Now with a 7 point gap from Barcelona, Madrid is increasingly struggling to reduce the gap. Although today they played against Alaves and won 3 points, it does not mean that Barcelona is careless. Their competitors are unstoppable, Hansi Flick and his team are in the most likely mode to win the Quadruple this season (Supercopa de Espana, La Liga, Copa del Rey and UCL).
Madrid's gap is just getting even bigger with Barca. It's doubted me they can win against alaves without getting a tough game. They have pretty good odds (1.68), but since it was away game. I don't really expect them to pocket three points from their opponent.
It will still be a hard game for them consider Alaves is having spirit to avoid the relegation zone. Alaves is still having chance to farm one or three points at best. Otherwise, Their chance to win against alaves is relatively small. It's getting even worst when they play Vazquez and Alaba as starting line up.
Nevertheless, i'm still counting on madrid to farm three points, though their chance is not dominant in this game. I believe it's still give them 90 minutes of pain. Expect alaves to pay low-defensive block, and make them frustrated to score.