This game stars two squads living in the basement of the La Liga 2, Real Zaragoza at 17th place and Málaga sitting at 22nd. A decent chance for one of the squads to improve their position.
- Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Málaga have the fewest clean sheets (2) in La Liga 2
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Real Zaragoza form and stats
2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Real Zaragoza so far this season.
Real Zaragoza are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 203 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Vada).
The club members hope that Zaragoza will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Copa Del Rey fixture against Diocesano.
Prior to that, an away loss at Deportivo Alaves in the La Liga 2.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 Real Zaragoza have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 6 and lost 4.
It should be taken into account that a peek at the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Real Zaragoza aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio de la Romareda in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. From these home matches, Zaragoza have conceded only 6 goals.
Málaga form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Málaga so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Málaga are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Pena Deportiva in their previous outing. The Copa Del Rey battle ended 1-1.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sporting Gijon.Málaga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 12 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
The attacking power of Málaga when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Málaga in these games. When Málaga is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Ponferradina, UD Ibiza, Tenerife, Lugo, Mirandes, Real Oviedo and Málaga.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zaragoza two wins, four draws and Málaga four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Simeone 3 goals |   R. Castro Martín 3 goals |  V. Vada 2 goals |
Real Zaragoza missing players
Málaga missing players
| Real Zaragoza | Málaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 38% | 53% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 27% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 47% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 60% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 62% | 53% |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 12.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 11 | 11.8 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 17% | 18% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 21% | 20% |
| 10.6 | 8.9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13 | 12.1 |
| 3.8 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
- Málaga have the fewest clean sheets (2) in La Liga 2
- Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Deportivo Alaves | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 2 | Las Palmas | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Burgos | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Levante | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Eibar | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | FC Cartagena | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Huesca | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Granada | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Albacete | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | FC Andorra | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Sporting Gijon | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Leganes | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Villarreal II | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | Racing Santander | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Tenerife | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Real Oviedo | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 17 | Real Zaragoza | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Ponferradina | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Lugo | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 20 | Mirandes | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 21 | UD Ibiza | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
| 22 | Málaga | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 10 |
