Atletico Madrid beat Alaves 1-0

Match report

Alaves were beaten 1-0 by Atletico Madrid at Metropolitano Stadium on Sunday, 18 January 2026 in La Liga matchday 20. A. Sorloth scored the only goal of the game for Atletico Madrid in the 48th minute. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Atletico Madrid had 54% of the ball and 23 shots (6 on target) against Alaves’s 8 (0 on target). Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) was the top-rated player with 8.0. The result leaves Atletico Madrid 2nd in the La Liga table on 16 points and Alaves 6th on 11.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Atletico Madrid

2nd · 16 points · P 7 W 5 D 1 L 1

Form

Alaves

6th · 11 points · P 7 W 3 D 2 L 2

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Barcelona	7	+24	21
2	Atletico Madrid	7	+9	16
3	Real Betis	7	+2	16
5	Sevilla	7	+1	13
6	Alaves	7	+5	11
7	Deportivo La Coruna	7	+2	10

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 10 Oct 2026, Alaves – Atletico Madrid

Full Atletico Madrid vs Alaves head-to-head

Match events

6'yellow cardPablo IbáñezYellow Card
27'yellow cardJohnny CardosoYellow Card
48'goalA. SorlothAssist: P. Barrios
54'substitutionJ. GuridiOff: D. Suarez
55'substitutionP. IbanezOff: A. Guevara
55'substitutionT. MartinezOff: L. Boye
62'substitutionG. SimeoneOff: Koke
62'substitutionT. AlmadaOff: A. Baena
62'substitutionJ. AlvarezOff: A. Griezmann
69'substitutionC. AlenaOff: A. Rebbach
78'substitutionJ. CardosoOff: R. Le Normand
81'substitutionA. BlancoOff: A. Manas
86'substitutionA. SorlothOff: N. Molina

Lineups

Atletico Madrid

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Diego Simeone

Starting XI

Substitutes

Alaves

Formation 4-1-4-1 · Coach Quique Sanchez Flores

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

54%Possession46%
1.78Expected goals (xG)0.85
23Total shots8
6Shots on target0
9Shots off target6
8Blocked shots2
16Shots inside the box6
7Shots outside the box2
6Corners6
2Offsides1
13Fouls5
1Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
0Goalkeeper saves4
555Passes464
488Accurate passes383
88%Pass accuracy83%
-0.08Goals prevented-0.08

Player statistics

Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
13Jan OblakG	90	6.9				32 · 78%
3Matteo RuggeriD	90	7.2				44 · 93%	3	1	2/11
14Marcos LlorenteD	90	7.3			1 (0)	65 · 91%	2	3	3/7
17Dávid HanckoD	90	7.3				72 · 89%	1	2	4/8
18Marc PubillD	90	7.3			2 (0)	60 · 93%		1	7/8
5Johnny CardosoM	78	7.0				44 · 93%		3	4/12
8Pablo BarriosMTop rated	90	8.0		1	1 (0)	57 · 91%	5	6	7/9
11Thiago AlmadaM	62	6.7			3 (2)	36 · 81%	3	2	2/5
20Giuliano SimeoneM	62	6.3			3 (1)	32 · 88%	2	1	5/12
9Alexander SørlothF	86	7.9	1		2 (2)	23 · 78%		2	6/9
19Julián AlvarezF	62	7.3			2 (1)	29 · 79%	2		8/10
1Juan MussoG	–	–
31Salvador EsquivelG	–	–
2José María GiménezD	–	–
16Nahuel MolinaD	10	6.9				1 · 100%
24Robin Le NormandD	12	6.6				7 · 100%
6KokeM	28	6.7				26 · 88%		1	1/3
10Alejandro BaenaM	28	7.0			1 (0)	13 · 77%		1	3/4
27Jano MonserrateM	–	–
7Antoine GriezmannF	28	6.3				14 · 79%		1	2/3
29Rayane BelaidF	–	–

Alaves

Alaves player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Antonio SiveraG	90	6.7		37 · 59%
5Jon PachecoD	90	7.0	1 (0)	48 · 88%		2	4/4
14Nahuel TenagliaD	90	6.9		49 · 98%		3	4/8
17Jonny OttoD	90	6.3		76 · 83%			1/5
24Victor ParadaD	90	7.5		25 · 84%	1	1	5/11
7Carlos VicenteM	90	7.2		32 · 84%	1	1	11/14
8Antonio BlancoM	81	6.7		55 · 87%	1	3	6/14
10Carles AleñáM	69	6.7		21 · 90%		2	5/9
18Jon GuridiM	54	6.3	1 (0)	20 · 75%		1	2/7
19Pablo IbáñezM	55	6.2		19 · 74%			1/7
11Toni MartínezF	55	6.2	1 (0)	13 · 54%			3/10
13Raúl FernándezG	–	–
3Youssef Enriquez LekhedimD	–	–
4Denis SuárezM	36	6.9		29 · 83%	1		2/3
6Ander GuevaraM	35	6.5	1 (0)	28 · 79%		1	2/4
20Calebe GonçalvesM	–	–
23Carlos BenavídezM	–	–
15Lucas BoyéF	35	6.3	2 (0)	2 · 50%		1	1/3
21Abderrahman RebbachF	21	7.0		8 · 100%	3		0/2
34Aitor MañasF	9	6.3		2 · 100%