Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, March 21, 2021
Alavés LLLLD 0
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Atlético Madrid WDWDL 1
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Match Report

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Suarez, Oblak give Atletico Madrid nervy win over Alaves

Atletico Madrid earned a vital 1-0 victory at home to Alaves in La Liga on Sunday thanks to Jan Oblak and Luis Suarez.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
17
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
38.1
Possession
61.9
9
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
225
Accurate Passes
442
326
Passes
539
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.1
66
Long Balls
62
24
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
9
20
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
17
Interceptions
9
25
Effective Clearances
14
25
Clearances
14

Head to Head

ATM leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ATM · 3-1-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 2José María GiménezCD
  3. 22Mario HermosoCD-L
  4. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  5. 6KokeSW
  6. 11Thomas LemarCM-L
  7. 14Marcos LlorenteCM-R
  8. 21Yannick CarrascoLM
  9. 23Kieran TrippierRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezCF-L
  11. 10Ángel CorreaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Saúl Ñíguez
  2. 4Geoffrey Kondogbia
  3. 24Sime Vrsaljko
  4. 16Héctor Herrera
  5. 1Ivo Grbic
  6. 19Moussa Dembélé
  7. 12Renan Lodi
  8. 18Felipe
  9. 20Vitolo
  10. 5Lucas Torreira

ALA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Fernando PachecoG
  2. 22Florian LejeuneCD-L
  3. 5Víctor LaguardiaCD-R
  4. 6Rodrigo BattagliaDM
  5. 3Rubén DuarteLB
  6. 23Ximo NavarroRB
  7. 20Pere PonsCM-L
  8. 24JotaCM-R
  9. 16Édgar MéndezLM
  10. 37Facundo PellistriRM
  11. 9JoseluF

Substitutes

  1. 2Alberto RodríguezSUB
  2. 11Luis RiojaSUB
  3. 14DeyversonSUB
  4. 21Martín AguirregabiriaSUB
  5. 26Javi LópezSUB
  6. 17Iñigo CórdobaSUB
  7. 30Abdallahi MahmoudSUB
  8. 13Antonio SiveraSUB
  9. 18BurguiSUB
  10. 29Borja SainzSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' VAR Decision: No Penalty Atletico Madrid.
  2. 33' Jota (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 54' Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, Alavés 0. Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a cross.
  4. 54' Rubén Duarte (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Substitution, Alavés. Luis Rioja replaces Edgar Méndez.
  6. 70' Substitution, Alavés. Tachi replaces Víctor Laguardia because of an injury.
  7. 70' Substitution, Alavés. Abdallahi Mahmoud replaces Jota.
  8. 74' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Saúl Ñíguez replaces Ángel Correa.
  9. 74' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Héctor Herrera replaces Thomas Lemar.
  10. 76' Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 79' Substitution, Alavés. Borja Sainz replaces Pere Pons.
  12. 85' Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Penalty saved! Joselu (Alavés) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  14. 88' Rodrigo Battaglia (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+2' Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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