Málaga — Real Sociedad 2:5, 18 October: match result

match finished La Liga · Matchday 9 Sunday 18 October · 16:30 UTC

Málaga 20th · 5 pts LLDLD

2 : 5 1st half 0:2

Real Sociedad 5th · 16 pts LWWWW

Estadio La Rosaleda · referee L. Bestard Servera

Match predictionBold

Goals, but not too many: one to four

77% · Málaga are winless in 10 games

Prediction missed. We predicted “Goals, but not too many: one to four”, and the match finished 2:5.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Málaga 33% draw 23% Real Sociedad 44%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Real Sociedad win, and the match finished 2:5. Fans backed Real Sociedad win — they got it right.

fans 64 votes

Málaga 33% draw 11% Real Sociedad 56%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

T. Kubo assist: H. Fort 0-1 3'

O. Oskarsson 0-2 26'

J. Martin 37'

R. Enriquez for I. Merino 46'

A. Aznou for J. Salinas 46'

A. Nino assist: P. Martinez 1-2 54'

M. Oyarzabal assist: T. Kubo 1-3 59'

G. Guedes for A. Barrenetxea 61'

I. Zubeldia for H. Fort 61'

M. Sarr 62'

D. Lorenzo for C. Dotor 64'

P. Martinez 2-3 66'

M. Oyarzabal assist: J. Martin 2-4 67'

J. Munoz for D. Larrubia 68'

S. Gomez for A. Munoz 71'

J. Ochieng for T. Kubo 71'

G. Guedes 2-5 73'

A. Marchal for O. Oskarsson 79'

C. Puga for A. Nino 82'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Málaga 4-4-2 4-4-2 Real Sociedad

Alfonso Herrero  
Rafa Garrido  20 Fernando Calero  15 Ángel Recio  12 Jose Salinas  
David Larrubia  8 Carlos Dotor  23 Izan Merino  18 Pablo Martínez  
Adrián Niño  9 Chupete  

Mikel Oyarzabal  9 Orri Óskarsson  
Takefusa Kubo  4 Jon Gorrotxategi  18 Carlos Soler  7 Ander Barrenetxea  
Héctor Fort  6 Jon Martin  19 Mamadou Sarr  3 Aihen Muñoz  
Álex Remiro  

Málaga bench

39Adam Aznou
13Carlos Lopez
3Carlos Puga
22Dani Lorenzo
4Einar Galilea
17Eneko Jauregi
7Haitam Abaida
2Jens-Lys Cajuste
11Joaquín Muñoz
14Rafa Rodríguez
6Ramón Enríquez
5Álex Pastor

Real Sociedad bench

28Alex Lebarbier
29Alex Marchal
23Arsen Zakharyan
8Beñat Turrientes
11Gonçalo Guedes
27Gorka Carrera Zarranz
5Igor Zubeldia
12Job Ochieng
16Jon Pacheco
24Luka Sučić
17Sergio Gómez
13Unai Marrero

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

45%Possession55%

17Shots21

6Shots on target9

7Shots off target6

4Blocked shots6

12Shots inside box12

5Shots outside box9

102Attacks102

56Dangerous attacks39

4Corners5

2Offsides2

4Fouls9

0Yellow cards2

4Saves4

478Passes587

413Accurate passes524

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Málaga

Real SociedadThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Málaga and Real Sociedad met on matchday 9 of the La Liga on 18 October at Estadio La Rosaleda. Final score — 2:5.

Málaga sit 20th on 5 points after 12 matches (0 wins, 5 draws, 7 losses), winless in 12 matches. Real Sociedad sit 5th on 16 points after 11 matches (6 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Málaga last five Real Sociedad

LLDLD form LWWWW

12 Matches 11

0 — 5 — 7 Wins — draws — defeats 6 — 1 — 4

9 — 23 Scored — conceded 20 — 20

0.42 Points per game 1.73

0.75 Goals scored per game 1.82

1 Clean sheets 1

4 Failed to score 3

winless in 12 Current streak winless in 1

Málaga at home: 6 matches, 0 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses, goals 6—12, 0.5 points per match.

Real Sociedad away: 6 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 13—13, 1.5 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
4	Real Betis	11	7	2	2	18—15	23
5	Real Sociedad	11	6	1	4	20—20	19
6	Sevilla	12	5	3	4	17—19	18
…
19	Valencia	11	2	3	6	8—17	9
20	Málaga	12	0	5	7	9—23	5

Full La Liga table