Real Madrid vs Alaves .. Figures and statistics before the confrontation

Real Madrid vs Alaves .. Figures and statistics before the confrontation

Saturday's fifth-round clash between Real Madrid and third-placed Real Madrid will take place on Saturday at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

Real are looking to maintain their third place in the standings after Girona, while Deportivo Alaves are looking to continue their positive results in the Primera Liga and win their fourth consecutive win.

The following are the most important figures and statistics for this match:

* Real Madrid have not beaten in the last 11 games against Alaves in the Spanish league, winning ten wins and one draw, and also won the last eight games in a row, scoring an average of 3.5 goals per game.

* Deportivo Alaves won the last three league games in the Spanish league and scored five goals in total, but the Basque team has never won four consecutive victories before.

Real Madrid have lost only two times in the last 25 against Deportivo Alaves in the Primera Liga, their last defeat against the Basque club came in Santiago Bernabeu (0-1) in May 2000.

* After losing and failing to score two matches in the Primera Liga, Real Madrid won the last two games of the Liga at the Santiago Bernabeu, scoring an average of six goals per game.

* Deportivo Alaves has the lowest level of control in the Spanish league this season, with an average of 37.46 percent at the end of the 24th round.

* Deportivo Alaves striker Ibay Gomez scored three goals against Real Madrid in the Spanish league, more against any other team in this Spanish league, along with Girona and Villarreal.

* Ebay Gomez is the only player from the current Deportivo Alaves squad who scored more than one goal at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Spanish league in November 2012 and September 2013.

* Cristiano Ronaldo has been directly involved in scoring seven of the last nine goals scored by Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Spanish league, scoring five goals and making two critical passes.

Deportivo Alaves is one of three clubs Cristiano Ronaldo has faced at Santiago Bernabeu, but has yet to reach the Spanish league, along with Legianis and Tenerife.

* Abelardo Fernandez Antonia has not won any of his three matches as a coach against Real Madrid in the Spanish league, losing on two occasions and tied in one match, all with Sporting Gijon.