Ponferradina will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Málaga.
Ponferradina and Málaga should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Málaga when visiting Ponferradina as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Ponferradina form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga 2 for Ponferradina at their home stadium (Estadio El Toralín) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Ponferradina faced defeat in their previous match, away at Mallorca (0-3). Before that match, a win away at Alcorcon.
Ponferradina has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Ponferradina's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Málaga form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (11) away in La Liga 2, are W3-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.
Málaga play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Sabadell (placed 21st). A loss against Espanyol was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Málaga are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Málaga struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Ponferradina victory, two draws and one Málaga win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Valcarce Vidal 3 goals |   P. Chavarría 3 goals |  Á. Aizpuru Aizbitarte 2 goals |
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| Ponferradina | Málaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 45% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | 41 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 34 | 74 |
| 40 | 23 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 46% | 33% |
- Málaga has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in La Liga 2
- Málaga has the most conceded goals (11) away in La Liga 2
- Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Málaga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ponferradina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Mallorca | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Sporting Gijon | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Leganes | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Almeria | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Fuenlabrada | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Málaga | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Mirandes | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Lugo | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | FC Cartagena | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 12 | Girona | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | Ponferradina | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | UD Logrones | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 15 | Las Palmas | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Real Oviedo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 17 | Tenerife | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 18 | Albacete | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Real Zaragoza | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Castellón | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Sabadell | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 22 | Alcorcon | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 5 |