Ponferradina oppose Málaga for honour and sporting success.
- Ponferradina have won all their matches at home so far.
- Málaga have yet to win a game away.
Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated game!
Málaga have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Ponferradina form and stats
Perfect La Liga 2 season at home so far for Ponferradina 3 wins from 3 appearances.
A nice win for Ponferradina last time playing, versus Almería. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Paris Barandiaran scoring for the victors. Paris Barandiaran, defender, was given a rating of 8.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Barandiaran scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
Before that, Ponferradina had a home game versus Girona which ended with a victory 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Ponferradina perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ponferradina as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Ponferradina has won eight of these, drawn five and lost four.
Ponferradina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Defensively Ponferradina have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Málaga form and stats
Still no away game victory in the La Liga 2 for Málaga with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
The supporters enjoyed Málaga's previous game versus Girona (placed 19th), a La Liga 2 2-0 win played at home. Midfielder Paulino De la Fuente was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.94. Fuente scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Almería wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Málaga in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Málaga, nine draws and five defeats.
Málaga have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - three - one (Ponferradina wins - draws - Málaga wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. de Souza Fonseca 2 goals |   P. de la Fuente Gómez 2 goals |  P. Adot Barandiarán 1 goals |
Ponferradina missing players
Málaga missing players
| Ponferradina | Málaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 2.6 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 2.4 | 3.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 10.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12 | 15.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 28% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 18% |
- All of Málaga's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Málaga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Málaga have yet to win a game away.
- Ponferradina have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Ponferradina have won all their matches at home so far.
- Ponferradina have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ponferradina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Ponferradina | Last season | Málaga | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 45 | 27 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 50 | 24 | Conceded | C | 25 | 47 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 74% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 31% | ||
| 17% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 10% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 45% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 38% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 33% | ||
| 29% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Gijón | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Ponferradina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Tenerife | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Almería | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Real Oviedo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Málaga | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Mirandés | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | UD Ibiza | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Real Valladolid | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | SD Eibar | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Huesca | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Fuenlabrada | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Las Palmas | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | FC Cartagena | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Burgos | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Real Sociedad II | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Real Zaragoza | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Amorebieta | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 19 | Girona | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 | Lugo | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 21 | Alcorcón | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 22 | Leganés | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 2 |