Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. (Photo : Getty Images)
Last season's Segunda Division champions Deportivo Alaves (2-3-4, 10 points) is scheduled to clash with current league leaders Real Madrid CF (6-0-3, 21 points) at the Mendizorrotza Stadium on Oct. 29, Saturday as the 2016-2017 La Liga season round 10 competitions continue.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 10:15 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Alaves is currently on a three-game winless slide as the team is also winless in five of their last six matches, which dropped them to the 13th place in the current league table. They are tied on points with fellow newly-promoted side Leganes but has a superior goal difference to capture the higher spot.
Head coach Mauricio Pellegrino's side is coming off a disappointing 0-3 demolition in the hands of contending team Real Sociedad on the road at the Anoeta Stadium last Saturday, as per Sofa Score.
Babazorros were not able to respond with anything to the hosts' three-goal haul as they succumbed to their first shutout loss in the season.
La Real captain Xabi Prieto opened the scoring in the 22nd minute before forwards Willian Jose and Carlos Vela added two more in the second half, in the 57th and 87th minutes respectively, to hand their visitors their second loss in three games.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid survived a close game against Athletic Bilbao, 2-1, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium last Sunday, the Mirror reported.
Spanish striker Alvaro Morata was Real's savior as he scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute after the game was tied at 1-1 in the first half.
French striker Karim Benzema scored the opening goal for head coach Zinedine Zidane's team right in the seventh minute of the match. However, the count was leveled 20 minutes later by Bilbao forward Sabin Merino with a close-range strike.
The win, Los Blancos' second straight after three consecutive drawn matches, propelled the hosts to the top of the overall standings, leapfrogging Atletico Madrid who lost their own round 9 fixture.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 3-0 rout for Real Madrid.
Alaves starting lineup (4-5-1 formation): Pacheco; Vigaray, Laguardia, Feddal, Garcia; Ortega, Camarasa, Llorente, Torres, Katai; Deyverson
Real Madrid starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Navas; Carvajal, Pepe, Varane, Marcelo; Kovacic, Kroos, Isco; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo
