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Malaga v Deportiva Almeria : La Liga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

La Rosaleda, Málaga

Sunday afternoon sees Sergio Pellicer García’s Malaga and Rubi’s Deportiva Almeria go head to head in a La Liga 2 battle at the La Rosaleda. Stats power the predictions below for 17 individual betting markets, and changing between them will display bespoke analysis, including head to head (H2H), form and unique league tables. Odds from leading bookmakers are also provided. Click on the tabs below to see it all.

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Malaga's next match is v Burgos at 15:15 on Sunday 15th December
Deportiva Almeria's next match is v Racing Ferrol at 18:00 on Wednesday 18th December
The last Spanish La Liga 2 meeting between Malaga and Almeria was on Sunday 8th December 2024
Spanish La Liga 2
December 8th 2024
Malaga 1
1 Almeria
 
F. Martínez Rubio (OG) 12'90' (OG)A. Pastor Carayol
 
MAL
ALM
Shots On
7
Shots Off
3
9
Corners
3
10
Possession
43%
57%
Fouls
21
12
Yellow/red cards
2/0
5/0
 
MalagaAlmeria
 
A. Herrero Peinador
N. Macedo Monte
V. García Marín
A. Pastor Carayolfootball icon
C. Puga Medina
M. Molina Valero (E. Galilea Azaceta 89')
L. Sánchez Benítez
D. Larrubia Romano (A. Ochoa Moloney 77')
K. Villodres Medina (Antonio Cordero 64')
D. Villalba Rojano (S. Castel Martínez 77')
J. Lobete Cienfuegos (I. Merino Rodríguez 88')
football iconF. Martínez Rubio
(A. Centelles Plaza 61') B. Langa
J. Brandariz Movilla
M. Pubill Pagès
E. González Estrada
S. Arribas Calvo
(L. Carrilho Baptistão 60') N. Melamed Ribaudo
(A. Pozo Pozo 70') A. Puigmal Martínez
D. Lopy
(G. Melero Manzanares 15') G. Borges Guedes
L. Suárez Charris

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on a deluge of goals. Under 3.5 goals is what we're predicting, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during 90 mins. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 37% chance of Almeria coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Malaga
35%
21/10
2%
19/10
4%
Draw
27%
21/10
2%
21/10
5%
Almeria
37%
11/86/5
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1
8%
5/1
8%
Almeria 1-0
11%
7/1
6%
6/1
7%
Malaga 1-0
10%
17/2
9%
15/2
Draw 0-0
9%
8/1
5%
7/1
11%
Almeria 2-1
8%
17/215/2
Malaga 2-1
8%
11/117/2
5%
Almeria 2-0
7%
10/19/1
Malaga 2-0
6%
14/112/1
Draw 2-2
5%
12/111/1
Almeria 3-1
3%
18/1
12%
14/1
15%
Malaga 3-1
3%
25/1
13%
18/1
12%
Almeria 3-0
3%
22/116/1
Malaga 3-0
3%
33/122/1
Almeria 3-2
2%
28/1
12%
20/1
Malaga 3-2
2%
33/122/1
10%
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
21/20
5%
10/11
6%
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
3/4
5%
8/11
4%
Home 1st Goal
47%
5/4-
Away 1st Goal
48%
4/5-
No 1st Goal
5%
8/1
5%
-
BTTS - Yes
50%
4/5
4%
4/5
1%
BTTS - No
50%
10/11
5%
19/20
3%
BTTS - Home Win
15%
11/2
8%
9/2
10%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/310/3
5%
BTTS - Away Win
16%
4/1
6%
7/2
3%
Home/draw
63%
8/153/5
Away/draw
65%
4/11
2%
4/11
2%
Home/away
73%
4/11
2%
1/3
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
3/10
4%
3/10
4%
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
12/5
9%
2/1
5%
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
5/2
8%
11/5
7%
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
2/7
3%
2/7
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
6/1
8%
5/1
5%
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/10
1%
1/12
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
14/1
15%
10/1
10%
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/33
1%
1/80
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/141/20
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
8/113/2
12%
Home DNB
55%
11/10
2%
23/20
5%
Away DNB
56%
4/6
3%
8/13
3%
Malaga win to nil
20%
9/2-
Almeria win to nil
21%
3/1
6%
-
Malaga / Malaga
16%
4/119/5
4%
Malaga / Almeria
3%
25/1
13%
20/1
11%
Malaga / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Malaga
11%
11/211/2
8%
Draw / Almeria
15%
9/217/4
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1
9%
7/2
8%
Almeria / Malaga
3%
28/122/1
Almeria / Almeria
22%
3/113/5
Almeria / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win La Liga 2 table

