Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, December 8, 2018
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Atlético Madrid WDWDW 3
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Match Report

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Atletico Madrid beat Alaves to go level with La Liga leaders Barcelona

Atletico Madrid moved into provisional second place in La Liga with a 3-0 win over fourth-placed Alaves on Saturday to join leaders Barcelona on 28

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
20
4
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
3
52.4
Possession
47.6
13
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
269
Accurate Passes
243
372
Passes
340
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
56
23
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
6
12
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
12
Interceptions
9
21
Effective Clearances
30
21
Clearances
30

Head to Head

ATM leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ATM · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 21Lucas HernándezCD-L
  3. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  4. 8Saúl ÑíguezLB
  5. 4Santiago AriasRB
  6. 14RodriCM-L
  7. 5Thomas ParteyCM-R
  8. 11Thomas LemarLM
  9. 10Ángel CorreaRM
  10. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-L
  11. 9Nikola KalinicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24José María GiménezSUB
  2. 32Borja GarcésSUB
  3. 1Antonio AdánSUB
  4. 18Gelson MartinsSUB
  5. 35Francisco MonteroSUB
  6. 23VitoloSUB
  7. 47Joaquín MuñozSUB

ALA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Fernando PachecoG
  2. 15Ximo NavarroCD-L
  3. 5Víctor LaguardiaCD-R
  4. 3Rubén DuarteLB
  5. 21Martín AguirregabiriaRB
  6. 8Tomás PinaCM
  7. 22Mubarak WakasoLM
  8. 19Manu GarcíaRM
  9. 12Jonathan CalleriF
  10. 23JonyLF
  11. 11Ibai GómezRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Borja BastónSUB
  2. 14BurguiSUB
  3. 7Rubén SobrinoSUB
  4. 13Antonio SiveraSUB
  5. 6Guillermo MaripánSUB
  6. 10John GuidettiSUB
  7. 20Darko BrasanacSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Nikola Kalinic (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Jonathan Calleri (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 16' Tomás Pina (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 22' Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 25' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 1, Alavés 0. Nikola Kalinic (Atlético de Madrid) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Santiago Arias with a cross.
  6. 36' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. José Giménez replaces Lucas Hernández because of an injury.
  7. 37' Ximo Navarro (Alavés) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 45' Substitution, Alavés. Borja Bastón replaces Mubarak Wakaso.
  9. 56' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Vitolo replaces Nikola Kalinic.
  10. 58' Santiago Arias (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 64' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Francisco Montero replaces Thomas Lemar.
  12. 72' Substitution, Alavés. Burgui replaces Ibai Gómez.
  13. 79' Thomas Partey (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 81' Substitution, Alavés. Rubén Sobrino replaces Martín Aguirregabiria.
  15. 82' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 2, Alavés 0. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
  16. 87' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 3, Alavés 0. Rodrigo (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  17. 90'+1' Francisco Montero (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+2' Víctor Laguardia (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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