Match Report
Deportivo Alavés, 4th with 71 points, sat 26 points above Málaga (19th, 45). Deportivo Alavés had been under-performing their position — 11th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Against a league average of 1.01 goals per team per game, Deportivo Alavés ran at 1.12 scored and 0.79 conceded, Málaga at 0.86 and 1.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 3 for Deportivo Alavés, 1 for Málaga and 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings.
With 61 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, D. Trujillo Suárez was the man in the middle. Estadio de Mendizorroza in Vitoria, capacity 19,840, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.