Match Report
The table read 3rd (Málaga, 74 pts) against 1st (Osasuna, 87 pts), 13 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Málaga 1.21 scored and 0.74 conceded per game, Osasuna 1.4 and 0.83, with the league averaging 1.09.
Málaga were unbeaten in 8. Defeat had not touched Osasuna in 7 games, having scored in 13 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Málaga 7/15, Osasuna 13/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 2 Málaga wins, 5 for Osasuna, 9 draws, at 2.25 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 19% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 31% of the meetings.
Estadio La Rosaleda in Malaga, capacity 30,044, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Málaga led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.