Pre-match info: 7 points split the participants ahead of this match, Málaga on top. Will Burgos take the guests by surprise?
- Burgos have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in La Liga 2
- Málaga have yet to win a game away.
Burgos and Málaga should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Burgos form and stats
4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Burgos so far this season. When Burgos hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Ponferradina, Real Valladolid, Las Palmas, Almería, Tenerife and Eibar), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
Burgos are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus FC Cartagena. José Antonio Caro had a busy but productive day in the FC Cartagena match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented. The goalie José Antonio Caro was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.31 out of ten. Caro stopped the opponent with eight saves.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Ponferradina.There will be little rest for Burgos after this match as they are travelling to Montijo for a Copa Del Rey game in only three days.
Burgos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Defensively Burgos have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Málaga form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Málaga so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Málaga has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Málaga won their last game, 2-1 versus Las Palmas played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager J. López Menéndez when Sekou Gassama scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute. Alberto Escassi got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Escassi dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 39 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Tenerife.The attacking power of Málaga when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Málaga have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Valcarce Vidal 4 goals | J. García García 3 goals |   P. de la Fuente Gómez 3 goals |
Burgos missing players
Málaga missing players
| Burgos | Málaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 16 | 19 |
| 88% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 88% |
| 47% | 38% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 88% | 65% |
| 29% | 25% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 41% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 47% |
| 29% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 41% |
| 59% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 24% |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.5 | 11 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.8 | 11.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 28% | 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 26% |
| 14.5 | 11.5 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 12.9 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
- Burgos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Burgos have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in La Liga 2
- Burgos have the most matches under the total-line (10) in La Liga 2
- Málaga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Málaga have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Almería | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Eibar | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 32 |
| 3 | Tenerife | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Ponferradina | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Real Valladolid | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Las Palmas | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Málaga | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 8 | FC Cartagena | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Real Oviedo | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | UD Ibiza | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Real Zaragoza | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Sporting Gijón | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Huesca | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 14 | Girona | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 | Lugo | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 16 | Mirandés | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | Burgos | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Real Sociedad II | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 19 | Fuenlabrada | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 17 |
| 20 | Leganes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 15 |
| 21 | Amorebieta | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 22 | Alcorcón | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 8 |