Real Madrid vs Deportivo Alaves prediction, odds and how to watch

Real Madrid arrive at this fixture in commanding form and with a perfect head-to-head record against Deportivo Alaves. The visitors have not won in five La Liga matches and look set for another difficult afternoon at the Bernabeu.

Real Madrid have scored freely in the Champions League but cannot keep a clean sheet to save themselves. PSV arrive quietly, but they are not here to make up the numbers.

Deportivo Alaves and Deportivo La Coruña meet on Saturday with neither side having won a single La Liga match in their last five. Something has to give. Does it?

Leaked Real Madrid team news confirms Denzel Dumfries will start at right-back ahead of Trent Alexander-Arnold in Sunday's Clasico, with the former Liverpool star now rated third choice under Jose Mourinho. Liverpool, meanwhile, have no active plan to bring him home despite the slump.

José Mourinho's knee-slide celebration at Camp Nou capped a 2-0 Clásico win built on a Kylian Mbappé brace, turning a chaotic first 100 days back at Real Madrid into vindication while raising fresh questions about Barcelona's big-game fragility.

Kylian Mbappe's brace, including his 100th Real Madrid goal, sank Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou and ended their nine-game unbeaten run, pulling Jose Mourinho's side to within three points of the summit while extending his remarkable unbeaten Clasico record as Real boss.

Barcelona can set a new La Liga record with a 10th consecutive win to open a season when they host Real Madrid on Sunday, but Jose Mourinho arrives fresh off two 4-1 wins and declaring 'Madrid with Mourinho wins trophies'. Barca's defensive cracks, exposed by a 4-2 Champions League loss to PSG, make this far from a formality.

José Mourinho makes his first Clásico return as Real Madrid manager on Sunday, back at the Camp Nou where he began as Bobby Robson's translator before becoming Barcelona's fiercest rival. Three months into his second Madrid spell, his calmer public tone is undercut by the same calculated gamesmanship, including a press no-show designed to protect his touchline availability.