Malaga vs Real Sociedad Match Preview

Match info:

Malaga vs Real Sociedad

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium – La Rosaleda

Date: 17th February

Kick-off time – 21:00 GMT+1

16th position Malaga host 6th place Real Sociedad at La Rosaleda this Monday evening in the Spanish Primera Liga in a game Malaga need to win.

Malaga are just 3 points above the relegation zone while Real Sociedad are 3 points off a Europa Leage position.


Recent form:

Both sides have won 2 of their last 7.

Form

 

The Spanish Primera table looks like this:

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Atlético de Madrid 18 12 5 1 33 12 +21 41
2 Real Madrid 18 12 4 2 41 18 +23 40
3 Barcelona 19 12 2 5 51 22 +29 38
4 Athletic Bilbao 19 10 6 3 29 17 +12 36
5 Villarreal 18 8 6 4 34 30 +4 30
6 Mallorca 19 9 3 7 19 21 -2 30
7 Real Sociedad 18 7 4 7 16 13 +3 25
8 Girona 18 7 4 7 26 25 +1 25
9 Real Betis 18 6 7 5 21 22 -1 25
10 Osasuna 18 6 7 5 23 27 -4 25
11 Celta Vigo 18 7 3 8 27 28 -1 24
12 Rayo Vallecano 18 5 7 6 20 21 -1 22
13 Las Palmas 18 6 4 8 23 27 -4 22
14 Sevilla 18 6 4 8 20 27 -7 22
15 Leganes 18 4 6 8 17 28 -11 18
16 Alaves 18 4 5 9 21 30 -9 17
17 Getafe 18 3 7 8 11 15 -4 16
18 Espanyol 18 4 3 11 16 30 -14 15
19 Valencia 17 2 6 9 16 26 -10 12
20 Real Valladolid 18 3 3 12 12 37 -25 12

A win for Malaga could move them as high as 12th.

A win for Real Sociedad will put them level on points with 5th position Villarreal.

Head-to-head

These two sides have met 25 times in recent years and Real Sociedad have come out on top most often.

History

The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 0:0, 2:4, 1:2, 1:1 and 2:3.

Possible line-ups

Malaga (4-4-2)

Caballero
Antunes
Flávio
Sánchez
Angeleri
Samu
Morales
Camacho
Amrabat
Juanmi
Pérez

Real Sociedad (4-5-1)

Zubikarai
Ángel
González
Ansotegi
Zaldúa
Griezmann
Zurutuza
Gaztañaga
Prieto
Vela
Seferović

Bookmakers make Real Sociedad slight favourites to come out on top in this match.

Odds: Malaga (17/10) Draw (9/4) Sociedad (8/5)Gamingtips Prediction – Malaga 1:1 Real Sociedad 

Malaga’s main problem has been scoring goals – they have one of the lowest goals scored records in the Spanish Primera having scored 23 goals in 23 games.

Real Sociedad on the other hand, have one of the highest goals scored record with 42 in the same number of games.

Real Sociedad have history on their side, have a much better scoring record and are in better form than Malaga currently.

This really is a must win game for Malaga – they are dangerously close to the relegation zone and although they have games upcoming against fellow strugglers Valladolid and Almería, a win against Sociedad will give them the confidence they need to turn their season around after such an excellent season last year.

This is a very close game on paper and the betting odds reflect this – home advantage may be good enough for Malaga to grab the win however Real Sociedad are in much better form and they will know a win will move closer to a Champions League placing.

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