Delightful dogfight as daring Cádiz duels with determined Málaga

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 16.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ramón de Carranza (25033 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Cádiz leading Málaga by 21 points.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cádiz form and stats

28 points is a decent return from 13 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio Ramón de Carranza for Cádiz, who have the most scored goals (22) at home in La Liga 2,. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

Cádiz are returning here after visiting Las Palmas in a La Liga 2 game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Álex and Alberto Perea scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Real Zaragoza that ended 1-1.

Cádiz goalkeeper Alberto did an outstanding job against Las Palmas with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cádiz handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, three draws and zero defeats.

The Cádiz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 13 league matches. Cádiz are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Ramón de Carranza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Málaga form and stats

There's been little loot from Málaga's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the La Liga 2. Málaga only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws.

Málaga won their last game, 2-1 versus Numancia played at home. A 0-2 defeat away at Elche before that.

Málaga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Málaga are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 7 goals from 14 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Málaga - Cádiz 1-2 played earlier this season. Cádiz-Málaga H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cádiz four wins, Málaga three wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CádizA. Fernández Iglesias
A. Fernández Iglesias
10 goals
MálagaA. Sadiku
A. Sadiku
10 goals
CádizA. Perea Correoso
A. Perea Correoso
5 goals

Cádiz missing players

Málaga missing players

Cádiz Málaga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 14 27
15 8 4 Won W 0 2 6
7 4 0 Drew D 2 6 13
5 1 0 Lost L 3 6 8
38 22 8 Scored S 2 7 23
25 12 3 Conceded C 7 12 25
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 79% 81%
70% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 43% 56%
44% 46% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 7% 22%
15% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 7% 11%
7% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
52% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 20% 21% 41%
33% 46% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 36% 33%
26% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 64% 44%
 
5.5 7.3 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.9 5.5
3.7 2.9 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.9 4
2.6 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.3 2.7
7 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
254 150 56 Total Shots T S 29 114 292
98 51 18 Shots on Target S O 6 36 92
39% 43% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 19% 25%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Cádiz has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
  • Cádiz has the most scored goals (22) at home
  • Cádiz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cádiz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Málaga have scored away.
  • Cádiz have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Cádiz have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Málaga has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cádiz 27 15 7 5 38 25 13 8 4 1 22 12 14 7 3 4 16 13 13 52
2 Almeria 27 12 10 5 44 27 13 7 2 4 21 13 14 5 8 1 23 14 17 46
3 Real Zaragoza 26 12 8 6 36 25 14 7 4 3 20 11 12 5 4 3 16 14 11 44
4 Huesca 27 13 4 10 32 26 13 10 1 2 21 9 14 3 3 8 11 17 6 43
5 Girona 27 12 5 10 34 31 14 9 3 2 20 11 13 3 2 8 14 20 3 41
6 Elche 27 10 10 7 35 28 13 4 6 3 17 14 14 6 4 4 18 14 7 40
7 Fuenlabrada 27 9 11 7 29 26 13 5 6 2 16 12 14 4 5 5 13 14 3 38
8 Numancia 27 9 10 8 32 28 14 7 4 3 16 8 13 2 6 5 16 20 4 37
9 Ponferradina 27 8 12 7 35 31 14 6 7 1 20 10 13 2 5 6 15 21 4 36
10 Mirandes 26 8 12 6 35 36 13 5 7 1 15 9 13 3 5 5 20 27 -1 36
11 Rayo Vallecano 26 7 14 5 33 28 13 5 6 2 17 13 13 2 8 3 16 15 5 35
12 Las Palmas 27 9 8 10 31 32 14 5 4 5 19 18 13 4 4 5 12 14 -1 35
13 Alcorcon 27 7 13 7 30 30 14 4 3 7 15 20 13 3 10 0 15 10 0 34
14 Deportivo La Coruna 27 8 9 10 25 37 13 5 4 4 16 18 14 3 5 6 9 19 -12 33
15 Tenerife 27 8 8 11 34 35 13 4 5 4 16 16 14 4 3 7 18 19 -1 32
16 Sporting Gijón 27 8 8 11 25 29 14 6 4 4 19 14 13 2 4 7 6 15 -4 32
17 Málaga 27 6 13 8 23 25 13 4 7 2 16 13 14 2 6 6 7 12 -2 31
18 Real Oviedo 27 6 11 10 33 39 13 3 8 2 16 15 14 3 3 8 17 24 -6 29
19 Albacete 26 8 5 13 19 32 13 3 4 6 8 14 13 5 1 7 11 18 -13 29
20 Extremadura UD 27 6 8 13 24 37 14 3 4 7 11 17 13 3 4 6 13 20 -13 26
21 Lugo 27 5 11 11 25 39 14 4 5 5 16 23 13 1 6 6 9 16 -14 26
22 Racing Santander 27 3 15 9 27 33 13 2 8 3 17 15 14 1 7 6 10 18 -6 24

Read more about La Liga 2

The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.