Sports betting people suspect that Deportivo Alavés will beat Málaga at Estadio de Mendizorroza

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mendizorroza (19840 seats)

The La Liga 2 overall standings tell a story about these participants so far, with Deportivo Alavés leading Málaga by 24 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:

Insights:
  • Deportivo Alavés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The season is still full of potential for Deportivo Alavés as they can still win the whole La Liga 2. Málaga are struggling to avoid relegation.

It's quite the trip for Málaga when visiting Deportivo Alavés as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic match!

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Deportivo Alavés form and stats

43 points is a decent return from 20 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio de Mendizorroza for Deportivo Alavés. The data says 12 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Deportivo Alavés tasted defeat here at Estadio de Mendizorroza, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Deportivo Alavés shared the glory with Albacete in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Defender Sedlar got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Sedlar won 8 of 10 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Granada.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Alavés matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

It should be considered that a look at the 12 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Deportivo Alavés has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 20 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Alavés are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de Mendizorroza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 20 matches.

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Málaga form and stats

There's been little loot from Málaga's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 20 away games in the La Liga 2. Málaga only have 3 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 5 draws.

Júnior and Escassi scored in Málaga's previous match, the home game against Mirandes that ended 2-0. Escassi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.95. Escassi scored one goal and won 6 of 7 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ponferradina wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Málaga playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 5 home wins.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's most recent 12 league rounds have had two or less goals.

The attacking power of Málaga when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 20 league matches away. Málaga have conceded 25 goals in these away matches. Málaga has visited these top teams six times, and 4 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head meeting ended Málaga - Alavés 1-0, earlier this season. Deportivo Alavés-Málaga H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Deportivo Alavés four wins, Málaga five wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo AlavésL. Rioja González
L. Rioja González
10 goals
MálagaR. Castro Martín
R. Castro Martín
10 goals
MálagaP. Chavarría
P. Chavarría
5 goals

Deportivo Alavés missing players

Málaga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Deportivo Alavés Málaga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 20 7 Played P 6 20 40
18 12 5 Won W 0 3 10
13 7 2 Drew D 1 5 13
9 1 0 Lost L 5 12 17
45 26 14 Scored S 6 16 35
32 10 4 Conceded C 11 25 41
82% 75% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 88%
57% 55% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 55%
32% 30% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 35% 28%
12% 10% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 15%
5% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 5%
42% 35% 43% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 40%
40% 60% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 30%
35% 30% 29% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 42%
 
5.6 5.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.2 4.3
4 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.5 4.2
2.8 2.6 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.4
8 4 1 Red cards R C 2 4 8
 
11.8 13.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.9 10.8
3.8 4.7 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.5
30% 28% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 25%
 
9.6 8.3 9.1 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13.5 12.2
3 2.1 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 3.6 3.6
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Deportivo Alavés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Granada 40 20 9 11 50 29 20 16 4 0 37 6 20 4 5 11 13 23 21 69
2 Las Palmas 40 17 17 6 45 28 20 9 8 3 24 13 20 8 9 3 21 15 17 68
3 Deportivo Alavés 40 18 13 9 45 32 20 12 7 1 26 10 20 6 6 8 19 22 13 67
4 SD Eibar 40 18 13 9 42 34 20 11 7 2 22 11 20 7 6 7 20 23 8 67
5 Levante 39 16 17 6 41 27 19 10 6 3 23 10 20 6 11 3 18 17 14 65
6 Albacete 40 16 15 9 55 45 20 9 7 4 28 18 20 7 8 5 27 27 10 63
7 FC Cartagena 40 16 10 14 45 42 20 9 4 7 21 21 20 7 6 7 24 21 3 58
8 Real Oviedo 40 15 11 14 32 33 20 9 5 6 17 15 20 6 6 8 15 18 -1 56
9 FC Andorra 40 15 10 15 42 33 20 10 3 7 23 12 20 5 7 8 19 21 9 55
10 Burgos 40 13 15 12 32 32 20 8 8 4 22 18 20 5 7 8 10 14 0 54
11 Tenerife 40 13 14 13 39 35 20 11 6 3 26 11 20 2 8 10 13 24 4 53
12 Real Zaragoza 40 12 16 12 39 37 20 8 9 3 24 15 20 4 7 9 15 22 2 52
13 Mirandes 40 13 13 14 46 49 20 9 7 4 31 25 20 4 6 10 15 24 -3 52
14 Leganés 40 14 10 16 36 39 20 10 5 5 22 18 20 4 5 11 14 21 -3 52
15 Racing Santander 40 13 12 15 36 38 20 8 6 6 19 15 20 5 6 9 17 23 -2 51
16 Villarreal II 40 13 11 16 44 48 20 9 6 5 30 21 20 4 5 11 14 27 -4 50
17 Huesca 40 10 19 11 34 34 20 9 9 2 23 12 20 1 10 9 11 22 0 49
18 Sporting Gijón 40 11 16 13 40 42 20 8 9 3 27 18 20 3 7 10 13 24 -2 49
19 Málaga 40 10 13 17 35 41 20 7 8 5 19 16 20 3 5 12 16 25 -6 43
20 Ponferradina 40 8 16 16 35 51 20 6 6 8 17 23 20 2 10 8 18 28 -16 40
21 UD Ibiza 39 6 11 22 31 65 20 4 7 9 20 31 19 2 4 13 11 34 -34 29
22 Lugo 40 5 13 22 25 55 20 3 10 7 12 17 20 2 3 15 13 38 -30 28

