La Liga 2 match preview and statistics: Málaga fight Girona

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Thu 20.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Rosaleda (28963 seats)

Málaga will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Girona.

Insights:
  • Málaga have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in La Liga 2
  • Girona is in the best form (5-0-1)

It's no vacation for neither Málaga nor Girona as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

These teams have little in common geographically as Girona have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Málaga are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Girona are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Málaga form and stats

5-7-7 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Málaga so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager S. Pellicer García led his Málaga to a defeat in the La Liga 2 match away at Real Oviedo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio La Rosaleda. Cristian Rodríguez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.1/10. Rodríguez hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Málaga drew at home versus Mallorca.

The manager S. Pellicer García will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Leganes in only four days.

Málaga aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio La Rosaleda in the league, with only 17 goals from 19 games. Málaga have conceded 21 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Girona form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 7 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. Girona have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Girona had fun at their own home (Estadio La Rosaleda) last time out, beating Sporting Gijón 1-0. Juanpe scored. Gerard Gumbau got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Gumbau hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus UD Logrones at their stadium, the result 4-1.

After this away game Girona return home for a La Liga 2 game against Alcorcon. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Girona have scored 23 goals in 19 league games away. Girona have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Girona - Málaga 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Málaga two wins, one draw and Girona two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
10 goals
GironaM. Sylla Diallo
M. Sylla Diallo
9 goals
MálagaJ. Muñoz León
J. Muñoz León
5 goals

Málaga missing players

Girona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Málaga Girona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 6 19 39
13 5 2 Won W 2 7 18
11 7 1 Drew D 3 6 10
15 7 3 Lost L 1 6 11
34 17 5 Scored S 8 23 44
45 21 9 Conceded C 8 23 35
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 92%
67% 74% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 68% 56%
31% 32% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 33%
10% 5% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 21% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 5%
41% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 38%
33% 37% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 26% 36%
31% 32% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 32% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.3 2.3
4 3 0 Red cards R C 2 7 12
 
7.1 7.5 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.3 7.8
2.5 2.4 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 3
35% 38% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 40% 38%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Girona is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Málaga have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in La Liga 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Espanyol 39 23 9 7 66 25 20 15 2 3 40 11 19 8 7 4 26 14 41 78
2 Mallorca 39 22 9 8 49 25 20 13 3 4 31 11 19 9 6 4 18 14 24 75
3 Almeria 39 19 10 10 55 36 20 9 8 3 32 17 19 10 2 7 23 19 19 67
4 Leganes 39 19 9 11 45 32 20 14 3 3 27 12 19 5 6 8 18 20 13 66
5 Girona 39 18 10 11 44 35 20 11 4 5 21 12 19 7 6 6 23 23 9 64
6 Sporting Gijón 39 16 13 10 36 26 19 10 7 2 21 10 20 6 6 8 15 16 10 61
7 Rayo Vallecano 39 17 10 12 46 38 19 10 4 5 27 18 20 7 6 7 19 20 8 61
8 Ponferradina 39 15 11 13 42 42 19 9 6 4 24 18 20 6 5 9 18 24 0 56
9 Mirandes 39 14 10 15 37 38 19 6 9 4 19 16 20 8 1 11 18 22 -1 52
10 Real Oviedo 39 11 17 11 41 39 20 7 7 6 25 21 19 4 10 5 16 18 2 50
11 Tenerife 39 13 11 15 33 32 19 9 6 4 22 11 20 4 5 11 11 21 1 50
12 Fuenlabrada 39 11 17 11 43 44 20 4 11 5 21 20 19 7 6 6 22 24 -1 50
13 Las Palmas 39 12 14 13 42 50 20 10 5 5 31 21 19 2 9 8 11 29 -8 50
14 Málaga 39 13 11 15 34 45 19 5 7 7 17 21 20 8 4 8 17 24 -11 50
15 Real Zaragoza 39 12 11 16 33 36 19 8 7 4 17 12 20 4 4 12 16 24 -3 47
16 FC Cartagena 39 11 12 16 39 47 19 7 6 6 23 20 20 4 6 10 16 27 -8 45
17 Alcorcon 39 11 9 19 29 41 19 7 2 10 17 23 20 4 7 9 12 18 -12 42
18 Castellon 39 11 8 20 35 46 20 9 1 10 21 18 19 2 7 10 14 28 -11 41
19 UD Logrones 39 10 11 18 26 50 19 6 4 9 14 23 20 4 7 9 12 27 -24 41
20 Sabadell 39 9 13 17 36 46 20 4 9 7 18 21 19 5 4 10 18 25 -10 40
21 Lugo 39 9 13 17 34 51 20 7 8 5 18 15 19 2 5 12 16 36 -17 40
22 Albacete 39 9 10 20 26 47 19 5 5 9 14 20 20 4 5 11 12 27 -21 37

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 Espanyol 39 23 9 7 66 25 20 15 2 3 40 11 19 8 7 4 26 14 41 78
2 Mallorca 39 22 9 8 49 25 20 13 3 4 31 11 19 9 6 4 18 14 24 75
3 Almeria 39 19 10 10 55 36 20 9 8 3 32 17 19 10 2 7 23 19 19 67
4 Leganes 39 19 9 11 45 32 20 14 3 3 27 12 19 5 6 8 18 20 13 66
5 Girona 39 18 10 11 44 35 20 11 4 5 21 12 19 7 6 6 23 23 9 64
6 Sporting Gijón 39 16 13 10 36 26 19 10 7 2 21 10 20 6 6 8 15 16 10 61
7 Rayo Vallecano 39 17 10 12 46 38 19 10 4 5 27 18 20 7 6 7 19 20 8 61
8 Ponferradina 39 15 11 13 42 42 19 9 6 4 24 18 20 6 5 9 18 24 0 56
9 Mirandes 39 14 10 15 37 38 19 6 9 4 19 16 20 8 1 11 18 22 -1 52
10 Real Oviedo 39 11 17 11 41 39 20 7 7 6 25 21 19 4 10 5 16 18 2 50
11 Tenerife 39 13 11 15 33 32 19 9 6 4 22 11 20 4 5 11 11 21 1 50
12 Fuenlabrada 39 11 17 11 43 44 20 4 11 5 21 20 19 7 6 6 22 24 -1 50
13 Las Palmas 39 12 14 13 42 50 20 10 5 5 31 21 19 2 9 8 11 29 -8 50
14 Málaga 39 13 11 15 34 45 19 5 7 7 17 21 20 8 4 8 17 24 -11 50
15 Real Zaragoza 39 12 11 16 33 36 19 8 7 4 17 12 20 4 4 12 16 24 -3 47
16 FC Cartagena 39 11 12 16 39 47 19 7 6 6 23 20 20 4 6 10 16 27 -8 45
17 Alcorcon 39 11 9 19 29 41 19 7 2 10 17 23 20 4 7 9 12 18 -12 42
18 Castellon 39 11 8 20 35 46 20 9 1 10 21 18 19 2 7 10 14 28 -11 41
19 UD Logrones 39 10 11 18 26 50 19 6 4 9 14 23 20 4 7 9 12 27 -24 41
20 Sabadell 39 9 13 17 36 46 20 4 9 7 18 21 19 5 4 10 18 25 -10 40
21 Lugo 39 9 13 17 34 51 20 7 8 5 18 15 19 2 5 12 16 36 -17 40
22 Albacete 39 9 10 20 26 47 19 5 5 9 14 20 20 4 5 11 12 27 -21 37

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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.