La Liga 2: Top-drawer against below average, at least based on the league table. SD Eibar - Málaga. Home win or a surprise result?
- SD Eibar is in the best form (4-1-1) in La Liga 2
- SD Eibar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Málaga have scored away.
It's quite the trip for Málaga when visiting SD Eibar as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
SD Eibar form and stats
27 points is a decent return from 11 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa for SD Eibar. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. It’s been three wins in a row for Eibar here at Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Luca Zinedine Zidane not having conceded a league goal in 323 minutes.
A nice win for SD Eibar last time playing, versus UD Ibiza. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Stoichkov scoring for the victors. Midfielder Stoichkov was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.02 (out of ten) in that game. Stoichkov scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Ibiza Islas Pitiusas in the Copa Del Rey. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier SD Eibar matches with similar probabilities have ended with 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 8 games).
Low on goals? In this club's last 12 league games, 9 have had two goals or less.
Eibar has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Defensively SD Eibar have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Málaga form and stats
Málaga have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 1-3-7 (11 played).
Málaga's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Tenerife that finished 1-1. Attacker Castro got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Castro scored one goal and hit two key passes.
A defeat, in the Copa Del Rey away at Gimnastic Tarragona, earlier. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Málaga when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Low on goals? 10 of this side's latest 11 league matches have seen two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Málaga as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Málaga in these games.
Head 2 Head
SD Eibar have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (4-2-0) when facing Málaga.These sides played each other earlier this match year: Málaga - Eibar 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Molina Martínez 7 goals |   R. Castro Martín 5 goals |  J. Corpas Serna 3 goals |
SD Eibar missing players
Málaga missing players
| SD Eibar | Málaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 8 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 25 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 82% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 59% | 45% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 45% | 55% |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 45% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 50% |
| 45% | 64% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 55% | 41% |
| 5 | 6.4 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 14.1 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| 4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 28% | 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 20% |
| 10.4 | 8.5 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 13.5 | 12.6 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
- SD Eibar have not yet lost a game at home.
- SD Eibar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- SD Eibar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Málaga have scored away.
- SD Eibar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in La Liga 2
- SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (15) in La Liga 2
- SD Eibar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- SD Eibar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SD Eibar is in the best form (4-1-1) in La Liga 2
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SD Eibar | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 40 |
| 2 | Las Palmas | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 39 |
| 3 | Levante | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Deportivo Alaves | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 5 | Granada | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Burgos | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Leganes | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | FC Andorra | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | Albacete | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 10 | FC Cartagena | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 32 |
| 11 | Sporting Gijón | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 12 | Huesca | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 28 |
| 13 | Villarreal II | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Mirandés | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 16 | Real Zaragoza | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 17 | Tenerife | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 26 |
| 18 | Ponferradina | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 19 | Racing Santander | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 22 |
| 20 | Lugo | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 21 |
| 21 | Málaga | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 22 | UD Ibiza | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 16 |
