Deportivo Alav\u00e9s host Real Madrid at the Estadio de Mendizorroza on Sunday, December 14, 2025, in a La Liga Matchday 16 clash kicking off at 20:00 UTC (9:00 PM CET). The Basque side, sitting comfortably in mid-table, will look to exploit a Real Madrid team mired in a crisis under manager Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n
Alav\u00e9s enter the game in 11th place with a solid home record: four wins, two draws, and two defeats in eight league matches at Mendizorroza this season. They are coming off a 1-0 victory over local rivals Real Sociedad, ending a three-game losing streak and boosting confidence ahead of this tough fixture.<\/p>\n
Real Madrid, second in the table and chasing leaders Barcelona, are in poor form, winning just once in their last five La Liga games. Recent back-to-back home defeats\u2014to Celta Vigo (La Liga) and Manchester City (Champions League)\u2014have piled pressure on Xabi Alonso, with reports of dressing room unrest and speculation over his future.<\/p>\n
Deportivo Alav\u00e9s (4-1-4-1)<\/strong>: Sivera; Otto, Tenaglia, Pacheco, Parada; Guevara; Calebe, Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez, Su\u00e1rez, Rebbach; Boy\u00e9.<\/p>\n Lucas Boy\u00e9, who scored the winner against Real Sociedad, will lead the line and look to capitalize on Madrid\u2019s makeshift defense.<\/p>\n Real Madrid (4-3-3 or improvised)<\/strong>: Courtois; Valverde, R\u00fcdiger, Asencio, Huijsen; Tchouam\u00e9ni, Ceballos, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Garc\u00eda, Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior.<\/p>\n Alav\u00e9s are tough to beat at home and could frustrate a depleted Real Madrid. However, Los Blancos\u2019 quality in attack should edge a narrow win, despite their vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n Predicted Score: Alav\u00e9s 1-2 Real Madrid<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deportivo Alav\u00e9s host Real Madrid at the Estadio de Mendizorroza on Sunday, December 14, 2025, in a La Liga Matchday\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":37532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Score Prediction<\/h2>\n