Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, October 24, 2026
Deportivo DLDLD 0
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Atlético Madrid WWWWD 1
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DEP000
ATM011
Riyadh Air Metropolitano · 68,674 att.

Match Report

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Álvarez's 1st LaLiga home goal in 11 months sees Atlético close gap to Barça

Julián Álvarez scored his first LaLiga goal in eight months as Atlético Madrid beat Deportivo 1-0 to climb to within two points of leaders Barcelona.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
5
44.4
Possession
55.6
15
SHOTS
20
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
376
Accurate Passes
483
432
Passes
546
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
1
14
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.1
41
Long Balls
42
15
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
11
11
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
16
Interceptions
5
20
Effective Clearances
11
20
Clearances
11

Highlights

01:10 Atletico Madrid vs. Deportivo La Coruña - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 00:59 Julián Álvarez scores goal for Atletico Madrid Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ATM leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ATM · 4-3-3

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 17Dávid HanckoCD-L
  3. 18Marc PubillCD-R
  4. 22Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 14Marcos LlorenteRB
  6. 23Morten HjulmandCM
  7. 10Álex BaenaLM
  8. 8Pablo BarriosRM
  9. 19Julián ÁlvarezF
  10. 11Ademola LookmanLF
  11. 7Lee Kang-InRF

Substitutes

  1. 4Rodrigo MendozaSUB
  2. 20Giuliano SimeoneSUB
  3. 3Obed VargasSUB
  4. 27Jorge DomínguezSUB
  5. 25Salvi EsquivelSUB
  6. 46Jorge CastilloSUB
  7. 30Daniel MartinezSUB
  8. 15Jonathan DavidSUB
  9. 24Robin Le NormandSUB
  10. 9Alexander SørlothSUB
  11. 16Arnau OrtizSUB
  12. 1Juan MussoSUB

DEP · 5-3-2

  1. 13Leo RománG
  2. 20José María GiménezCD
  3. 15Miguel LoureiroCD-L
  4. 2Adrià AltimiraCD-R
  5. 12Giacomo QuagliataLB
  6. 11David MellaRB
  7. 16Lorenzo AmatucciCM
  8. 8Diego VillaresCM-L
  9. 21Mario Soriano CarrenoCM-R
  10. 10Yeremay HernándezCF-L
  11. 32Bil NsongoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17AngeliñoSUB
  2. 19Luismi CruzSUB
  3. 4Lucas NoubiSUB
  4. 14Riki RodríguezSUB
  5. 23Ximo NavarroSUB
  6. 33Kevin SánchezSUB
  7. 35RubénSUB
  8. 25Álvaro FernándezSUB
  9. 18Jonathan Asp JensenSUB
  10. 3Arnau ComasSUB
  11. 5Dani BarciaSUB
  12. 24Adama TraoréSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Marc Pubill (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 33' Delay in match because of an injury Alejandro Grimaldo (Atletico Madrid).
  3. 33'
  4. 34' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 34'
  6. 45' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Giuliano Simeone replaces Pablo Barrios.
  7. 45' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Robin Le Normand replaces Ademola Lookman.
  8. 48' Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, Deportivo de A Coruña 0. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo.
  9. 58' Substitution, Deportivo de A Coruña. Adama Traoré replaces David Mella.
  10. 58' Substitution, Deportivo de A Coruña. Luismi Cruz replaces Diego Villares.
  11. 61' Delay in match because of an injury Miguel Loureiro (Deportivo de A Coruña).
  12. 61'
  13. 63' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  14. 63'
  15. 67' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Alexander Sørloth replaces Lee Kang-In.
  16. 75' Yeremay Hernández (Deportivo de A Coruña) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 79' Giacomo Quagliata (Deportivo de A Coruña) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 80' Substitution, Deportivo de A Coruña. Kevin Sánchez replaces Bil Nsongo.
  19. 80' Substitution, Deportivo de A Coruña. Jonathan Asp Jensen replaces Giacomo Quagliata.
  20. 80' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo Mendoza replaces Morten Hjulmand.
  21. 84' Substitution, Deportivo de A Coruña. Riki Rodríguez replaces Lorenzo Amatucci.
  22. 85' Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  23. 86' Álex Baena (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  24. 87' Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

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