Málaga vs Deportivo La Coruña match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio La Rosaleda

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Wed 08.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Rosaleda (28963 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the La Liga 2, Málaga holding 16th place and Deportivo La Coruña lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Málaga and Deportivo La Coruña.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Deportivo La Coruña, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.

Coruña are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Málaga form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for Málaga, who have the most clean sheets (16) in La Liga 2, are 6-9-4 (wins-draw-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 220 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Sadiku was the last player to find the net. Málaga are confident in defense, having played 386 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The spoils were shared in Málaga's previous game, also at home. Visiting Albacete (placed 17th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Rayo Vallecano the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Málaga perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Málaga as a small favourite), we find nine games. Málaga has won zero of these, drawn five and lost four.

The Málaga fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 19 matches. From these home matches, Málaga have conceded only 18 goals.

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Deportivo La Coruña form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Deportivo La Coruña so far with only 19 points returning home. The records show 4-7-8 (win-draw-lose).

Ager Aketxe and Christian Santos scored in Deportivo La Coruña's previous match, the home game against Huesca that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Tenerife.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Deportivo La Coruña playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were five Coruña wins, six draws and four defeats.

A new game in only four days for Coruña, the La Liga 2 home match versus Extremadura UD. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Deportivo La Coruña as they have only managed to score 14 times from 19 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Coruña have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Deportivo La Coruña - Málaga 0-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Málaga three wins, three draws and Deportivo La Coruña four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MálagaA. Sadiku
A. Sadiku
13 goals
Deportivo La CoruñaA. Aketxe Barrutia
A. Aketxe Barrutia
7 goals
MálagaA. González Morales
A. González Morales
6 goals

Málaga missing players

Deportivo La Coruña missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Málaga Deportivo La Coruña
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 6 19 38
9 6 3 Won W 2 4 11
19 9 3 Drew D 3 7 15
10 4 0 Lost L 1 8 12
31 22 8 Scored S 5 14 39
31 18 4 Conceded C 5 29 54
76% 84% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 84%
53% 68% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 68% 68%
18% 32% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 37% 47%
11% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 32% 32%
3% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
37% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 47% 55%
42% 37% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 32% 29%
45% 26% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 32% 32%
 
5.3 6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.1
4.3 3.3 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.6 5.3
2.8 3.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.4
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
385 235 80 Total Shots T S 59 157 355
132 81 30 Shots on Target S O 27 63 134
23% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 22% 29%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Deportivo La Coruña has the most conceded goals in the first half (30)
  • Deportivo La Coruña has the the worst goal difference (-15) away
  • Deportivo La Coruña have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Málaga has the fewest conceded goals (31)
  • Málaga has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17)
  • Málaga has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
  • Málaga has the fewest scored goals in the second half (18)
  • Málaga has the most clean sheets (16)
  • Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Cadiz 38 18 12 8 48 35 19 10 6 3 28 18 19 8 6 5 20 17 13 66
2 Real Zaragoza 37 17 10 10 51 39 18 8 4 6 24 18 19 9 6 4 27 21 12 61
3 Huesca 38 18 7 13 49 40 19 13 3 3 31 16 19 5 4 10 18 24 9 61
4 Almeria 38 16 12 10 58 38 19 9 3 7 27 17 19 7 9 3 31 21 20 60
5 Elche 38 14 13 11 47 39 19 6 8 5 22 18 19 8 5 6 25 21 8 55
6 Girona 37 15 10 12 43 38 19 12 5 2 26 12 18 3 5 10 17 26 5 55
7 Tenerife 38 14 11 13 47 41 19 7 8 4 23 18 19 7 3 9 24 23 6 53
8 Alcorcón 38 12 17 9 49 46 19 5 5 9 22 29 19 7 12 0 27 17 3 53
9 Fuenlabrada 38 12 15 11 41 37 19 7 8 4 25 20 19 5 7 7 16 17 4 51
10 Rayo Vallecano 37 10 20 7 47 40 19 8 8 3 24 17 18 2 12 4 23 23 7 50
11 Las Palmas 38 12 14 12 40 41 19 7 7 5 25 20 19 5 7 7 15 21 -1 50
12 Mirandes 38 11 17 10 52 56 19 6 11 2 23 17 19 5 6 8 29 39 -4 50
13 Sporting Gijon 37 13 10 14 37 33 18 9 4 5 26 15 19 4 6 9 11 18 4 49
14 Ponferradina 38 11 15 12 42 45 19 8 9 2 24 15 19 3 6 10 18 30 -3 48
15 Deportivo La Coruña 38 11 15 12 39 54 19 7 8 4 25 25 19 4 7 8 14 29 -15 48
16 Málaga 38 9 19 10 31 31 19 6 9 4 22 18 19 3 10 6 9 13 0 46
17 Albacete 38 11 12 15 30 42 19 4 8 7 14 20 19 7 4 8 16 22 -12 45
18 Numancia 38 11 11 16 40 46 19 9 5 5 21 13 19 2 6 11 19 33 -6 44
19 Real Oviedo 38 10 14 14 41 48 19 5 11 3 21 19 19 5 3 11 20 29 -7 44
20 Lugo 38 9 15 14 36 50 19 6 7 6 22 28 19 3 8 8 14 22 -14 42
21 Extremadura UD 38 8 13 17 37 51 19 5 4 10 19 25 19 3 9 7 18 26 -14 37
22 Racing Santander 38 4 18 16 37 52 19 2 9 8 23 27 19 2 9 8 14 25 -15 30

