La Liga 2 match preview: Málaga versus Tenerife

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Rosaleda (28963 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Málaga in 9th and Tenerife in 10th place.

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

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Tenerife have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Málaga form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for Málaga are 4-5-5 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Málaga after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Juan Soriano Oropesa not having conceded a league goal in 195 minutes.

A strong away win for Málaga against UD Logroñés the last match, as Yanis Rahmani were on target. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sabadell in a game that was won 2-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Málaga here at Estadio La Rosaleda in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 14 games). Málaga have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Tenerife form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tenerife so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-9 (win-draw-lose). Tenerife seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Tenerife are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the La Liga 2 against Albacete (placed 22nd). A 0-1 defeat away at Real Zaragoza before that.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 18 goals have been conceded by Tenerife in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Tenerife - Málaga 2-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Málaga victories, five draws and one Tenerife win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TenerifeF. Sol Ortiz
F. Sol Ortiz
7 goals
MálagaJ. Muñoz León
J. Muñoz León
4 goals
MálagaJ. Rivas Margalef
J. Rivas Margalef
4 goals

Málaga missing players

Tenerife missing players

Málaga Tenerife
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
11 4 0 Won W 0 3 11
7 5 3 Drew D 1 2 6
11 5 0 Lost L 2 9 12
27 13 2 Scored S 3 8 27
33 15 2 Conceded C 6 18 26
93% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
66% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 59%
34% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 7% 17%
14% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 7% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 7% 3%
41% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 21% 28%
38% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 41%
28% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 57% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.9
4 3 1 Red cards R C 1 2 7
 
7.3 7.6 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 8.9 9.1
2.8 2.7 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.1
34% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 19% 30%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tenerife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Tenerife haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Mallorca 29 18 6 5 39 16 15 9 2 4 24 10 14 9 4 1 15 6 23 60
2 Espanyol 29 16 7 6 42 20 14 10 2 2 23 8 15 6 5 4 19 12 22 55
3 Almeria 28 17 4 7 43 25 14 9 3 2 27 11 14 8 1 5 16 14 18 55
4 Leganés 29 16 5 8 34 22 15 12 1 2 21 8 14 4 4 6 13 14 12 53
5 Sporting Gijón 29 14 9 6 32 20 15 9 6 0 19 7 14 5 3 6 13 13 12 51
6 Rayo Vallecano 29 13 7 9 35 29 14 9 2 3 22 12 15 4 5 6 13 17 6 46
7 Ponferradina 29 12 7 10 31 31 14 7 4 3 18 14 15 5 3 7 13 17 0 43
8 Mirandes 29 11 8 10 29 28 15 5 7 3 16 13 14 6 1 7 13 15 1 41
9 Málaga 29 11 7 11 27 33 14 4 5 5 13 15 15 7 2 6 14 18 -6 40
10 Tenerife 29 11 6 12 27 26 15 8 4 3 19 8 14 3 2 9 8 18 1 39
11 Girona 29 10 9 10 24 27 15 6 4 5 11 10 14 4 5 5 13 17 -3 39
12 Las Palmas 29 10 9 10 30 38 14 8 3 3 20 14 15 2 6 7 10 24 -8 39
13 Real Oviedo 29 8 12 9 33 32 15 5 5 5 21 18 14 3 7 4 12 14 1 36
14 Fuenlabrada 29 7 15 7 30 31 15 2 10 3 12 13 14 5 5 4 18 18 -1 36
15 Lugo 29 8 11 10 28 32 14 6 6 2 13 7 15 2 5 8 15 25 -4 35
16 UD Logroñés 29 8 7 14 20 35 14 5 2 7 11 17 15 3 5 7 9 18 -15 31
17 Real Zaragoza 29 8 6 15 24 29 14 6 4 4 14 11 15 2 2 11 10 18 -5 30
18 Castellon 29 8 5 16 29 37 15 7 0 8 18 13 14 1 5 8 11 24 -8 29
19 Alcorcon 28 8 5 15 20 29 14 6 0 8 13 16 14 2 5 7 7 13 -9 29
20 FC Cartagena 29 7 8 14 30 40 15 5 4 6 19 18 14 2 4 8 11 22 -10 29
21 Sabadell 29 6 9 14 24 34 14 2 6 6 11 15 15 4 3 8 13 19 -10 27
22 Albacete 29 6 8 15 18 35 14 3 5 6 11 15 15 3 3 9 7 20 -17 26

Read more about La Liga 2

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.