Malaga have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 14th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Malaga have conceded 13 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Malaga have played 8 games at home, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Almeria lay in 3rd place on 31 points in the La Liga 2 league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 31 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Almeria have conceded 24 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Almeria have played 9 away games, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Malaga
Almeria
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
R.Santander181143937 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 2
May 18
d
 
2-2A
2
Almeria Away191054835 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 2
-
-
3
Mirandes191045634 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 19
w
 
1-0F
May 25
4
Levante18864730 
Feb 9
l
 
4-2A
Mar 30
l
 
4-2A
5
S.Gijon18855829 
May 18
Dec 21
d
 
1-1F
Feb 23
6
Elche18855829 
l
 
0-3A
May 25
Feb 16
w
 
1-2A
7
Granada18855729 
May 4
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
8
Real Oviedo18855229 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 30
Feb 2
l
 
3-2A
9
Huesca18756726 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 13
Jan 19
d
 
2-2A
10
Zaragoza18756626 
Jan 26
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 16
w
 
1-2F
11
Castellon18756426 
Apr 27
l
 
2-0A
l
 
2-5A
Apr 20
12
Albacete18666-224 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 16
w
 
3-1F
Jan 26
13
Eibar18738-224 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 20
d
 
2-2A
Mar 9
14
Malaga Home184113-323 
-
-
Mar 2
d
 
1-1A
15
Deportivo18567221 
Jan 11
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
Feb 9
16
Cordoba19568-721 
Apr 6
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
4-0F
Jan 12
17
Burgos18639-821 
Jun 1
Dec 15
w
 
2-0F
Mar 23
18
Eldense18549-519 
Dec 18
May 11
May 4
l
 
1-0A
19
Cadiz18468-718 
Mar 9
d
 
2-2A
Dec 22
May 11
20
Racing Ferrol18297-1215 
Mar 23
d
 
2-2F
Apr 27
Dec 18
21
Cartagena184113-1513 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 16
Apr 13
w
 
1-2F
22
Tenerife172510-1311 
Feb 23
d
 
0-00-0
Jun 1
w
 
0-1F
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Win / draw / win form
Malaga 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
10
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
Draw
8
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Malaga0 - 0R.Santander
Malaga1 - 0Cartagena
Malaga1 - 0Eibar
Malaga0 - 0Real Oviedo
Malaga0 - 3Elche
Malaga1 - 0Huesca
Malaga2 - 1Albacete
Malaga1 - 1Mirandes
Malaga1 - 1UD Ibiza
Malaga2 - 0Mirandes
Malaga0 - 0Huesca
Malaga1 - 0Cartagena
Malaga2 - 0Leganes
Malaga0 - 0Levante
Malaga0 - 1R.Santander
Malaga3 - 0Zaragoza
Malaga0 - 1Real Oviedo
Malaga1 - 1Burgos
Malaga1 - 1Tenerife
Malaga1 - 0Alaves
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
11
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMalaga0 - 2Castellon
AMalaga2 - 4Levante
HMalaga0 - 0R.Santander
AMalaga0 - 0Zaragoza
HMalaga1 - 0Cartagena
HMalaga1 - 0Eibar
AMalaga0 - 0Tenerife
HMalaga0 - 0Real Oviedo
AMalaga2 - 2Cadiz
AMalaga0 - 0Deportivo
HMalaga0 - 3Elche
AMalaga2 - 2Granada
HMalaga1 - 0Huesca
AMalaga0 - 0Cordoba
HMalaga2 - 1Albacete
HMalaga1 - 1Mirandes
AMalaga2 - 2Racing Ferrol
HMalaga1 - 1UD Ibiza
AMalaga1 - 2Alaves
HMalaga2 - 0Mirandes
Almeria 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cartagena1 - 2Almeria
Elche1 - 2Almeria
Huesca2 - 2Almeria
Zaragoza1 - 2Almeria
Real Oviedo3 - 2Almeria
Levante4 - 2Almeria
Eldense1 - 0Almeria
Tenerife0 - 1Almeria
R.Santander2 - 2Almeria
Mallorca2 - 2Almeria
Real Betis3 - 2Almeria
R.Vallecano0 - 1Almeria
R.Sociedad2 - 2Almeria
Las Palmas0 - 1Almeria
Celta1 - 0Almeria
Granada1 - 1Almeria
Valencia2 - 1Almeria
Real Madrid3 - 2Almeria
Osasuna1 - 0Almeria
Barcelona3 - 2Almeria
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAlmeria2 - 1Granada
HAlmeria4 - 0Cordoba
AAlmeria2 - 1Cartagena
HAlmeria2 - 1Deportivo
AAlmeria2 - 1Elche
AAlmeria2 - 2Huesca
HAlmeria3 - 1Albacete
AAlmeria2 - 1Zaragoza
AAlmeria2 - 3Real Oviedo
HAlmeria2 - 0Burgos
AAlmeria2 - 4Levante
HAlmeria2 - 2Eibar
HAlmeria2 - 5Castellon
AAlmeria0 - 1Eldense
HAlmeria1 - 1S.Gijon
AAlmeria1 - 0Tenerife
AAlmeria2 - 2R.Santander
HAlmeria6 - 1Cadiz
AAlmeria2 - 2Mallorca
HAlmeria0 - 2Barcelona
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Almeria have beaten Malaga in 4 consecutive league meetings
7
Almeria have not lost to Malaga in 7 consecutive league meetings
3
Almeria have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with Malaga
League games at Malaga since 2015
Malaga
Almeria
Goals: Scored
2
8
Games: Scored
2 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
3 / 5
D
1
ALM
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Malaga
0 - 1Almeria
0 - 3Almeria
0 - 1Almeria
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Almeria
League games at Almeria since 2015
Almeria
Malaga
Goals: Scored
6
4
Games: Scored
3 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
2 / 5
MAL
2
D
1
ALM
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Almeria
Almeria2 - 0
Almeria3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Malaga
1 - 2Malaga
Goal Statistics

