Spanish LALIGA

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Atlético Madrid WWWDW 1
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Alavés LLWWW 0
  • Fernando Torres 74'
Riyadh Air Metropolitano · 49,884 att.

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Fernando Torres' goal carries Atletico Madrid into second place

Fernando Torres' first goal in La Liga this season gave Atletico Madrid a hard-fought 1-0 win over Alaves on Saturday and lifted the club into second.

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Last five matches

DateOppResultCompetition
11/8/26 vs Barcelona L 1-2 Spanish LALIGA
11/3/26 vs Bayern Munich L 0-2 UEFA Champions League
10/31/26 @ Levante W 2-0 Spanish LALIGA
10/24/26 vs Deportivo W 1-0 Spanish LALIGA
10/20/26 @ VfB Stuttgart D 1-1 UEFA Champions League
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Team Stats

ALA ATM
16
Fouls
14
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
0
36.4
Possession
63.6
11
SHOTS
10
0
ON GOAL
4
0
On Target %
40
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
219
Accurate Passes
457
320
Passes
554
70
Pass Completion %
80
3
Accurate Crosses
5
12
Crosses
24
30
Cross %
20
59
Long Balls
69
18
Accurate Long Balls
39
30
Long Balls %
60
6
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
14
15
Tackles
21
70
Tackle %
70
28
Effective Clearances
20
28
Clearances
20

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

ATM Last 5 matchups ALA
  1. 0 2002/2003 Spanish Primera División FT 2003-05-10 @ ATM 1
  2. 1 2005-2006 Spanish Primera División FT 2005-12-11 @ ATM 1
  3. 1 2005-2006 Spanish Primera División FT 2006-04-22 @ ALA 0
  4. 1 2016-17 Spanish LaLiga FT 2016-08-21 @ ATM 1
  5. 0 2016-17 Spanish LaLiga FT 2017-01-28 @ ALA 0

Lineups

Confirmed

ATM · 4-4-2

  1. Jan OblakG13
  2. Diego GodínCD-L21
  3. Stefan SavicCD-R151
  4. Filipe LuísLB3
  5. Sime VrsaljkoRB161
  6. GabiCM-L14
  7. KokeCM-R613
  8. Saúl ÑíguezLM81
  9. Thomas ParteyRM5
  10. Antoine GriezmannCF-L712
  11. Kevin GameiroCF-R21

Substitutes

  1. Miguel Ángel MoyàSUB1
  2. Ángel CorreaSUB11
  3. Lucas HernándezSUB19
  4. Fernando TorresSUB9
  5. Augusto FernándezSUB12
  6. Yannick CarrascoSUB1011
  7. JuanfranSUB20

ALA · 4-4-2

  1. Fernando PachecoG12
  2. Guillermo MaripánCD-L6
  3. AlexisCD-R4
  4. Rubén DuarteLB31
  5. Martín AguirregabiriaRB321
  6. Manu GarcíaCM-L192
  7. Tomás PinaCM-R18
  8. Alfonso PedrazaLM172
  9. Ibai GómezRM111
  10. BurguiCF-L14
  11. Munir El HaddadiCF-R244

Substitutes

  1. Álvaro MedránSUB23
  2. Daniel TorresSUB16
  3. Bojan KrkicSUB15
  4. Adrián DiéguezSUB26
  5. Antonio SiveraSUB13
  6. Mubarak WakasoSUB22
  7. Christian SantosSUB9

LALIGA News

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