Málaga vs Las Palmas match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 22.August
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Rosaleda (28963 seats)

It's only the second fixture in the La Liga 2 for these participants. And there's points to play for here at Estadio La Rosaleda as Málaga welcome Las Palmas. Get smart with this preview!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Málaga form and stats

In the previous season, Málaga's league stats were 11 wins, 12 draws and 19 losses, producing 18th place in the La Liga 2. From these 42 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 57. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Málaga produced 7-7-7 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 24 conceded.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 312 minutes without scoring a league goal. Febas was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager Barriero led his Málaga to a defeat away at Burgos. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio La Rosaleda. Bustinza was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender Bustinza hit the woodwork once and won 8 of 14 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Málaga lost 0-1 at Lugo's place.

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Las Palmas form and stats

Let's have a look at how Las Palmas performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 13 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 8 and lost 6 with 23/24 goals scored/conceded.

Palmas's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Real Zaragoza that finished 0-0. Defender Curbelo was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Curbelo won 3 of 5 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Tenerife.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Málaga won one game, five matches ended with a tie and Las Palmas managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven The games between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Málaga missing players

Las Palmas missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Málaga Las Palmas
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
11 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Málaga Last season Las Palmas
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   22 44
11 7   Won W   7 19
12 7   Drew D   8 13
19 7   Lost L   7 12
36 18   Scored S   23 58
57 24   Conceded C   25 50
90% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 91%
67% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 70%
43% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 45%
19% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 20%
2% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 14%
40% 38%   BTTS BTTS   50% 59%
29% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 32%
40% 38%   Failed to Score F T   23% 18%
 
4.2 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.5
4.9 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.7
2.8 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.5
7 4   Red cards R C   1 4
 
11.1 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   13.5 13.4
3.4 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.5
25% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 24%
 
13 12.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 9.9
4 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 3.4

  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Villarreal II 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Ponferradina 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Albacete 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Deportivo Alaves 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 SD Eibar 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Burgos 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 FC Andorra 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Mirandes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sporting Gijon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Huesca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Levante 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Real Zaragoza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 FC Cartagena 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Leganes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Lugo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Tenerife 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Málaga 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Real Oviedo 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Racing Santander 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 UD Ibiza 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almeria 42 24 9 9 68 35 21 14 4 3 38 15 21 10 5 6 30 20 33 81
2 Real Valladolid 42 24 9 9 71 43 21 14 4 3 40 15 21 10 5 6 31 28 28 81
3 SD Eibar 42 23 11 8 61 45 21 14 5 2 35 19 21 9 6 6 26 26 16 80
4 Las Palmas 42 19 13 10 57 47 21 12 5 4 34 23 21 7 8 6 23 24 10 70
5 Tenerife 42 20 9 13 53 37 21 9 5 7 27 18 21 11 4 6 26 19 16 69
6 Girona 42 20 8 14 57 42 21 13 3 5 36 16 21 7 5 9 21 26 15 68
7 Real Oviedo 42 17 17 8 57 41 21 11 8 2 38 19 21 6 9 6 19 22 16 68
8 Ponferradina 42 17 12 13 57 55 21 10 7 4 37 25 21 7 5 9 20 30 2 63
9 FC Cartagena 42 18 6 18 63 57 21 13 2 6 42 20 21 5 4 12 21 37 6 60
10 Real Zaragoza 42 12 20 10 39 46 21 7 10 4 16 15 21 5 10 6 23 31 -7 56
11 Burgos 42 15 10 17 41 41 21 10 7 4 27 12 21 5 3 13 14 29 0 55
12 Leganes 42 13 15 14 50 51 21 7 9 5 27 25 21 6 6 9 23 26 -1 54
13 Huesca 42 13 15 14 49 44 21 7 9 5 23 17 21 6 6 9 26 27 5 54
14 Mirandes 42 15 7 20 58 62 21 12 2 7 43 29 21 3 5 13 15 33 -4 52
15 UD Ibiza 42 12 16 14 53 59 21 6 10 5 30 25 21 6 6 9 23 34 -6 52
16 Lugo 42 10 20 12 46 52 21 9 8 4 22 19 21 1 12 8 24 33 -6 50
17 Sporting Gijon 42 11 13 18 43 48 21 8 3 10 24 24 21 3 10 8 19 24 -5 46
18 Málaga 42 11 12 19 36 57 21 7 7 7 18 24 21 4 5 12 18 33 -21 45
19 Amorebieta 42 9 16 17 44 63 21 8 8 5 29 25 21 1 8 12 15 38 -19 43
20 Real Sociedad II 42 10 10 22 43 61 21 4 4 13 19 32 21 6 6 9 24 29 -18 40
21 Fuenlabrada 42 6 15 21 39 65 21 4 10 7 23 26 21 2 5 14 16 39 -26 33
22 Alcorcon 42 6 11 25 37 71 21 3 7 11 17 34 21 3 4 14 20 37 -34 29

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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Villarreal II 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Ponferradina 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Albacete 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Deportivo Alaves 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 SD Eibar 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Burgos 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 FC Andorra 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Mirandes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sporting Gijon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Huesca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Levante 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Real Zaragoza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 FC Cartagena 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Leganes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Lugo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Tenerife 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Málaga 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Real Oviedo 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Racing Santander 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 UD Ibiza 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.