UD Ibiza vs Málaga match preview: Even contest expected

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

With the anxious opening match done it’s time for the second La Liga 2 duel of the season. UD Ibiza are eager to welcome Málaga in front of their home support.

UD Ibiza 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.

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UD Ibiza form and stats

The season before, UD Ibiza's league results were 17 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, producing 2nd position in the Segunda B - Group 1. During these 28 matches they scored 41 goals and gave away 18. Playing as the home side in the former season UD Ibiza delivered 11-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 8 conceded.

Ibiza shared the glory with Real Zaragoza in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Midfield player Mateusz Bogusz got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Bogusz hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Ibiza had a Segunda B - Playoffs home game versus UCAM Murcia which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Ibiza perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with UD Ibiza as a small favourite), we find three games. UD Ibiza has won two of these, drawn zero and lost one.

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Málaga form and stats

Let's have a look at how Málaga performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 11 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 17/25 goals scored/conceded.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Málaga goalkeeper Daniel Barrio Alvarez is eager to challenge this, with his 182 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Málaga delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Mirandes (placed 13th) in their previous match; a La Liga 2 game. Juande Rivas, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.63. Rivas won 12 of 13 duels.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Castellon.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Málaga in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Málaga, eight draws and five defeats.

Head 2 Head

UD Ibiza missing players

Málaga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
UD Ibiza Málaga
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
1 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 23
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
UD Ibiza Last season Málaga
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
8 5   Played P   21 42
5 4   Won W   8 14
1 1   Drew D   4 11
2 0   Lost L   9 17
11 9   Scored S   17 37
5 2   Conceded C   25 47
88% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
50% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 64%
50% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 31%
12% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 10%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
38% 40%   BTTS BTTS   38% 38%
50% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 33%
25% 20%   Failed to Score F T   33% 33%
 
7.3 8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4
4.1 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.9
2.4 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
0 0   Red cards R C   1 5
 
8.6 9.8   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7
3.1 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 2.5
32% 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 Almería 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Girona 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Huesca 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Tenerife 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Ponferradina 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Real Sociedad II 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Sporting Gijon 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Lugo 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Real Oviedo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Real Valladolid 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Málaga 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Mirandes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Real Zaragoza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 UD Ibiza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Fuenlabrada 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Alcorcon 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Burgos 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Leganes 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 FC Cartagena 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
21 Amorebieta 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
22 Eibar 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 42 24 10 8 71 28 21 15 3 3 41 12 21 9 7 5 30 16 43 82
2 Mallorca 42 24 10 8 54 28 21 14 3 4 33 12 21 10 7 4 21 16 26 82
3 Almería 42 21 10 11 61 40 21 10 8 3 34 18 21 11 2 8 27 22 21 73
4 Leganes 42 21 10 11 51 32 21 15 3 3 28 12 21 6 7 8 23 20 19 73
5 Girona 42 20 11 11 47 36 21 12 4 5 22 12 21 8 7 6 25 24 11 71
6 Rayo Vallecano 42 19 10 13 52 40 21 11 4 6 31 20 21 8 6 7 21 20 12 67
7 Sporting Gijon 42 17 14 11 37 28 21 11 7 3 22 12 21 6 7 8 15 16 9 65
8 Ponferradina 42 15 12 15 45 50 21 9 7 5 27 24 21 6 5 10 18 26 -5 57
9 Las Palmas 42 14 14 14 46 53 21 11 5 5 34 23 21 3 9 9 12 30 -7 56
10 Fuenlabrada 42 12 18 12 45 46 21 4 12 5 21 20 21 8 6 7 24 26 -1 54
11 Mirandes 42 14 12 16 38 41 21 6 10 5 19 18 21 8 2 11 19 23 -3 54
12 Málaga 42 14 11 17 37 47 21 6 7 8 20 22 21 8 4 9 17 25 -10 53
13 Tenerife 42 13 13 16 36 36 21 9 7 5 24 14 21 4 6 11 12 22 0 52
14 Real Oviedo 42 11 19 12 45 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 21 4 11 6 19 24 -1 52
15 Real Zaragoza 42 13 11 18 37 43 21 9 7 5 20 17 21 4 4 13 17 26 -6 50
16 FC Cartagena 42 12 13 17 44 52 21 8 7 6 27 23 21 4 6 11 17 29 -8 49
17 Alcorcon 42 13 9 20 32 42 21 9 2 10 20 23 21 4 7 10 12 19 -10 48
18 Lugo 42 11 14 17 38 53 21 8 8 5 20 16 21 3 6 12 18 37 -15 47
19 Sabadell 42 11 13 18 40 48 21 5 9 7 20 21 21 6 4 11 20 27 -8 46
20 UD Logrones 42 11 11 20 28 53 21 7 4 10 15 24 21 4 7 10 13 29 -25 44
21 Castellon 42 11 8 23 35 54 21 9 1 11 21 20 21 2 7 12 14 34 -19 41
22 Albacete 42 9 11 22 30 53 21 5 6 10 16 23 21 4 5 12 14 30 -23 38

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almería 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Girona 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Huesca 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Tenerife 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Ponferradina 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Real Sociedad II 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Sporting Gijon 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Lugo 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Real Oviedo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Real Valladolid 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Málaga 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Mirandes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Real Zaragoza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 UD Ibiza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Fuenlabrada 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Alcorcon 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Burgos 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Leganes 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 FC Cartagena 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
21 Amorebieta 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
22 Eibar 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.