Alaves vs Malaga: result 1-0 and analysis
La LigaRegular Season - 17Kick-off on December 21, 2017 at 08:30 PM (UTC)Estadio de Mendizorroza, Vitoria-Gasteiz
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What was the result of Alaves vs Malaga?
Alaves won 1-0 on December 21, 2017.
Goalscorers
- 60′M. El HaddadiAlaves
Official lineup for Alaves vs Malaga
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Alaves
4-2-3-1- 24M. El Haddadi
- 17Pedraza
- 14Burgui
- 11Ibai Gómez
- 18Tomás Pina
- 19Manu García
- 32Martín Aguirregabiria
- 3Rubén Duarte
- 6G. Maripán
- 4Alexis Ruano Delgado
- 1Fernando Pacheco
Malaga
4-4-2- 16A. Peñaranda
- 24D. Rolán
- 17Javi Ontiveros
- 14Recio
- 6Z. Kuzmanović
- 11G. Castro
- 3Diego González
- 2Ignasi Miquel
- 4Luis Hernández
- 22P. Baysse
- 1Roberto Jiménez
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Alaves have 4 wins, 0 draws and 11 defeats; Malaga have 3, 2 and 10.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2017 | Atletico Madrid(away) | 0-1 | La Liga |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Las Palmas(home) | 2-0 | La Liga |
| Dec 4, 2017 | Girona(away) | 3-2 | La Liga |
| Nov 25, 2017 | Eibar(home) | 1-2 | La Liga |
| Nov 18, 2017 | Getafe(away) | 1-4 | La Liga |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2017 | Real Betis(home) | 0-2 | La Liga |
| Dec 10, 2017 | Real Sociedad(away) | 2-0 | La Liga |
| Dec 1, 2017 | Levante(home) | 0-0 | La Liga |
| Nov 25, 2017 | Real Madrid(away) | 2-3 | La Liga |
| Nov 19, 2017 | Deportivo La Coruna(home) | 3-2 | La Liga |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 2 meetings: 1 Alaves win, 1 draw, 0 Malaga wins.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2017 | Malaga 1-2 Alaves | La Liga |
| Oct 16, 2016 | Alaves 1-1 Malaga | La Liga |
How many goals should we expect?
Alaves score 0.8 and concede 1.6 goals per match over their last 15; Malaga score 0.9 and concede 1.9.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaves | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3 | 5/15 | 6/15 |
| Malaga | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 5/15 | 6/15 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
Alaves sit 7th in La Liga (11 points from 8 matches) and Malaga sit 20th (4 points from 8 matches).
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Alaves | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
| 20 | Malaga | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 |
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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy