La Liga 2 match preview and statistics: Malaga fight Racing Santander

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 23.February
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Rosaleda (28963 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the La Liga 2, Malaga holding 15th place and Racing Santander lying 22nd. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

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.

It's quite the trip for Racing Santander when visiting Málaga as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Málaga form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for Málaga are 4-7-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Málaga enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cádiz's place. The match ended 1-0 with Adrián González scoring. Ahead of that match, Málaga won a home game hosting Numancia (2-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Málaga have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won four times, drawn six and lost one.

Málaga are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Racing Santander form and stats

There's been little loot from Racing Santander's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 14 away games in the La Liga 2. Racing Santander only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 7 draws.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a La Liga 2 home defeat versus Sporting Gijón with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Almería at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Racing Santander are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of three matches.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Racing Santander have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Málaga and Racing Santander have met before this season: Racing Santander - Málaga 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Málaga won seven, Racing Santander won two and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MálagaA. Sadiku
A. Sadiku
10 goals
Racing SantanderÁ. Cejudo Carmona
Á. Cejudo Carmona
7 goals
MálagaA. González Morales
A. González Morales
6 goals

Málaga missing players

Racing Santander missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Málaga Racing Santander
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 4 14 28
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 3
13 7 1 Drew D 3 7 15
8 2 0 Lost L 1 6 10
24 16 5 Scored S 5 10 27
25 13 2 Conceded C 6 18 35
82% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 89%
54% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 75%
21% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 21% 32%
11% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 18%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 4%
39% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 43% 50%
36% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 21%
43% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 39%
 
5.4 6.2 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.1 3.9
4.1 2.9 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 5.2
2.7 3.1 4.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.9 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 7
 
299 178 45 Total Shots T S 47 125 268
95 56 16 Shots on Target S O 26 49 98
25% 29% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 20% 28%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Málaga has the fewest conceded goals (25)
  • Málaga has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13)
  • Málaga has the fewest matches over the total-line (6)
  • Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Málaga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Racing Santander has the fewest points (10) away
  • Racing Santander has the most dropped points from leading position (19)

  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 28 15 7 6 38 26 14 8 4 2 22 13 14 7 3 4 16 13 12 52
2 Real Zaragoza 28 13 9 6 39 27 14 7 4 3 20 11 14 6 5 3 19 16 12 48
3 Almería 28 12 10 6 46 30 13 7 2 4 21 13 15 5 8 2 25 17 16 46
4 Huesca 28 14 4 10 35 28 14 11 1 2 24 11 14 3 3 8 11 17 7 46
5 Girona 28 12 6 10 36 33 14 9 3 2 20 11 14 3 3 8 16 22 3 42
6 Elche 28 10 10 8 36 30 14 4 6 4 18 16 14 6 4 4 18 14 6 40
7 Numancia 28 9 11 8 33 29 15 7 5 3 17 9 13 2 6 5 16 20 4 38
8 Fuenlabrada 28 9 11 8 29 27 14 5 6 3 16 13 14 4 5 5 13 14 2 38
9 Mirandés 28 8 14 6 37 38 15 5 9 1 17 11 13 3 5 5 20 27 -1 38
10 Ponferradina 28 8 13 7 35 31 15 6 8 1 20 10 13 2 5 6 15 21 4 37
11 Alcorcón 28 8 13 7 32 31 14 4 3 7 15 20 14 4 10 0 17 11 1 37
12 Rayo Vallecano 27 7 15 5 33 28 13 5 6 2 17 13 14 2 9 3 16 15 5 36
13 Las Palmas 28 9 9 10 32 33 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 -1 36
14 Sporting Gijón 28 9 8 11 27 29 14 6 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 8 15 -2 35
15 Málaga 28 7 13 8 24 25 13 4 7 2 16 13 15 3 6 6 8 12 -1 34
16 Deportivo La Coruña 28 8 10 10 27 39 14 5 5 4 18 20 14 3 5 6 9 19 -12 34
17 Tenerife 28 8 9 11 34 35 14 4 6 4 16 16 14 4 3 7 18 19 -1 33
18 Albacete 27 8 6 13 20 33 13 3 4 6 8 14 14 5 2 7 12 19 -13 30
19 Real Oviedo 28 6 11 11 34 41 14 3 8 3 17 17 14 3 3 8 17 24 -7 29
20 Lugo 28 6 11 11 26 39 14 4 5 5 16 23 14 2 6 6 10 16 -13 29
21 Extremadura UD 28 6 9 13 24 37 14 3 4 7 11 17 14 3 5 6 13 20 -13 27
22 Racing Santander 28 3 15 10 27 35 14 2 8 4 17 17 14 1 7 6 10 18 -8 24

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 Cádiz 28 15 7 6 38 26 14 8 4 2 22 13 14 7 3 4 16 13 12 52
2 Real Zaragoza 28 13 9 6 39 27 14 7 4 3 20 11 14 6 5 3 19 16 12 48
3 Almería 28 12 10 6 46 30 13 7 2 4 21 13 15 5 8 2 25 17 16 46
4 Huesca 28 14 4 10 35 28 14 11 1 2 24 11 14 3 3 8 11 17 7 46
5 Girona 28 12 6 10 36 33 14 9 3 2 20 11 14 3 3 8 16 22 3 42
6 Elche 28 10 10 8 36 30 14 4 6 4 18 16 14 6 4 4 18 14 6 40
7 Numancia 28 9 11 8 33 29 15 7 5 3 17 9 13 2 6 5 16 20 4 38
8 Fuenlabrada 28 9 11 8 29 27 14 5 6 3 16 13 14 4 5 5 13 14 2 38
9 Mirandés 28 8 14 6 37 38 15 5 9 1 17 11 13 3 5 5 20 27 -1 38
10 Ponferradina 28 8 13 7 35 31 15 6 8 1 20 10 13 2 5 6 15 21 4 37
11 Alcorcón 28 8 13 7 32 31 14 4 3 7 15 20 14 4 10 0 17 11 1 37
12 Rayo Vallecano 27 7 15 5 33 28 13 5 6 2 17 13 14 2 9 3 16 15 5 36
13 Las Palmas 28 9 9 10 32 33 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 -1 36
14 Sporting Gijón 28 9 8 11 27 29 14 6 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 8 15 -2 35
15 Málaga 28 7 13 8 24 25 13 4 7 2 16 13 15 3 6 6 8 12 -1 34
16 Deportivo La Coruña 28 8 10 10 27 39 14 5 5 4 18 20 14 3 5 6 9 19 -12 34
17 Tenerife 28 8 9 11 34 35 14 4 6 4 16 16 14 4 3 7 18 19 -1 33
18 Albacete 27 8 6 13 20 33 13 3 4 6 8 14 14 5 2 7 12 19 -13 30
19 Real Oviedo 28 6 11 11 34 41 14 3 8 3 17 17 14 3 3 8 17 24 -7 29
20 Lugo 28 6 11 11 26 39 14 4 5 5 16 23 14 2 6 6 10 16 -13 29
21 Extremadura UD 28 6 9 13 24 37 14 3 4 7 11 17 14 3 5 6 13 20 -13 27
22 Racing Santander 28 3 15 10 27 35 14 2 8 4 17 17 14 1 7 6 10 18 -8 24

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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.