Match Report
4th against 5th, but level on points: Málaga and Las Palmas both had 73. Per game in the league, Málaga were scoring 1.79 and conceding 1.24, Las Palmas 1.36 and 0.95, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Málaga in 6 games, having scored in 11 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Málaga held 13 points of 15 and Las Palmas 7.
The head-to-head ledger counts 19 games: 6 Málaga wins, 6 for Las Palmas, 7 draws, at 2.16 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 42% of those meetings.
Estadio La Rosaleda, capacity 30,044, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Las Palmas led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Málaga: Joaquín Muñoz (69') · Las Palmas: Jesé (3')
Key stats
Possession: Málaga 49% · Las Palmas 51% · Total shots: 15-11 · On target: 6-2 · Corners: 7-2