Atletico Madrid vs Alaves

21 March 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Juan Martínez Munuera

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Luis Suárez 54’

Match summary

Atletico Madrid saw off Alaves 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Luis Suárez put Atletico Madrid ahead with a header in the 54th minute, set up by Kieran Trippier.

Alaves can feel hard done by, creating 1.11 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Atletico Madrid's 0.65 from 8. Joselu had a penalty saved for Alaves.

Match stats

Atletico Madrid Alaves
8 Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.65 xG 1.11
0.65 Non-penalty xG 0.37
7 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Atletico Madrid Alaves
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Luis Suárez
Assist: Kieran Trippier1-0 (Atletico Madrid)
54’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Atletico Madrid
  • Stefan Savic
  • Yannick Carrasco
  • Saúl Ñíguez
Alaves
  • Rodrigo Battaglia
  • Jota

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.65 1.11 54’ Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid), 1-0 54’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.65 1.11 54’ Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid), 1-0 Suárez 54’
Atletico Madrid 0.65 xGAlaves 1.11 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Alaves attacking Atletico Madrid attacking 
86’ Joselu (Alaves), penalty, 0.74 xG, saved 54’ Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 59’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 5’ Edgar Méndez (Alaves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 24’ Joselu (Alaves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 36’ Pere Pons (Alaves), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ Joselu (Alaves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 37’ Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Joselu (Alaves), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Facundo Pellistri (Alaves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Facundo Pellistri (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Koke (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Ximo Navarro (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 9’ Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 15’ Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Joselu (Alaves), penalty, 0.74 xG, saved 54’ Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 59’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 5’ Edgar Méndez (Alaves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 24’ Joselu (Alaves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 36’ Pere Pons (Alaves), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ Joselu (Alaves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 37’ Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Joselu (Alaves), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Facundo Pellistri (Alaves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Facundo Pellistri (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Koke (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Ximo Navarro (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 9’ Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 15’ Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jan Oblak GK900 0.000.000
Stefan Savic DEF900 0.000.000
Mario Hermoso DEF900 0.000.000
Giménez DEF900 0.000.000
Koke MID901 0.020.000
Kieran Trippier MID9010 0.000.462
Marcos Llorente MID901 0.080.061
Thomas Lemar MID761 0.010.041
Yannick Carrasco MID900 0.000.051
Luis Suárez FWD9014 0.480.000
Ángel Correa FWD761 0.050.000
Héctor Herrera Sub140 0.000.000
Saúl Ñíguez Sub140 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atletico Madrid win 71% Avg odds 1.34
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.93
Alaves win 9% Avg odds 10.22

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

Form going into the game

Atletico Madrid LWDWD
Alaves LLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Alaves 1-2 Atletico Madrid, 03 Jan 21 Next meeting: Alaves 1-0 Atletico Madrid, 25 Sep 21  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.