Atletico Madrid's fading hopes of winning the La Liga title suffered another blow after being held to a goalless draw away to relegation-threatened Deportivo Alaves. (As It Happened | More Football News)
Atletico Madrid have only won two of their last eight La Liga away games (D3 L3) after this drab draw at Alaves. Diego Simeone's side have also scored in just five of their 14 Spanish league visits to Alaves
Atletico Madrid's fading hopes of winning the La Liga title suffered another blow after being held to a goalless draw away to relegation-threatened Deportivo Alaves. (As It Happened | More Football News)
A drab performance leaves Atletico nine points behind leaders Barcelona, who could extend that advantage when they travel to Real Valladolid later on Saturday.
Julian Alvarez was dismissed for planting a high boot on Facundo Garces, though the red card was overturned after the referee consulted the pitchside monitor following a VAR review in an uneventful first half.
Diego Simeone made five changes in the second half in a bid to shake up the game, but Atletico were unable to find a decisive goal.
Kike Garcia almost grabbed a late winner for the hosts but saw his low effort palmed away by Jan Oblak as바카라 웹사이트Alaves moved up to 16th and바카라 웹사이트three points clear of the relegation places.
Data Debrief: Atletico's Alaves struggles continue
Atletico have only won two of their last eight바카라 웹사이트LaLiga away games (D3바카라 웹사이트L3) after this drab draw at Alaves.
Simeone's side have also scored in just five of their 14 LaLiga visits to Alaves, with their 36% percentage their lowest바카라 웹사이트on the road against an opponent in their entire history in the competition that they have played five times or more.
This was far from a classic on Saturday, with Atletico only accumulating 0.54 expected goals to Alaves' 0.61 as both sides amassed just two shots on target each in a hard-fought clash.
There are not many positives for Simeone to take from this, though Atletico have now kept a clean sheet in 15 of their 34 games, more than any other side in LaLiga this season.