalo Escalante 63’

Match summary

Atletico Madrid won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Alaves. Atletico Madrid led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, João Félix put Atletico Madrid ahead with a header in the 11th minute, set up by Sime Vrsaljko. In the second half, Gonzalo Escalante equalised with a header in the 63rd minute, set up by Edgar Méndez, Luis Suárez put Atletico Madrid back in front from the penalty spot in the 75th minute, Félix made it 3-1 in the 82nd minute, and Suárez made it 4-1 in the 90th minute, set up by Matheus Cunha.

The chances backed that up: Atletico Madrid created 3.31 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Alaves's 0.52 from 7.

Match stats

14 Shots 7

8 Shots on Target 1

8 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.86 xG 0.52

2.12 Non-penalty xG 0.52

3 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Atletico Madrid Alaves

Kick-off

João Félix
Assist: Sime Vrsaljko

1-0

11’

Half-time1-0

63’

Gonzalo Escalante
Assist: Edgar Méndez

1-1

Luis Suárez
Penalty

2-1

75’

João Félix

3-1

82’

Luis Suárez
Assist: Matheus Cunha

4-1

90’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Atletico Madrid

Marcos Llorente

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Atletico Madrid 3.31 xGAlaves 0.52 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Alaves attacking Atletico Madrid attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jan Oblak	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sime Vrsaljko	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.39	1
Stefan Savic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giménez	DEF	89			1	0.07	0.00	0
Reinildo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Lemar	MID	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Geoffrey Kondogbia	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcos Llorente	MID	75			1	0.06	0.00	0
Renan Lodi	MID	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Félix	FWD	90	2		4	1.11	0.77	3
Antoine Griezmann	FWD	64			0	0.00	0.07	1
Rodrigo de Paul	Sub	41			1	0.03	0.06	2
Yannick Carrasco	Sub	41			2	0.09	0.12	3
Luis Suárez	Sub	26	2		2	1.20	0.00	0
Matheus Cunha	Sub	15		1	2	0.70	0.46	1
Felipe	Sub	1			1	0.03	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fernando Pacheco	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nahuel Tenaglia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Lejeune	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.01	1
Víctor Laguardia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rubén Duarte	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gonzalo Escalante	MID	90	1		1	0.29	0.04	1
Tomás Pina	MID	81			0	0.00	0.06	1
Pere Pons	MID	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Edgar Méndez	FWD	81		1	2	0.02	0.29	1
Joselu	FWD	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Luis Rioja	FWD	88			1	0.04	0.09	1
Ximo Navarro	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manu Vallejo	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.01	1
Mamadou Loum	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Facundo Pellistri	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miguel De la Fuente	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atletico Madrid win 69% Avg odds 1.39

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.66

Alaves win 10% Avg odds 9.53

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Atletico Madrid W W W W W

Alaves L D D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Alaves 1-0 Atletico Madrid, 25 Sep 21 Next meeting: Atletico Madrid 2-1 Alaves, 29 Oct 23 All Atletico Madrid vs Alaves meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.