Atlético de Madrid receives Deportivo Alavés today, on matchday 14 of the First Division, with the colchoneros wanting to confirm their good streak prior to the national team break, with four consecutive wins, and continue closing the gap with respect to the leadership, while the babazorros will look for points to maintain their margin with relegation .
The Riyadh Air Metropolitano will once again be the protagonist after the last international break of the year, in a special match for the head of the local bench. Not in vain, the Argentine Diego Pablo Simeone He will complete 700 games as a red and white coach, so his team will try to give him a victory worthy of such a historic figure.
Los 'Cholo' boyswho start the day third with 26 points (W7, D5 and L1) and in Champions League positions, will seek to extend their good form of the last month. Seven points behind the leader Barcelona and a single point behind Real Madrid in second place, the red and whites do not want to give up definitively.
At home, the colchoneros have so far shown muscle in this competition, with four wins and two draws. Furthermore, they are the least beaten in front of his fans, with only two goals against. Éder Militão (Real Madrid) and Yvan Neyou (Leganés) are the only ones who have managed to pierce Jan Oblak's goal, a sign of the defensive power of the red and whites in their fiefdom of San Blas-Canillejas.
Atlético has confirmed the midfielder's absences Thomas Lemar, who continues to recover from his eternal injury, and winger Nahuel Molina, who suffers a muscle injury suffered with his national team, in addition to Le Normand.
Also today, Betis will try to dig into Valencia's wound in Mestalla, Diego Martínez's UD Las Palmas from Vigo will look for a new victory against Mallorca and Girona will try to defeat Espanyol in the Montilivi derby.
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