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Malaga and Granada face each other at Estadio La Rosaleda in a match of the 15th round of the Primera Division. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 3 wins and 1 draw in the last 4 games. However, the last time they met at this stadium was on 28-11-2015, in a Primera Division game that ended in a draw for (2-2). The goals of the match were scored by Charles (45 ‘) and Pablo Fornals (57’) for Malaga and Y. El-Arabi (83 ‘) and Ruben Rochina (86’) for Granada. Although this is a game between 11th and 20th of the overall standings, it is actually a game between the 4th place in home games and the 20th as a visitor.
Malaga
The home team is currently in 11th place with 20 points earned after 5 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Deportivo La Coruña by (4-3). In the last match, he tied it out for Valencia by (2-2). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 16 points in their stadium, with 16 goals scored and 10 conceded, against 4 points out, where they scored 7 goals and suffered 11. In the last 7 home games for the championship, Malaga He recorded 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, having won 16 points out of 21 possible.
In this competition, it registers a sequence of 5 victories in the last matches in house. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches in this competition. This is a team that scores a few times first: just opened the scoring in 3 of their last 14 games for the Primera Division, those 3 reached the break in lead 1 and won in the late 90 ‘in 1. In 14 games in this competition, Suffered the first goal 10 times but managed to turn the score in 4. In the last 9 home matches in all competitions there are 1 highlights: he scored 7 of his 20 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Málaga come to this game with a 2-2 draw at the Valencia field, adding up the fourth consecutive game without losing in the Spanish championship: both goals were scored by Pablo Fornals. In this home game, coach Juande Ramos should return to his usual tactical system, namely 4-2-3-1, favoring possession of the ball and attacking from the wings: Chory Castro is very fast and competent at driving the ball For the attack. It is worth mentioning that offensive Sandro Ramírez is the top scorer with 6 goals scored, but is absent from this match due to injury. It seems that the coach can not count on Weligton, Camacho, Recio, Charles, Keko, Kuzmanovic and Munoz, players who are injured.
Granada
After 1 win, 5 draws and 8 losses, the visiting team is in 20th place, having won 8 points. In the last match, they won at home (2-1), after having lost in the last match in a game against Celta de Vigo, (3-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 2 points as a visitor and 6 in their stadium, with 6 goals scored and 8 goals conceded at home, against 7 goals scored and 22 suffered as a visitor. In the last 7 games away from the league, Granada have had 2 draws and 5 defeats, having won 2 points in 21 chances.
For this competition, you do not win as a visitor makes 7 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In his games as a visitor there is a tendency to have goals, since 16 of his last 23 games finished with More than 2.5 goals. In 14 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 9 times and never managed to turn the board. In the last 8 away games for all competitions there has been 1 period that stands out: scored 3 of his 7 goals between minutes (31’-45 ‘).
The Granada team arrives at this game with a 2-1 home win against Sevilla, registering their second consecutive win in official matches: the goals were scored by Andreas Pereira and Lombán. The visiting team plays in a tactical system very similar to the opponent, that is, lines up in 4-2-3-1, however, privileges the direct football for the attack. Carcela and Kravets are the top scorers in Granada with 3 goals scored. It seems that coach Lucas Alcaraz can not count on Krhi, Barral, Tito, Toral, Grabriel Silva and Vezo, all injured.
Prediction: Malaga Win @ 1.71