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Málaga — Villarreal, 17 September 2026, 19:30 UTC : score 1:3

match finished La Liga · Matchday 6 Thursday 17 September · 19:30 UTC
Estadio La Rosaleda · referee M. Ortiz
Match predictionSafe

Málaga under 2.5 goals

90% · Málaga average 0.4 goals per game

Prediction landed. We predicted “Málaga under 2.5 goals”, and the match finished 1:3.

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 30% draw 25% Villarreal 45%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Villarreal win, and the match finished 1:3. Fans backed Villarreal win — they got it right.

fans 76 votes
Málaga 26% draw 15% Villarreal 59%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
C. Dotor assist: J. Cruz 1-0 12'
J. Salinas 34'
P. Gueye for S. Comesana 37'
A. Moleiro assist: I. Akhomach 1-1 40'
I. Akhomach 42'
P. Gueye assist: A. Perez 1-2 45+2'
Rafita for J. Salinas 46'
D. Lorenzo for J. Cruz 46'
J. Munoz for I. Merino 61'
A. Nino for C. Dotor 61'
C. Romero for I. Akhomach 63'
G. Mikautadze for A. Perez 63'
D. Larrubia 68'
E. Galilea 70'
R. Enriquez for C. Puga 75'
R. Enriquez 79'
C. Macia for N. Saliba 80'
S. Mourino for A. Moleiro 80'
A. Herrero 85'
P. Gueye penalty 1-3 86'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Málaga Málaga 4-1-4-1 · Juan Funes 4-4-2 · Inigo Perez Villarreal Villarreal
1 Alfonso Herrero
3 Carlos Puga 15 Ángel Recio 4 Einar Galilea 12 Jose Salinas
23 Izan Merino
19 Juan Cruz 10 David Larrubia 8 Carlos Dotor 18 Pablo Martínez
9 Chupete
10 Alberto Moleiro 22 Ayoze Pérez
11 Ilias Akhomach 24 Nathan-Dylan Saliba 14 Santi Comesaña 17 Tajon Buchanan
3 Alexander Freeman 6 Pau Navarro 12 Renato Veiga 23 Sergi Cardona
25 Péter Gulácsi
Málaga bench
  1. 21Adrián Niño
  2. 13Carlos Lopez
  3. 22Dani Lorenzo
  4. 17Eneko Jauregi
  5. 11Joaquín Muñoz
  6. 25Juan Berrocal
  7. 32Juan Fernandéz
  8. 31Rafa Garrido
  9. 14Rafa Rodríguez
  10. 6Ramón Enríquez
  11. 5Álex Pastor
Villarreal bench
  1. 5Alassane Diatta
  2. 16Carlos Maciá
  3. 20Carlos Romero
  4. 9Georges Mikautadze
  5. 7Gerard Moreno
  6. 2Logan Costa
  7. 1Luiz Júnior
  8. 19Nicolas Pépé
  9. 18Pape Gueye
  10. 13Rubén Gómez
  11. 15Santiago Mouriño
  12. 21Tani Oluwaseyi

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
37%Possession63%
5Shots16
1Shots on target7
4Shots off target5
0Blocked shots4
4Shots inside box12
1Shots outside box4
73Attacks124
23Dangerous attacks81
4Corners8
1Offsides3
17Fouls10
5Yellow cards1
3Saves0
347Passes600
281Accurate passes540
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
0Penalties1
MálagaMálagaVillarrealVillarrealThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Málaga and Villarreal met on matchday 6 of the La Liga on 17 September at Estadio La Rosaleda. Final score — 1:3.

Málaga sit 20th on 3 points after 7 matches (0 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses), winless in 7 matches. Villarreal sit 8th on 8 points after 7 matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses), won 2 matches in a row.

Season form

all competitions of the season
Málaga Málaga last five Villarreal Villarreal
LLDDL form WWLLL
7 Matches 7
0 — 3 — 4 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 2 — 3
3 — 12 Scored — conceded 13 — 12
0.43 Points per game 1.14
0.43 Goals scored per game 1.86
1 Clean sheets 0
4 Failed to score 1
winless in 7 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Málaga at home: 3 matches, 0 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 2—4, 0.67 points per match.

Villarreal away: 4 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 7—6, 1.25 points per match.

League table

after the match
#TeamPWDLGoalsPts
7Deportivo de La CoruñaDeportivo de La Coruña724110—810
8VillarrealVillarreal722313—128
9Athletic ClubAthletic Club62227—68
…
19ValenciaValencia61142—104
20MálagaMálaga60333—113
Full La Liga table