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 Cadiz 38 18 12 8 48 35 19 10 6 3 28 18 19 8 6 5 20 17 13 66
2 Real Zaragoza 37 17 10 10 51 39 18 8 4 6 24 18 19 9 6 4 27 21 12 61
3 Huesca 38 18 7 13 49 40 19 13 3 3 31 16 19 5 4 10 18 24 9 61
4 Almeria 38 16 12 10 58 38 19 9 3 7 27 17 19 7 9 3 31 21 20 60
5 Elche 38 14 13 11 47 39 19 6 8 5 22 18 19 8 5 6 25 21 8 55
6 Girona 37 15 10 12 43 38 19 12 5 2 26 12 18 3 5 10 17 26 5 55
7 Tenerife 38 14 11 13 47 41 19 7 8 4 23 18 19 7 3 9 24 23 6 53
8 Alcorcón 38 12 17 9 49 46 19 5 5 9 22 29 19 7 12 0 27 17 3 53
9 Fuenlabrada 38 12 15 11 41 37 19 7 8 4 25 20 19 5 7 7 16 17 4 51
10 Rayo Vallecano 37 10 20 7 47 40 19 8 8 3 24 17 18 2 12 4 23 23 7 50
11 Las Palmas 38 12 14 12 40 41 19 7 7 5 25 20 19 5 7 7 15 21 -1 50
12 Mirandes 38 11 17 10 52 56 19 6 11 2 23 17 19 5 6 8 29 39 -4 50
13 Sporting Gijon 37 13 10 14 37 33 18 9 4 5 26 15 19 4 6 9 11 18 4 49
14 Ponferradina 38 11 15 12 42 45 19 8 9 2 24 15 19 3 6 10 18 30 -3 48
15 Deportivo La Coruña 38 11 15 12 39 54 19 7 8 4 25 25 19 4 7 8 14 29 -15 48
16 Málaga 38 9 19 10 31 31 19 6 9 4 22 18 19 3 10 6 9 13 0 46
17 Albacete 38 11 12 15 30 42 19 4 8 7 14 20 19 7 4 8 16 22 -12 45
18 Numancia 38 11 11 16 40 46 19 9 5 5 21 13 19 2 6 11 19 33 -6 44
19 Real Oviedo 38 10 14 14 41 48 19 5 11 3 21 19 19 5 3 11 20 29 -7 44
20 Lugo 38 9 15 14 36 50 19 6 7 6 22 28 19 3 8 8 14 22 -14 42
21 Extremadura UD 38 8 13 17 37 51 19 5 4 10 19 25 19 3 9 7 18 26 -14 37
22 Racing Santander 38 4 18 16 37 52 19 2 9 8 23 27 19 2 9 8 14 25 -15 30

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