Deportiva Almeria's defensive record is to be admired, Rubi's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive La Liga 2 outings. An average PG rating of 1.2 for Malaga makes sense in this context.

Malaga 14th Almeria 2nd
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Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Malaga will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Almeria will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-19
Malaga have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted
+28
Almeria have scored 28% more goals when away than predicted
0.9
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
0.5
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga 2 - 2024/2025 season
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Malaga
PG (predicted goals)
Almeria
1.2
1.2
Attack rating
MAL
ALM
50%
better
view stats
Games scored9
16
Failed to score8
1
Scored first4
8
Goals scored14
33
Avg. goals scored0.8
1.9
Avg. shots per game8
12
Avg. shots per goal10
6
Conversion rate for10
16
Avg. XG for1
1.8
KickOff rating
+50%
Defence rating
35%
better
MAL
ALM
view stats
Games conceded8
14
Clean sheets9
3
Conceded first7
9
Goals conceded17
26
Avg. goals conceded1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded11
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded11
6
Conversion rate against9%
16%
Avg. XG against2
0.7
KickOff rating
+35%

Malaga v Almeria La Liga 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Malaga La Liga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18336
A HerreroDioniAntonio CorderoM Molina
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Herrero GLK18
1
-
C. Puga Medina DEF13
4
-
Álex Pastor DEF13
2
1
N Monte DEF162
4
-
V García DEF11
4
-
D Larrubia MID142
1
-
M Molina MID18
6
-
L Sánchez MID13
6
-
K Villodres MID1211
1
1
Dioni FWD1631
2
-
J Lobete FWD12
-
Subs
C López GLK
-
D. Rodríguez Sánchez DEF9
3
-
I. Merino Rodríguez DEF8
-
J Gabilondo DEF112
1
-
E Galilea DEF12
-
D Lorenzo MID111
1
-
A. Ochoa Moloney MID13
1
-
R Enríquez MID2
-
Y Rahmani FWD11
-
S Castel FWD131
3
-
Antonio Cordero FWD1633
1
-
R Baturina FWD101
1
-
Almeria La Liga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
191238
L SuárezL SuárezA PuigmalD Lopy
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Martínez GLK8
2
-
M Pubill DEF14
4
-
Chumi DEF18
5
-
E González DEF171
5
-
B Langa DEF14
2
-
D Lopy MID1612
8
-
G Guedes MID7
1
-
A Puigmal MID173
2
-
S Arribas MID1842
3
1
N Melamed MID1832
2
-
L Suárez FWD19123
4
-
Subs
L Maximiano GLK11
-
Kaiky DEF11
1
-
A Radovanovic  DEF7
1
A Pozo DEF152
1
-
Álex Centelles DEF1822
4
-
R. Quintanilla Rodríguez MID1
-
M Perovic MID1
-
G Melero MID1412
4
-
R. Fettal Dhimi FWD1011
2
1
L Baptistão FWD1762
-
M Milovanovic FWD7
-