About Match
Málaga go into the game 18th in the table on 2 points; FC Barcelona sit 1st on 12 — a 10-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Málaga 0.25 scored and 1.75 conceded per game, FC Barcelona 4.25 and 0.5, with the league averaging 1.5. If Málaga win, their total rises to 5 and up to 11th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
6 games without a win frame Málaga's arrival. FC Barcelona enter with seven wins in a row, having scored in 11 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Málaga 3/15, FC Barcelona 15/15.
GioScore's database holds 20 meetings between the two: 2 for Málaga, 15 for FC Barcelona and 3 drawn, at 2.9 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Where history says 2.9 goals per meeting, the last five say 1.8.
The match takes place at Estadio La Rosaleda in Málaga (capacity 30,044).