Atletico vs. Alaves - prediction, team news, lineups

Atletico Madrid will be aiming to make it six straight La Liga victories when they welcome Alaves to Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday night.

Diego Simeone's side are fourth in the <a href="/football/la-liga/table.html">La Liga table</a>, picking up 22 points from their opening nine league games, while Alaves are down in 15th, boasting nine points from their first 10 matches of 2023-24.

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Atletico are a game behind 18 of the other 19 teams in the division, as their fixture with Sevilla, which was scheduled for the start of September, had to be postponed due to bad weather in the Madrid area.

As a result, their position in the table and points total . . .