Deportivo Alavés:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Granada 40 20 9 11 50 29 20 16 4 0 37 6 20 4 5 11 13 23 21 69
2 Las Palmas 40 17 17 6 45 28 20 9 8 3 24 13 20 8 9 3 21 15 17 68
3 Deportivo Alavés 40 18 13 9 45 32 20 12 7 1 26 10 20 6 6 8 19 22 13 67
4 SD Eibar 40 18 13 9 42 34 20 11 7 2 22 11 20 7 6 7 20 23 8 67
5 Levante 39 16 17 6 41 27 19 10 6 3 23 10 20 6 11 3 18 17 14 65
6 Albacete 40 16 15 9 55 45 20 9 7 4 28 18 20 7 8 5 27 27 10 63
7 FC Cartagena 40 16 10 14 45 42 20 9 4 7 21 21 20 7 6 7 24 21 3 58
8 Real Oviedo 40 15 11 14 32 33 20 9 5 6 17 15 20 6 6 8 15 18 -1 56
9 FC Andorra 40 15 10 15 42 33 20 10 3 7 23 12 20 5 7 8 19 21 9 55
10 Burgos 40 13 15 12 32 32 20 8 8 4 22 18 20 5 7 8 10 14 0 54
11 Tenerife 40 13 14 13 39 35 20 11 6 3 26 11 20 2 8 10 13 24 4 53
12 Real Zaragoza 40 12 16 12 39 37 20 8 9 3 24 15 20 4 7 9 15 22 2 52
13 Mirandes 40 13 13 14 46 49 20 9 7 4 31 25 20 4 6 10 15 24 -3 52
14 Leganés 40 14 10 16 36 39 20 10 5 5 22 18 20 4 5 11 14 21 -3 52
15 Racing Santander 40 13 12 15 36 38 20 8 6 6 19 15 20 5 6 9 17 23 -2 51
16 Villarreal II 40 13 11 16 44 48 20 9 6 5 30 21 20 4 5 11 14 27 -4 50
17 Huesca 40 10 19 11 34 34 20 9 9 2 23 12 20 1 10 9 11 22 0 49
18 Sporting Gijón 40 11 16 13 40 42 20 8 9 3 27 18 20 3 7 10 13 24 -2 49
19 Málaga 40 10 13 17 35 41 20 7 8 5 19 16 20 3 5 12 16 25 -6 43
20 Ponferradina 40 8 16 16 35 51 20 6 6 8 17 23 20 2 10 8 18 28 -16 40
21 UD Ibiza 39 6 11 22 31 65 20 4 7 9 20 31 19 2 4 13 11 34 -34 29
22 Lugo 40 5 13 22 25 55 20 3 10 7 12 17 20 2 3 15 13 38 -30 28

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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.